This is a remote therapy role focused specifically on teenagers, ages 12 to 19. It pays $180,000 a year, full-time, with hours you set yourself. Applications are open to candidates in the USA, Canada, the UK, EU countries, Australia, India, and other regions.
The Basics of the Job
You'll see clients weekly or biweekly over video, using a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform for both sessions and documentation. Treatment plans aren't standardized across clients — each one comes out of an actual assessment, and gets revised as things change, which with teenagers tends to happen faster than people expect. A plan that made sense in September might not hold by December.
Part of the job is also skill-teaching, not just conversation. Emotion regulation, basic coping strategies, things a teenager can use on a bad night without needing to wait for the next session. You'll also stay in contact with school counselors, parents, and sometimes other providers, depending on the case.
Regular parts of the role
- Weekly or biweekly therapy sessions with adolescents
- Assessments and treatment plans, updated as needed
- Contact with schools, caregivers, and other providers when relevant
- Direct coaching on coping and emotion regulation skills
- Documentation kept current in a secure system
Requirements
A master's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related field. An active, unrestricted license — LCSW, LMFT, LPC, or equivalent. Multi-state licensure is useful given the range of clients but not mandatory to apply. You'll also need a minimum of two years working specifically with adolescent clients, and enough comfort with telehealth platforms that technology isn't the thing you're thinking about mid-session.
There's also a less measurable requirement: being able to stay warm with a teenager while still holding a boundary. That matters more here than in a lot of other therapy work, and it's not something a license certifies.
What Helps an Application
- Experience with trauma-informed care, CBT, DBT, or similar approaches
- Work history with LGBTQ+ youth or other underserved teen populations
- Some track record of keeping trust with both a teen and their parents at the same time
Pay and Other Benefits
Base salary is $180,000. There's also eligibility for performance-based incentives, an annual wellness stipend, and support toward CEU hours and license renewal. Training, workshops, and conferences are paid for directly rather than reimbursed after the fact.
Support Behind the Role
Clinical supervisors and other therapists are part of this team, so a difficult case isn't something you're expected to sit with alone. Case consultation happens regularly, not once a quarter and then forgotten about. One therapist on the team started out skeptical that remote work could reach teenagers meaningfully, then ended up running a support group for LGBTQ+ youth after seeing how many of them had no other access to someone who understood their situation. That's a fairly common outcome here — people who assumed remote work would feel distant, and found it didn't.
People who come across this listing on Naukri Mitra sometimes ask if remote adolescent work is isolating. Based on how the team actually operates, it isn't.
Culture
Therapists on this team come from noticeably different countries, upbringings, and clinical training paths, and that mix actually shapes how decisions get made day to day — input gets used, not just gathered and filed away. Mental health days are used, not just offered on paper. There's peer support built into the structure for the therapists themselves, not just for clients.
Why the Role Exists
Adolescence is a short window where a lot gets decided — patterns either take hold or get interrupted, with consequences that last well past the teenage years. Kids in smaller towns, or ones who avoid in-person clinics altogether, often end up with no care at all. Remote therapy addresses that directly. The clinical work itself doesn't change based on the platform.
How to Apply
Submit a resume, proof of active licensure, and a short note on your experience with adolescents — who you've worked with, what approaches you use, and why this age group specifically. Candidates from all backgrounds are welcome, and relevant lived experience is treated as an asset in this process.
