Full-Time Licensed Therapist (Trauma-Informed)

Aurora Counseling & Well-Being is seeking fully licensed therapists who want to build meaningful, sustainable careers doing excellent trauma-informed work in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley at either our original Harrisonburg or new Staunton location!

Our work incorporates relational, attachment-based, somatic, experiential, and depth-oriented perspectives to help clients understand the patterns, relationships, nervous-system responses, and survival adaptations that continue to shape their lives.

We are especially interested in clinicians trained in EMDR, IFS, somatic therapies, attachment-focused treatment, or other trauma-informed approaches. Therapists specializing in children and adolescents, couples, and relationship trauma are also strongly encouraged to apply.

Compensation & Growth

This W-2 position is designed to support both sustainable clinical work and meaningful earning potential, with flexibility and agency in how you build your caseload.

An established full-time caseload begins at approximately 23 completed client sessions per week, with clinical compensation beginning at $55 per completed clinical hour.

Additional earning opportunities may also be available through specialty services, productivity incentives, and bonus eligibility.

Compensation projections are based on Aurora’s current average insurance reimbursement rates, which are established by third-party payers and may change over time.

Full-Time Benefits

• Three weeks of accrued paid time off
• Health insurance contribution
• Annual CEU and professional-development support
• Ongoing trauma-informed trainings and clinical consultation/supervision
• Productivity and performance bonus opportunities
• Flexible scheduling and autonomy in creating your clinical week
• Monthly team gatherings, team-building socials, and celebrations

Estimated total annual compensation value: $80,000–$90,000 for an established full-time clinician when direct compensation, benefits, and Aurora-funded professional resources are considered, with additional upside as caseload and productivity increase.

What Aurora Provides

Aurora covers the professional infrastructure that allows you to focus on clinical work without independently building and financing a private practice, including:

• Beautiful furnished office space, high-speed internet, and professional Aurora email
• SimplePractice EHR, insurance billing support, credentialing, and claims infrastructure
• Gusto payroll administration, employer payroll taxes, unemployment taxes, and workers’ compensation
• Aurora entity malpractice coverage
• Referral generation, Aurora website profile, entity Psychology Today marketing, and practice-wide community outreach

Clinicians are expected to maintain their own individual professional liability insurance and remain responsible for maintaining their Virginia license and all applicable licensure requirements.

Who We Hope to Find

We are looking for therapists who genuinely identify with trauma-informed practice—not simply as a specialty, but as a way of understanding people. You are interested in how attachment, relationships, nervous-system responses, lived experience, and patterns of survival shape how clients move through the world, and you are committed to thoughtful, depth-oriented clinical work.

We also need clinicians who are self-motivated and able to manage the practical side of their profession. You can balance the art and humanity of therapy with timely documentation, scheduling, communication, billing-related responsibilities, and the administrative tasks required to maintain a healthy caseload.

You value autonomy and flexibility while also appreciating consultation and professional community. You work independently, ask for support when needed, and want to contribute to a growing practice where excellent trauma-informed care, professional growth, sustainability, and being a whole human being are not competing priorities.

Qualifications

• Active independent Virginia mental-health license (LPC, LCSW, or comparable independently licensed discipline)
• Experience working with trauma-impacted populations
• Strong ethical and clinical judgment
• Ability to work independently while valuing collaboration and consultation
• Strong organization and follow-through with routine clinical and administrative responsibilities
• Commitment to continued professional growth

Advanced trauma training is strongly preferred.

Pay: From $55.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 23.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $55