Someone in recovery rarely calls on their good day. It's usually the third relapse, or the night before a court date, or a moment where the old habit feels easier than staying sober one more hour. Being steady on the other end of that call, over video instead of across a desk, is what this job actually asks of you.
The work itself
You'd counsel clients through addiction recovery entirely online — individual sessions, group therapy, and the ongoing relapse prevention work that happens between crisis moments. Treatment plans are built around each person rather than pulled from a template, using methods like motivational interviewing and behavioral techniques that adjust as a person's situation changes. The clinical grounding stays the same as in-person work. What's different is the delivery, and the discipline it takes to build real trust through a screen.
Responsibilities
- Run individual and group counseling sessions through video, messaging, or other digital platforms
- Build treatment plans specific to each client, using evidence-based methods like motivational interviewing
- Adjust intervention strategies as a client progresses or struggles, rather than sticking to an initial plan out of habit
- Track client progress through assessments and periodic evaluations
- Support long-term recovery through relapse prevention planning and continued check-ins
- Collaborate with other counselors and mental health professionals on complex cases
- Stay current on addiction treatment research and emerging digital counseling practices
What you'll need
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Master's degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or a related field is required, along with active licensure (LPC, LCSW, LMFT, or equivalent). You'll also need at least
2 years of experience specifically in addiction counseling — general mental health experience alone won't cover the depth this work calls for.
Beyond the credentials, a few things matter just as much:
- You build trust quickly with people who may have been let down by treatment before
- You stay level when a client relapses, without treating it as proof the whole plan failed
- You're genuinely comfortable with digital counseling platforms, not just able to log in
- You know addiction treatment methodology well enough to adjust an approach mid-course
- You can hold a hard conversation without either softening it into nothing or making it feel like a lecture
Good to have
- Experience with dual-diagnosis clients managing addiction alongside another mental health condition
- Familiarity with multiple telehealth platforms
- Background in group facilitation specifically, not just individual sessions
Pay
This role pays
$80,000 a year. It's fully remote, with flexible scheduling that still needs to accommodate clients who may need support outside standard business hours.
What comes with it
- Remote work with real flexibility in your schedule
- Funded access to continuing education, certifications, and workshops
- A clear path for career growth within the organization
- Access to current digital therapy tools rather than outdated software
How the team supports the work
Difficult cases don't sit with one counselor alone here — there's a real practice of bringing complicated cases to the group for discussion rather than working through them solo. Naukri Mitra has placed addiction counselors into remote roles like this before, and one thing that consistently comes up is how much this team leans on case collaboration compared to typical solo virtual counseling setups. If a treatment approach isn't working, the expectation is you raise it early, not keep running it quietly hoping it turns around.
Clients come to this work from vastly different circumstances — different substances, different histories, different levels of support at home — so no single recovery framework fits everyone. If you've adapted your counseling approach for clients whose path to recovery didn't follow a standard pattern, that flexibility is exactly what this role needs.
Applying
Send a resume along with your licensure details and a short note on how you've handled a client relapse in the past — that tells us more than a general summary of your counseling philosophy. Licensed counselors from the U.S., Canada, the UK, EU countries, Australia, India, and elsewhere are welcome to apply, provided you hold the required licensure. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
