Child and Adolescent Therapist

Seeking Creative & Collaborative Humans With A Passion For Changing Mental Health Care In Fun And Meaningful Ways

At Ellie Mental Health we're building something special — a welcoming, supportive, and therapist-centered practice that prioritizes your well-being as much as your clients'. Our office is locally owned and operated, and we're on a mission to make therapy accessible, authentic, and stigma-free. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Child and Adolescent Therapist to join our growing team in Clifton Park, NY. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people and their families in a supportive, clinician-first environment. If you're driven by purpose and ready to do impactful work, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Provide individual therapy services to children and adolescents using evidence-based treatment modalities
• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and develop individualized treatment plans
• Collaborate with families, caregivers, and school systems to support clients' overall well-being
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in compliance with HIPAA and agency standards
• Monitor client progress and adjust treatment approaches as clinically appropriate
• Participate in team meetings, case consultations, and ongoing clinical supervision
• Build a safe, trusting therapeutic environment that supports youth mental health and development

Requirements:

• Master's degree or higher in Counseling, Psychology, or related field
• Active or eligible New York State licensure (LMHC or LMFT)
• Active or eligible for Diagnostic Privilege
• Experience working with children, adolescents, and families in a clinical setting
• Proficiency in evidence-based modalities such as CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, or play therapy
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to manage a caseload and maintain timely clinical documentation
• Compassionate, culturally competent, and trauma-informed approach to care

Benefits:

• Brand-new office space — designed for comfort and collaboration
• Flexible scheduling: full-time or part-time, in-person or hybrid options
• Administrative support for scheduling, billing, and marketing
• Client matching based on your interests and clinical strengths
• Collaborative team environment that values creativity and connection
• Free CEUs, supervision, and ongoing training through Ellie's LMS
• Full-time benefits, including:
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Generous PTO, Sick time, and holidays
• Reimbursement for CEU's and PTO for professional development trainings
• Bonuses

About Us:

Ellie Mental Health is a nationally recognized mental health clinic franchise built on a foundation of creativity, humor, and genuine compassion for clients and clinicians alike. At our Clifton Park, NY location, we pride ourselves on breaking down barriers to mental health care and creating a workplace where therapists feel valued, supported, and inspired. Our team-oriented culture and flexible work environment make Ellie a place where clinicians can truly thrive.

Join Us

At the end of the day, we're just people helping people — with a little humor and a lot of heart. If you're ready to join a team that's changing how mental health care feels, we'd love to have you.

Flexible work from home options available.

Compensation: $62,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! If you're excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn't perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!

Employee Experience

We take care of our people. It's that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!

Jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.

We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!

Company Structure

Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community's needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel "blah."

Feeling blah doesn't help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.

In short, we're just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?