[Hiring] Licensed Therapist: LPC or LCSW @Pelago

Role Description

We're hiring a Licensed Therapist (LPC or LCSW) to join the leading digital clinic for substance addictions. As a key member of our counseling team, you'll play a crucial role in supporting and empowering individuals on their journey to overcome substance addictions. Your main objective will be guiding members towards leading addiction-free lives. Collaborating closely with our dynamic team, you'll contribute to the rapid growth of our business, gaining invaluable firsthand experience in scaling a successful venture.

Pelago is building the next generation of specialty care — one where technology handles the administrative burden so clinicians can focus entirely on the people they're treating. As a counselor at Pelago, you'll work within Atlas, our AI-native EHR purpose-built for substance use care, which means no 45-minute documentation blocks after sessions, real-time evidence-based guidance during calls, and full member context assembled before you even say hello. This is what practicing at the top of your license actually looks like.

This is a full-time, remote position open to candidates based anywhere in the U.S., provided they hold an active LPC or LCSW license in Florida.

In this role you will:

• Provide counseling to members on a weekly basis through text-based chat, video calls, and phone calls, to monitor their progress on their recovery journey.
• Onboard the users with an initial phone call and complete a multidimensional assessment to gather relevant behavioral health history and symptoms.
• Work within Atlas, Pelago's AI-native EHR, which automates session documentation, surfaces real-time evidence-based guidance during calls, and prepares clinical context before each session.
• Monitor the progress of members and offer therapeutic strategies on how to deal with temptations and cravings.
• Be supportive and encouraging to members to help them establish and sustain motivation to change their substance use.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure a positive experience for all members and provide valuable feedback to the product development team.
• Uphold good standing with your active license(s)/certification(s).
• Attend team meetings and/or case discussions as scheduled.
• Help someone transform their life and the life of their family through their addiction recovery!

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted LPC or LCSW license in good standing in Florida.
• Masters Degree required.
• 2+ years of clinical experience delivering CBT and/or behavioral support for substance use disorders (tobacco, alcohol, opioids).
• Comfort working in an AI-augmented care environment; openness to adopting AI-assisted tools that support documentation, member communication, and clinical decision-making.
• Proficient with Motivational Interviewing (MI), Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), MAT coordination, and Relapse Prevention.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-disciplinary healthcare teams (coaches, physicians, nurses).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Adaptable in fast-moving environments; able to prioritize competing demands.
• Technologically fluent; quick to learn new tools and platforms.

Requirements

• Prior telehealth experience across multiple time zones and/or digital health settings (preferred).

Benefits

• Generous and meaningful equity package.
• Full Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage.
• 401k Plan.
• Unlimited PTO Policy, 10 paid holidays, & company wide “Me Time” Days.
• Paid maternity, paternity & new parent leave.
• Flexible working environment.
• Annual Learning and Development stipend to support continued learning and career development.
• Wellness Reimbursement Program.
• Access to Reproductive & Family Planning Care.
• Substance Use Support for employees and family members.