Mental Health Counselor MHC-LP

Mental Health Counselor (MHC-LP)

Midtown Manhattan or Irvington, NY | Hybrid  |  Full-Time, W-2

Range: $40,500 – $94,400

Start your career at Next Level

Build a caseload around your clinical interests, with supervision built to actually develop you. You'll join 60+ clinicians across 100+ specialty areas, working toward full New York State licensure with real support behind you.

Compensation & Benefits

30% of the fee reimbursed to us by insurance, with an increase to 40% when you meet your caseload consistently, as well as further increases at licensure. Range: $40,500 – $94,400

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

$1,000 continuing education stipend, plus free in-house trainings and master classes

Paid time off and sick time

Admin, billing, and marketing support

Licensure support

Bonus and incentive opportunities

Company-issued device after applicable tenure

Offices in Midtown Manhattan and Irvington, plus telehealth across New York State

What You'll Do

Provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy

Conduct assessments and develop diagnoses, treatment plans, and goals

Complete documentation accurately and on time

Participate in individual and group clinical supervision

Respond to referrals and participate in client matching to build your caseload

Build and maintain your caseload by responding to referrals, participating in client matching, and independently pursuing opportunities to grow your professional presence

What You Bring

MHC-LP issued by NYSED, or evidence of permit eligibility

Master's or doctoral degree in Mental Health Counseling or another NYSED license-qualifying program

One year of post-graduate clinical experience

Comfort with telehealth and electronic health records

Commitment to culturally responsive care

Availability for in-person sessions at one of our two offices

Why Start Here

Excellent clinical supervision. We select supervisors deliberately, train them, and match you by modality and population rather than by who has capacity

Founded by a professor who taught counselors, watched where her students landed, and built this practice around the supervision they weren't getting

Your caseload fits your interests. Our care team reviews what every client is looking for and matches on fit, so you're not taking whoever calls

Room to grow past licensure into specialized work, groups, training, supervision, and leadership

About Next Level

Next Level Mental Health Counseling is a group practice of 60+ clinicians serving all of New York State, virtually and in person from our Midtown Manhattan and Irvington offices. We provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy across 100+ specialty areas to clients ages 6 to 65+.

Why we exist. Dr. Romano spent years watching clients burn their first sessions explaining their own lives, their culture, their family, their identity, before the real work could start. She spent the same years watching clinicians get ground down by caseloads and thin support. Those aren't two separate problems. A therapist who's stretched thin can't be the one who already understands.

What we hold ourselves to

Clinical excellence. Competency is an obligation, not an aspiration. Our standard is that a client should never have to educate their therapist.

Multicultural competency. Being able to address identity, culture, and context directly in session is a clinical skill, not an add-on.

Inclusivity. 100+ specialty areas, insurance and self-pay accepted, and sliding scale availability, so fewer people get turned away before they start.

Professional growth. Trainings we run ourselves, CE support, and real paths into groups, training, supervision, and leadership.

Our culture. We welcome clinicians from different backgrounds, cultures, languages, identities, and clinical perspectives, and we want people who'll bring an actual point of view to the work.