Remote Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) Jobs
Remote Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) jobs are open across the U.S. at telehealth platforms, remote-first behavioral health companies, and distributed care teams hiring licensed clinicians now. Demand is active in healthcare, managed care, and employee assistance sectors, with employers like Ellie Mental Health, Two Chairs, and Brightside Health posting remote openings. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Job Summary
At For A Whole Life, LLC, we are dedicated to providing compassionate, spiritually integrated, and clinically rigorous mental health care across Florida. We believe in whole-person restoration—integrating evidence-based clinical modalities with faith-sensitive and values-driven counseling to support individuals, couples, and families navigating life transitions, grief, relational conflict, and personal growth.As an established virtual group practice, we provide our clinical partners with a supportive, ethical, and seamless digital infrastructure so they can focus on what matters most: delivering transformative clinical care.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated, and fully licensed mental health clinician (LMHC, LCSW, or LMFT) licensed in the State of Florida to join our growing group practice as a 1099 Independent Contractor.In this role, you will maintain clinical autonomy over your schedule, caseload, and treatment planning while leveraging our established brand, credentialed commercial health plan networks, and enterprise technology infrastructure. This is a fully remote telehealth position serving clients throughout Florida.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, ethical, and culturally competent individual, couples, or family psychotherapy via secure telehealth video.
- Formulate comprehensive diagnostic assessments, customized treatment plans, and evidence-based interventions tailored to client goals.
- Maintain timely, objective, and compliant clinical documentation (progress notes, treatment plans, and discharge summaries) within the practice EHR in accordance with Florida administrative and clinical standards.
- Uphold professional ethics, client confidentiality, and risk management in accordance with Florida statutes, HIPAA regulations, and practice standards.
- Coordinate care or crisis management protocols when clinically indicated.
Candidate Requirements & Qualifications
- Licensure: Active, restricted, and unencumbered license in the State of Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). (Pre-licensed registered interns cannot be considered for this contractor role).
- Education: Master’s degree or doctoral degree in Mental Health Counseling, Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychology, or a related behavioral science field from an accredited university.
- NPI & CAQH: Active Individual (Type 1) National Provider Identifier (NPI) and an up-to-date, attestation-ready CAQH ProView profile.
- Professional Liability Insurance: Active professional malpractice insurance coverage meeting Florida statutory limits (minimum $100,000 per occurrence / $300,000 aggregate), with the practice listed as a certificate holder prior to seeing clients.
- Technical Setup: Dedicated, private home-office space ensuring client confidentiality, equipped with high-speed internet, a secure computer, and a compliant webcam/headset setup.
- Tax Documentation: Valid W-9 form for annual 1099-NEC reporting.
- Values Alignment: Appreciation for whole-person, values-congruent care, with comfort integrating client spirituality and faith into counseling when requested by the client.
Contractor Highlights & Practice Support
- Competitive Fee-Split Compensation: Enjoy a favorable, competitive percentage-based fee-split on collected revenues, with timely disbursements.
- Insurance Rostering & Panel Placement: Practice handles group roster submissions and linking under our organizational credentials.
- Complete Cloud-Based EHR Ecosystem: Full contractor access to our HIPAA-compliant, secure electronic health records platform—including high-definition encrypted telehealth video, integrated scheduling, digital intake paperwork, and secure client communication.
- Client Inquiries & Referral Support: Benefit from incoming practice inquiries and established community presence to help build and sustain your caseload.
- Clinical & Schedule Autonomy: As an independent contractor, you retain control over your availability, session hours, and caseload size.
- Billing & Administrative Support: Comprehensive electronic claims processing and revenue cycle support managed by the practice.
Pay: $50.00 - $66.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 5.0 per week
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: Remote
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) jobs.
- Active LMHC, LPC, LCSW, or equivalent state licensure in the state of practice
- Master's degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or a closely related clinical field
- Experience providing individual, group, or family therapy in a clinical or community setting
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems such as SimplePractice, Therapy Notes, or Epic
- Demonstrated competency in at least one evidence-based modality such as CBT, DBT, or trauma-focused therapy
- Ability to complete clinical documentation, treatment plans, and progress notes within required timeframes
Tips for Your Remote Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote licensed mental health counselor (lmhc) openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your license, state, and specialty and apply directly without sifting through location-based postings.
List your telehealth platform experience specifically
Name the platforms you've used, such as SimplePractice, Doxy.me, or Zoom for Healthcare, directly on your resume. Remote employers screening licensed mental health counselors want confirmation you can run a HIPAA-compliant session independently without IT support on-site.
Highlight multi-state licensure or compacts
Remote behavioral health employers often need clinicians licensed in several states to cover their member population. If you hold licenses in more than one state or have applied through a counseling licensure compact, make that visible at the top of your resume.
Prepare for async clinical documentation expectations
Many telehealth employers review written case notes and progress documentation as part of the interview process. Practice writing clear, concise session notes in your EHR format because remote hiring managers treat documentation quality as a direct signal of your clinical judgment and self-direction.
Remote Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote licensed mental health counselor (lmhc) job?
Target telehealth platforms, remote-first behavioral health companies, and employee assistance programs, since these employers build distributed clinical teams and hire licensed mental health counselors directly for remote caseloads. Remote employers screen for strong written communication, comfort with EHR platforms like SimplePractice or Therapy Brands products, and the ability to manage a caseload independently without in-office supervision. Demonstrating telehealth-specific clinical hours and familiarity with HIPAA-compliant video tools gives you a clear edge over candidates with only in-person experience.
Which companies hire remote licensed mental health counselors (lmhcs)?
Remote licensed mental health counselor (lmhc) roles are posted by Ellie Mental Health, Two Chairs, and Brightside Health and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These include telehealth companies, managed behavioral health organizations, and employee assistance program providers that staff fully distributed clinical teams across multiple states.
Can you get a remote licensed mental health counselor (lmhc) job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry roles are harder to land because you'll be expected to manage a full caseload and troubleshoot clinical and technical issues independently from day one. Telehealth companies and group practices that run training cohorts are the most likely to hire newly licensed clinicians for remote positions. Showing completed telehealth practicums, supervision hours logged via video platform, and working knowledge of a major EHR system makes a real difference when in-person experience is limited.
Do you need a degree for remote licensed mental health counselor (lmhc) jobs?
Usually, yes. The LMHC credential itself requires a master's degree in counseling or a closely related field, so a graduate degree is a licensing prerequisite rather than just an employer preference. Remote employers do weigh clinical hours, state licensure in good standing, and telehealth-specific skills heavily alongside your academic background, but the degree requirement is built into the credential itself and can't be substituted.
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