Hourly Wage for Licensed Professional Counselor Salary in the United States

How much does a Licensed Professional Counselor make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Licensed Professional Counselor in the United States is $25 as of October 28, 2020, but the salary range typically falls between $23 and $29. Hourly rate can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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What is a Licensed Professional Counselor?

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) is a licensure for mental health professionals in some countries. In the US, licensed professional counselors (or in some states, "licensed clinical professional counselors" or "licensed mental health counselors") provide mental health and substance abuse care to millions of Americans. Licensed professional counselors (LPCs) are doctoral and master's-level mental health service providers, trained to work with individuals, families, and groups in treating mental, behavioral, and emotional problems and disorders. LPCs make up a large percentage of the work...

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Licensed Professional Counselor

Stepping Stones Counseling Services - Franklin , VA

We are a fast growing practice with 2 offices (Franklin and Chesapeake, VA) seeking 2 licensed professional counselors to provide excellent services to our clients. Compensation is percentage-based ...

Neuvoo - 6 days ago

Mental Health Counselor

Talkspace - Richmond , VA

A LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, or PhD in Clinical Psychology * Minimum of 3 years of direct clinical experience * Individual Professional malpractice liability insurance policy * Submission of a fully completed ...

ZipRecruiter - 27 days ago

Military and Family Life Counselor Program (MFLC) **SOCOM CYB**

Strategic Resources, Inc. - Little Creek , VA

SRI has immediate openings for licensed mental health professionals, licensed professional counselors, clinical social workers and marriage and family therapists to work with the Department of ...

ZipRecruiter - 55 days ago

Master Level Licensed Therapist

My Psychiatrist, PLC - Reston , VA

My Psychiatrist, PLC is currently seeking Full- Time Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. We are seeking therapists with ...

ZipRecruiter - 28 days ago

Bilingual Senior Therapist

City Of Alexandria Virginia - Alexandria , VA

Licensed in VA as an Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Subs

Recruitics REACH - 10 days ago

Licensed Counselor/Therapist- LCSW or LPC

GPW Health Center - Manassas , VA

... counseling and therapy, and crisis intervention to eight to fourteen patients per day in a ... Attends and participates in staff meetings and professional development activities. * Provides ...

ZipRecruiter - 55 days ago

What does a Licensed Professional Counselor do?

Licensed Professional Counselor

Develops and implements clinical training for staff, and monitors staff competence in the delivery of selected treatments and programming.

March 24, 2020

Attends regular Psychology Service staff meetings, Medical Staff meetings, MH&BM staff meetings and complies with Psychology Service peer review procedures.

April 20, 2020

Provides mental health case management services and consults with multidisciplinary mental heath team in providing comprehensive mental health care to include linking clients with internal/external services, providing advocacy, as well as group and individual therapy.

April 27, 2020

Assist Veterans (1) adjust to current living situation, (2) explore areas of deficit inâ”¬Ã€ activities of daily living, (3) provide and/or arrange skill building educational activities (4) explore areas of psychosocial conflicts or trauma seeking resolution or psychological stability (maintenance) by using a "Recovery Model" based approach.

May 12, 2020

Maintains client confidentiality and other ethical standards outlined by the state licensing board and participates in clinical supervision or consultation as needed.

May 23, 2020

Demonstrates the ability to interact in an effective manner with practitioners, the interdisciplinary healthcare team, community agencies, patients, and families with diverse opinions, values and cultural ideas.

June 06, 2020

Participates in the admission/screening process by interviewing patients and/or other stakeholders and completing intake data collection with purpose of establishing treatment for Severely Mentally ILL (SMI) psychiatric disorders in a case management setting.

June 24, 2020

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Average Hourly Wage

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Average Total Hourly Cash Compensation

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These charts show the average hourly wage (core compensation), as well as the average total hourly cash compensation for the job of Licensed Professional Counselor in the United States. The average hourly rate for Licensed Professional Counselor ranges from $23 to $29 with the average hourly pay of $25. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $23 to $30 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $26.

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