Healthcare · Mental Health & Behavioral Health · Licensed Professional Counselor

Retained Recruitment for Licensed Professional Counselors

Licensed Professional Counselors provide individual, group, and family counseling across outpatient, school, and community settings. We find the professionals your organisation needs through dedicated retained search — not job boards.

Retained Only 21–40 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee $50,000 – $80,000
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400+Healthcare Placements
21–40Days to Placement
96%1-Year Retention
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What Does a Licensed Professional Counselor Do?

Conducting mental health assessments, providing evidence-based psychotherapy (CBT, DBT, EMDR, etc.), developing and maintaining treatment plans, collaborating with prescribers, managing a caseload of active clients, and maintaining required clinical documentation.

What We Screen For

Master's degree in counseling, LPC/LPCC/LMHC licensure, and 1–3 years of clinical experience. Specialty training in trauma, substance use, or specific populations adds significant value.

💡 Hiring Insight

LPC/LMHC candidates are highly mobile — many prefer private practice. Practices offering strong clinical supervision, manageable caseloads, and flexibility see significantly better offer acceptance rates.

Typical Compensation
$50,000 – $80,000
Specialty training in trauma and high-demand populations justifies the higher end of this range.
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Also Known As

LPCLPCCLicensed Mental Health CounselorLMHCTherapist

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Every Day Without a Licensed Professional Counselor Has a Real Cost to Your Organisation.

Our retained model delivers a pre-screened, credentialled shortlist within 21–40 days. Start with a free, confidential 25-minute consultation.

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Common Questions

Recruiting a Licensed Professional Counselor — FAQ

Most Licensed Professional Counselor searches through our retained model are completed within 21 to 40 business days. LPC/LMHC candidates are highly mobile — many prefer private practice. Practices offering strong clinical supervision, manageable caseloads, and flexibility see significantly better offer acceptance rates. We provide a realistic timeline at the start of every engagement.
Master's degree in counseling, LPC/LPCC/LMHC licensure, and 1–3 years of clinical experience. Specialty training in trauma, substance use, or specific populations adds significant value.
Retained recruitment means one dedicated recruiter works exclusively on your role from the moment you engage — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening credentials, and presenting only candidates who meet your specific brief. For a role like Licensed Professional Counselor, where lpc/lmhc candidates are highly mobile — many prefer private practice. practices offering strong clin…, passive outreach is often the only reliable way to find high performers.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional leaves or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
Compensation for Licensed Professional Counselor roles typically ranges from $50,000 – $80,000. Specialty training in trauma and high-demand populations justifies the higher end of this range. Geographic market, organisation size, and specific experience or certifications are the primary factors. We provide full compensation benchmarking at the start of every retained search.
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