Couples don't usually show up to therapy because things are going well. Families don't book a session because communication is easy. This role is for someone who's comfortable sitting in that mess — over video, with people who are often at their most guarded — and finding a way through it with them.
The role itself
You'd work with individuals, couples, and families navigating relationship strain, communication breakdowns, and the kind of emotional weight that doesn't resolve on its own. Everything happens through telehealth, so your caseload isn't tied to a single city or waiting room. What stays constant is the work: building trust quickly, reading what's actually going on beneath a surface-level complaint, and helping people find their way back to each other, or sometimes helping them figure out they need to move apart with less damage done.
What the job involves
- Run virtual therapy sessions for individuals, couples, and families dealing with relational or emotional strain
- Build treatment plans grounded in family systems theory and evidence-based couples work, tailored to each case rather than reused across clients
- Document sessions accurately and on time, staying within professional and ethical standards
- Coordinate with other clinicians when a case needs more than one perspective
- Use telehealth platforms confidently enough that technical hiccups don't derail a session
- Adjust course mid-treatment when a plan isn't working, rather than sticking with it out of habit
What you'll need
An active
LMFT license in your state is required, along with a
Master's degree in marriage and family therapy, counseling, or a closely related field — this is baked into LMFT licensure, but we'll confirm it directly either way. You'll also need at least
2 years of post-licensure clinical experience, ideally including some time spent specifically on couples or family work rather than individual therapy alone.
Beyond the license and the years, a few things matter just as much:
- You can read a room — or in this case, a screen — and tell when someone's holding something back
- You stay steady when a session gets heated, without shutting it down too fast or letting it spiral
- You write clean, timely documentation without treating it as an afterthought
- You're genuinely comfortable with the tech side of telehealth, not just tolerant of it
- You keep learning — new research, new modalities — instead of running the same playbook for a decade
Also worth having
- Specific training in Emotionally Focused Therapy or Gottman Method
- Experience working across cultural backgrounds significantly different from your own
- Comfort handling high-conflict cases, including situations involving separation or divorce
Compensation
This role pays
$133,500 a year. It's fully remote, with built-in scheduling flexibility — you're not locked into a fixed block of hours as long as your caseload is consistently covered.
What comes with the role
- Full remote flexibility, structured around your own working rhythm rather than a rigid clinic schedule
- Generous paid time off and holiday leave
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Funded access to continuing education and ongoing professional development
- Up-to-date telehealth technology, so you're not fighting outdated software mid-session
How the team works
Clinicians here consult with each other regularly, not just when a case falls apart. There's an expectation that if something's stuck, you bring it to the group rather than carry it solo for months. Naukri Mitra has placed licensed therapists into remote roles like this one before, and the recurring feedback is that the peer support here runs deeper than most fully virtual practices manage. Ideas get heard, and clinicians who push for better ways of doing things tend to see those changes actually happen.
Clients come from a genuinely wide range of backgrounds, family structures, and cultural contexts, so the work asks you to stay flexible rather than defaulting to a single therapeutic lens. If you've adapted your approach for families whose dynamics didn't match textbook cases, that range is exactly what this role calls for.
Applying
Send your resume along with your current LMFT license details and a short note on your therapeutic approach — what modalities you lean on and how you typically open a first session with a new couple or family. Licensed clinicians based in the U.S., Canada, the UK, EU countries, Australia, India, and elsewhere are welcome to apply, provided you hold the required U.S. state licensure. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
