Primary care, hospital medicine, behavioral health, and multi-specialty physician recruiting.
Elina Sindhu
Healthcare Recruiting
Mental Health Staffing Agency — Placing LCSWs, LMFTs, and Licensed Counselors
Hire experienced LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCs, psychologists, and licensed counselors through mental health recruiters who specialize in behavioral health hiring.
- Hospitals, clinics, and behavioral health hiring
- Experienced clinicians already employed
- Every candidate recruiter interviewed
Trusted by healthcare organizations
Roles we place
Full credential and seniority range
We place licensed clinicians and behavioral health leaders across the full credential and seniority range:
LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker)
Independent clinical assessment, therapy, and case management
LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)
Individual, couples, and family therapy with a relational and systems-focused approach
LPC / LMHC / LPCC / LCPC
Individual and group therapy, community mental health, IOP and PHP settings
Licensed Psychologist
Psychological assessment, testing, and therapy in clinical and school-based settings
PMHNP (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
Psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and integrated behavioral health
Substance Use and Addiction Counselors
LCDC, CADC, LADC, and equivalent credentials for residential, IOP, and outpatient SUD programs
Clinical Supervisors
Licensed supervisors for pre-licensed staff in agencies, FQHCs, and group practices
Behavioral Health Program Managers and Clinical Directors
Operations and leadership roles across community mental health, CCBHCs, and health systems
Pre-licensed associate counselors
LPCA, LMHCA, LMFT Associate; placement requires confirmed supervisor arrangement.
Hiring across behavioral health more broadly? Our team also places BCBAs, licensed therapists, and care coordinators - see our Behavioral Health Recruiters page.
Before we send anyone your way
We don't post a job and hope the right clinician applies. Our mental health recruiters spend their days building relationships with licensed mental health professionals, including LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCs, LMHCs, psychologists, and PMHNPs. Before we introduce anyone, we check for:
Active state licensure
NCC certification, where it's relevant
Graduate education and licensing requirements
Supervision status for associate-level clinicians
References, background checks, and experience in the right clinical setting
If you're hiring across multiple states or for telehealth, we also check licensing early. For counselors, that includes Counseling Compact eligibility so we know where they can begin practicing without delays. For other behavioral health professionals, we verify the licenses required for the states where you'll be providing care. || Your hiring team should spend interviews evaluating clinical judgment, communication, and patient care - not confirming licensure requirements.
The hiring problem you can't post your way out of
Hiring experienced mental health professionals isn't easy right now.
Nearly 137 million Americans live in areas with a shortage of mental health providers, and most states say they're struggling to find enough behavioral health professionals. The clinicians employers usually want to hire aren't sitting on job boards waiting for the next opportunity. They're already seeing patients, carrying full caseloads, and getting calls from recruiters.
Licensing doesn't make things any easier. The exact same counselor might be called an LPC in Texas, an LMHC in New York, an LPCC in California, or an LCPC in Illinois. If the job title doesn't match what clinicians actually search for in that state, many of the right people will never even see the position.
Then there's the role itself. Hiring an outpatient therapist isn't the same as hiring a PMHNP, a behavioral health clinician for an inpatient unit, or someone for a community mental health program. Each search is different, and the people you're trying to reach usually have different backgrounds, licenses, and expectations.
And when you finally find someone you want to hire, you don't have weeks to decide. Good clinicians rarely have just one option. They're often interviewing with several organizations at once, so a slow hiring process is one of the easiest ways to lose someone you'd been hoping to bring on board.
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A few recent placements
Identifying details removed to protect client confidentiality.
LMFT
16 days
LCSW
10 days
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
14 days
PMHNP
15 days
Clinical Director, Behavioral Health
27 days
Addiction Counselor (LCDC)
26 days
Frequently asked questions
Because every state has its own licensing board.
The same master's-level counseling profession is called LPC in Texas and many Southern and Midwestern states, LMHC in states like New York, Florida, and Massachusetts, LPCC in California, and LCPC in Illinois and Montana. While the titles are different, the education, training, and day-to-day responsibilities are often very similar.
It's a small detail that can have a big impact on hiring. For example, advertising an "LPC" position in New York is likely to attract very few qualified applicants because clinicians there use the title LMHC instead.
That's why we build every search around the state you're hiring in, making sure job titles, licensing requirements, and candidate outreach all reflect the local market.
LCSWs, LMFTs, and LPCs are all licensed mental health professionals, but they come from different educational backgrounds and often bring different areas of expertise.
LCSWs earn a Master of Social Work, complete supervised clinical hours, and are licensed to independently assess and treat patients in most states. LMFTs specialize in working with individuals, couples, and families, with a strong focus on relationships and family systems. LPCs typically provide individual and group therapy using diagnostic and evidence-based treatment approaches.
For many outpatient clinics, behavioral health organizations, and community mental health programs, any of these licenses may be a strong fit. The biggest differences usually come down to payer credentialing, reimbursement requirements, and state regulations.
If your clinicians will be providing independent clinical assessments or billing Medicaid, it's worth confirming which licenses your state's Medicaid program recognizes before starting your search.
Yes, as long as the right clinical supervision is already in place. Pre-licensed clinicians, including LPCAs, LMHCAs, and LMFT Associates, can't practice independently while they're working toward full licensure. They need ongoing supervision from a fully licensed clinician.
Before introducing associate-level candidates, we make sure your organization either already has an approved supervisor or plans to provide supervision as part of the role.
Getting that piece right from the beginning helps avoid compliance issues and keeps the clinician on track toward independent licensure.
We work with a wide range of behavioral health employers, including outpatient mental health clinics, community mental health agencies, FQHCs, CCBHCs, hospital behavioral health departments, IOP and PHP programs, school districts, integrated primary care practices, telehealth providers, VA and military behavioral health programs, and private group practices.
A license tells you someone is qualified to practice. It doesn't tell you what kind of clinician they are to work with every day. We look at the populations they've worked with, the settings they've practiced in, the treatment approaches they're comfortable using, the size and complexity of their caseloads, the EHR systems they know, and whether they've mentored or supervised other clinicians. If we're hiring for a community mental health agency or FQHC, we also look for experience working with Medicaid patients and in high-volume, mission-driven environments.
The idea is simple. We don't just want to introduce someone who's licensed. We want to introduce someone who's likely to fit your team, your patients, and the way your organization works.
Absolutely. Most mental health recruitment agencies skip this step entirely. Hiring for telehealth requires different licensing attention than in-person roles.
For telehealth roles, we check whether licensed professional counselors are eligible through the Counseling Compact, which lets them practice in participating states without getting licensed in each one separately. For LCSWs and LMFTs, we confirm they're licensed in every state where your organization provides care since each profession follows its own licensing rules and interstate agreements.
Mental health staffing across state lines has more moving parts than most employers expect. That helps avoid surprises later in the hiring process and gives you a clear picture of who can start seeing patients right away.
The Counseling Compact lets licensed professional counselors practice in participating states without applying for a separate license every time they cross state lines. It's similar to the Nurse Licensure Compact.
As of July 2026, 40 states have adopted the Counseling Compact, with Pennsylvania being the latest to join. If you're hiring for telehealth or roles that support patients across multiple states, it can open up a much larger pool of qualified clinicians and make hiring a lot easier.
As a mental health staffing agency that's recruiting for multi-state or telehealth positions, we check compact eligibility early in the process so you know which clinicians are ready to practice where you need them.
Hire the mental health professionals your patients deserve
Connect with experienced LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCs, psychologists, PMHNPs, and behavioral health leaders through recruiters who specialize in mental health hiring.
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