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Child and Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

Ellie Mental Health
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Aug 2026
💰 $115,000/yr($64,000/yr$115,000/yr)

About the role

Benefits:
  • 401(k)
  • Competitive salary
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
Child & Adolescent Therapist – Fairfax City, VA

Join the Ellie Mental Health "herd" in Fairfax! We’re seeking a passionate and creative licensed clinician to provide therapy services for children, adolescents, and families in a flexible, supportive outpatient setting.

Why Ellie?

Ellie Mental Health is designed with the therapist in mind—offering:

  • Centralized admin support (billing, credentialing, scheduling)

  • Flexible schedules & manageable caseloads

  • Competitive pay & CEU support

  • A fun, authentic, and inclusive clinic culture

What You’ll Do

  • Provide therapy for youth and families

  • Develop and manage treatment plans and documentation

  • Maintain 25+ (full-time) sessions a week

  • Collaborate with a dynamic, mission-driven team

  • Support clients using creative and culturally informed approaches

  • Complete some case management & administrative tasks

What You Need

  • Master’s in a behavioral health field

  • Active Virginia clinical license (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, etc.)

  • Experience working with children, teens, and families

  • Strong clinical documentation and communication skills

  • Comfort with diverse populations and EHR systems

  • Ability to pass a background check

Preferred

  • Supervisor-eligible

  • Bilingual or certified in youth-focused modalities

  • Familiarity with local community resources

Be part of something different.
Make an impact. Have fun. Be you.

Apply today and help us fill the mental health gap in Fairfax!
Compensation: $64,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year



Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.

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! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) 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!

Y’all, 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

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