Director of Counseling Services - Berea College

At a glance

Lead with purpose. Make an impact where it matters Berea College is searching for its next Director of Counseling Services in Berea, Kentucky. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced mental health leader who wants to combine clinical practice, team leadership, crisis response, prevention, and campus-wide collaboration in a close-knit residential college community. You’ll lead a multidisciplinary counseling team and help shape how Berea supports the mental health, well-being, and success of approximately 1,500 undergraduate students.

• Highly visible leadership role reporting to the VP for Student Life
• Opportunity to lead and develop a talented multidisciplinary team
• Meaningful influence on campus mental health strategy and student success
• Active clinical work alongside strategic leadership
• Salary range of $70,000–$110,000
• Relocation support available

We’re looking for a collaborative, compassionate leader with significant clinical experience, strong supervisory skills, and a commitment to serving students from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences.

Berea, Kentucky | Primarily onsite

Another Source's client, Berea College, is recruiting a Director of Counseling Services to join their team in Berea, Kentucky. This is a primarily onsite leadership position with relocation support available.

Here’s a little about Berea College:

Berea College offers a distinctive environment for a mental health leader who wants their work to have a direct and meaningful impact on student success. Counseling Services supports a diverse undergraduate population of approximately 1,500 students within a residential college community, providing accessible mental health care, education, prevention, and crisis support.

Berea's workplace is grounded in the College's Great Commitments and Common Learning Goals, with an emphasis on learning, service, compassion, dignity, equality, teamwork, and valuing all people. For the next Director of Counseling Services, that mission creates an opportunity to lead a highly visible function that is central to the health, safety, and academic success of students.

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About this role:

Reporting directly to the Vice President for Student Life, the Director of Counseling Services provides clinical and administrative leadership for a multidisciplinary mental health team serving Berea's undergraduate students.

This is a hands‑on leadership opportunity combining strategic direction, team development, clinical practice, crisis response, prevention and outreach, and campus‑wide collaboration. The Director oversees a residential college counseling clinic with a team of 6–8 therapists and other professionals, including practicum students, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and administrative staff.

Beyond leading the Counseling Services team, you’ll serve as an important resource to College leadership on student mental health trends, participate on Berea's Care Team and crisis management teams, and build partnerships across campus and throughout the community. You’ll also maintain an active clinical caseload appropriate to the demands of the leadership role.

How you will spend your time

• Provide leadership, vision, and strategic direction for Counseling Services, ensuring high-quality, student-centered mental health services.

• Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals, including therapists and provisionally licensed counselors, while fostering cohesion and strong working relationships.

• Maintain an active clinical caseload appropriate to administrative responsibilities and student demand, providing individual, couples, group, and family counseling and developing treatment plans as needed.

• Ensure Counseling Services meets applicable professional, legal, ethical, confidentiality, and regulatory standards, including HIPAA and FERPA requirements.

• Lead the development, delivery, and assessment of mental health education, prevention, wellness, and awareness initiatives for students.

• Provide leadership during…