Play Therapist Outpatient Mental Health
Full Time • Clinton Township, MI
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Free food & snacks
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
Join Our Team and Make a Difference in Children’s Lives!
Are you a compassionate, creative, and skilled Play Therapist looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and families? Ellie Mental Health in Clinton Township is seeking an Outpatient Play Therapist to join our dedicated team. In this role, you’ll work closely with children, adolescents, and families, using play therapy techniques to support healing, growth, and resilience.
At Ellie, we believe therapy should be accessible, effective, and even fun. Our supportive and collaborative culture allows your passion for helping children shine while giving you the tools and environment you need to thrive.
Why Ellie Mental Health?
Ellie Mental Health is a locally owned clinic dedicated to breaking down barriers to mental health care. We provide high-quality, compassionate care in an innovative setting—and we take clinician well-being seriously. At our Clinton Township clinic, you’ll find a team that values collaboration, celebrates creativity, and prioritizes a positive, fun work culture.
What We Offer
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Competitive, industry-leading pay with opportunities for bonuses and incentives
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Flexible scheduling that supports work–life balance
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Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance
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Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
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Parental leave
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Continuing education credits and professional development support
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Annual malpractice insurance stipend
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Opportunities for growth and career advancement
- Snacks (because therapists need fuel, too!)
Your Role as a Play Therapist
- Provide individual and group play therapy for children, adolescents, and families
- Use creative, evidence-based therapeutic play techniques to help children express emotions, build coping skills, and overcome challenges
- Develop personalized treatment plans tailored to each child’s needs
- Create a safe, nurturing environment for children to explore and heal through play
- Maintain accurate, timely documentation in line with practice standards
- Collaborate with families, fellow clinicians, and leadership to ensure quality care
- Participate in supervision, team meetings, and ongoing training opportunities
What We’re Looking For
- Master’s degree in a behavioral health field (LPC, LCSW, LMFT, or equivalent required)
- Full clinical licensure in Michigan
- Specialized training/certification in play therapy (RPT or equivalent) preferred
- Experience providing play therapy to address emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs
- Strong understanding of child development and family systems
- Creative approach to engaging children in therapy
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with kids, parents, and colleagues
- Proficiency in Office 365 and EHR systems (Valant experience a plus)
Position Details
- Expected caseload: 25+ clients per week
- Flexibility for in-office and some remote work depending on client needs
- Occasional evening or weekend hours to meet family schedules
Compensation
- Competitive salary with earning potential of $70,000 – $90,000+ annually based on experience and caseload
- Bonus and incentive opportunities
If you are passionate about helping children express themselves, build resilience, and thrive, we’d love to meet you. At Ellie Clinton Township, you’ll join a supportive, dynamic team that values creativity, collaboration, and the unique needs of every child and family.
Apply today and be part of something meaningful—together, we can make a difference in children’s lives.
Learn more about our clinic: Ellie Mental Health – Clinton Township
Compensation: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.
Don’t meet EVERY requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) If you’re excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!
Employee Experience
We take care of our people. It’s that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!
Y’all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.
We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!
Company Structure
Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community’s needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel “blah.”
Feeling blah doesn’t help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.
In short, we’re just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?
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A company rooted in values of creativity, humor, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
Unique pay model with industry leading compensation
Comfortable, furnished offices and clinic environment