
📍 Southwest Missouri (Multiple School Districts Available)
Springfield • Republic • Willard • Nixa • Ozark • Marshfield • Clever • Branson • Reeds Spring • Hollister • Blue Eye • Crane • Galena • Kimberling City
(Locations subject to availability)
Are you a licensed or provisionally licensed therapist—or working toward licensure?
Join our team of School-Based Therapists and help students build resilience, overcome challenges, and succeed both academically and emotionally.
At Centerstone / Burrell Behavioral Health, you’ll work directly within public schools, providing accessible mental health support where students need it most. This is an opportunity to do meaningful, high-impact work while enjoying a structured schedule and strong professional support.
Preferred:
Enjoy the flexibility of both city and outdoor living in the Ozarks. With a low cost of living, strong school systems, and access to outdoor recreation, this region offers a balanced, fulfilling lifestyle for both work and home.
At Burrell, we’re committed to supporting not just our clients—but our clinicians.
If you’re looking for a role where you can grow professionally while making a real difference in students’ lives, we’d love to connect.
👉 Apply today and help shape the future of student mental health.
Position Perks & Benefits:
Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life
Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more
Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive
Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within
Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness.
Brightli is on a Mission:
A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.
As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we prioritize fostering a culture of belonging and connection within our workforce. We encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences, as we believe that a rich tapestry of perspectives strengthens our mission. If you are passionate about empowering local communities and creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization dedicated to cultivating an authentic workplace.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Burrell Behavioral Health is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

Brightli is the one of the largest behavioral health and addiction treatment providers in the U.S. We operate as the parent company of Burrell Behavioral Health, Preferred Family Healthcare, Brightli Foundation, Firefly Supported Living & Employment Services, Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health, Adult & Child Health, Comprehensive Mental Health Serivces, and Places for People (effective 7/1/24). Bringing these organizations together under one parent company is a groundbreaking solution to the healthcare needs of the communities we serve. Working under the parent company model allows us to share resources, increase access to care, and, ultimately, save more lives.