Mental Health Therapist

Ellie Mental Health - Kansas City; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical & dental insurance

401(k) with match

PTO including birthday

Flexible scheduling

Paid CE time

Documentation time

Office space included

Job summary

Ellie Mental Health in Missouri is expanding its private practice with a full-time therapist role across our Lee's Summit, Independence, State Line, and North Oak locations. You will manage a caseload of 25 client hours per week while benefiting from centralized client inquiries, scheduling, and insurance contracting that empower you to focus on care.

We offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, including medical and dental insurance, a 401(k) with match, generous PTO, flexible

Qualifications

• Master's degree in behavioral science or related field with active progress toward licensure.
• Missouri clinical license (LMFT, LPC, or LCSW).
• Experience completing diagnostic tools, treatment plans, and clinical case notes.
• Familiarity with therapy services, insurance billing, and mental health documentation (preferred).
• Ability to submit documentation in a timely manner; model stable boundaries with clients.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate diagnoses, create and implement treatment plans with progress notes per policy.
• Maintain a full-time caseload of 25 client hours per week.
• Provide excellent customer service and collaborate with a supportive team.
• Bring creativity to interventions to help clients meet goals.
• Submit session documentation per guidelines.

Skills

Active progress toward licensure

Customer service

Documentation and notes

Education

Master's degree in behavioral science or related field

Missouri clinical license (LMFT, LPC, or LCSW)

Tools

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule

Thinking about leaving agency life for private practice, but worried about trading one set of headaches for another — insurance credentialing, marketing yourself, chasing your own billing? You don't have to do it alone, and you don't have to figure it out from scratch.

Ellie Mental Health is a locally owned, locally operated private practice with locations in Lee's Summit, Independence, State Line Rd (Missouri side), and North Oak. We built our model specifically to make the leap from agency to private practice easy: we handle client inquiries, scheduling, therapist matching, insurance contracting, and billing, so you get the autonomy and earning potential of private practice without having to run a small business on the side.

We believe a great experience for our therapists leads directly to better care and better outcomes for our clients. That's not a tagline — it's how we're structured.

This Role

This is a full-time position requiring a caseload of 25 client hours per week, based across our Lee's Summit, Independence, State Line, and North Oak locations.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation with uncapped earning potential (pay range: [add range here])
• Medical and dental insurance
• 401(k) with match
• Paid holidays and PTO — including your birthday
• Flexible scheduling within your caseload
• Paid case consultations
• Paid continuing education time
• Paid time for documentation
• In-house educational library with approved CEU credits
• A beautiful, spacious office — rent-free
• Credentialing, office space, and technology all included

What You'll Do

• Evaluate mental health diagnoses, create and implement treatment plans, and maintain ongoing documentation (diagnosis updates, treatment plan reviews, case notes) per company policy
• Maintain a full-time caseload of 25 client hours per week
• Provide excellent customer service to clients and collaborate with a supportive, dynamic team
• Bring creativity to your interventions to help clients meet and exceed their goals
• Submit individual session documentation per company guidelines

What You'll Need

• A master's degree in a behavioral science or related field from an accredited college or university, with active progress toward licensure
• A clinical license in Missouri (LMFT, LPC, or LCSW)
• Experience completing diagnostic tools, treatment plans, and clinical case notes
• Familiarity with therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and mental health documentation (preferred)
• Ability to submit documentation in a timely mannerAbility to model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
• Comfort working with a diverse client base
• Proficiency with standard office technology and Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems

Training or certification in CBT, DBT, EMDR, Play Therapy, or Sand Tray Therapy is a plus, but not required.

About Ellie Mental Health

Ellie Mental Health is a multi-clinic mental health organization founded on one core principle: destigmatizing mental health. The industry is full of barriers, and we've made it our mission to break them down — for our clients and for the clinicians who serve them.

Our approach to destigmatizing? Humor. Struggling with mental health is 100% normal. Some days are great, some days you want to dig a hole and hide — even your therapist has those days. We believe in meeting that reality with honesty, warmth, and a sense of humor.

Ready to practice somewhere that has your back?

Elliementalhealth.com

Flexible work from home options available.