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Primary Therapist

Newport Healthcare


Job Location:

Buffalo, IA - USA

Hourly Salary: $ 37 - 44
Posted: 29 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 26 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What Youll Do

As a Primary Therapist youll be at the heart of our clinical team conducting assessments crafting personalized treatment plans and facilitating engaging individual family and group therapies.

Hours for this role are Monday - Friday days

Essential Duties:

  • Family Communication Champion: Be the go-to clinical contact for families ensuring proactive and open communication that fosters trust and collaboration.

  • Therapy Facilitator Extraordinaire: Lead dynamic individual family and group therapy sessions using Newport Healthcares innovative clinical model and Attachment-Based Family Therapy techniques.

  • Crisis Management Specialist: Conduct risk or crisis assessments and provide timely interventions and management as needed ensuring our clients feel supported and safe.

  • Team Player: Join weekly treatment team meetings staff meetings and clinical supervision sessions to share insights and collaborate with your colleagues.

What Makes You a Great Fit
  • Masters Degree in counseling psychology social work or related field or enrollment in Doctorate program from an accredited or state approved graduate school required.
  • MN License in Marriage Family Therapy Counseling Social Work or Clinical Psychologist.
  • Non-licensed candidates will be considered for a non-exempt role and require aMasters degree in Social Work Counseling Marriage and Family Therapy or a closely related therapeutic field is required. If your degree is in a closely related field and you are pursuing an LPCC you must demonstrate that your education meets the coursework requirements of the license either through your own comparison or an unofficial review with the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy.
  • Experience with individual family and/or group therapy with young adults/adolescents
  • Experience with mental health substance abuse eating disorders or trauma-informed treatment preferred.

Compensation for a licensed therapist ranges from $77000 - $100000 depending on education licensure and experience. Non-licensed therapist compensation ranges from $37-$44 an hour.

We are committed to providing competitive and equitable compensation. An individuals pay rate within the posted range is determined by several factors including skills experience education and market conditions. Additionally we consider internal equity to ensure fairness within our organization.

Benefit options include:

  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Paid time off including sick time
  • Voluntary Short term and long-term disability
  • 401K with company match
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Student Loan Repayment

We are excited to hear about your interest in this opportunity! If you have any questions or need assistance with the application process please feel free to contact me directlyvia email at If you need further support you are also welcome to reach out to our careers and management team at .

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email for assistance.

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Required Experience:

IC