University Mental Health Counselor - Part Time

What if your counseling career could be both deeply meaningful and beautifully balanced?

At Bethel University, you’ll have the opportunity to use your clinical gifts to walk alongside students as they navigate some of life’s most formative years. As a Mental Health Counselor I, you’ll provide thoughtful, compassionate care within a community where faith and clinical excellence work together and where your work can have a lasting impact on students’ lives.

This is a part-time, benefits eligible, 30-hour-per-week position during the academic year, with summers off , making it an especially meaningful opportunity for a counselor seeking a sustainable rhythm of professional practice and personal renewal.

You’ll join a collaborative Counseling Services team that values clinical excellence, genuine relationships, and a Christ-centered approach to caring for the whole person. Your expertise will help students from Bethel University find healing, develop resilience, strengthen relationships, and discover hope as they prepare to lead lives of impact.

If you’re a licensed or license-eligible Christian mental health professional looking for meaningful clinical work, a supportive team, and a schedule that leaves room for the rest of life, we’d love to hear from you.

This is an in-person position located on our campus in Arden Hills, MN. The starting annual salary for this part-time position is $40,000 to $45,000 working 30 hours per week from late August through late May.

SCHEDULE:

Office hours are generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. Within these hours, there is flexibility to work with the successful candidate to create a 30-hour weekly schedule that fits both the needs of Counseling Services and the counselor's availability.

What you'll do

• Provide high-quality individual mental health counseling/psychotherapy to a diverse student body within Bethel University and Bethel Seminary.
• Offer relational counseling to help students build healthy, thriving connections.
• Integrate clinical experience with a compassionate understanding of the student experience.
• Ensure clinical integrity through timely, accurate documentation and reporting.
• Effectively manage a caseload to ensure every student receives consistent and attentive care.
• Actively participate in weekly staff meetings, supervision, and university-wide gatherings, including Chapel, to stay connected to the heart of the campus.
• Provide psycho-educational training for students, staff, and faculty.
• Serve as a consultative partner during Bethel Care Team meetings, and represent counseling services on university committees, as assigned.
• Participate in professional development and maintain credentials consistent with the position.
• Provide clinical or administrative guidance to counseling interns when the director and supervisory staff are unavailable.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree is required in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a closely related field.
• Licensure: Must be Licensed (or license-eligible) as an LMFT or LPCC in the State of Minnesota.
• Clinical
  
  Experience:
  
  1+ years of experience in adult mental health counseling (experience with the 16–25 age demographic and in a university setting is preferred).

Bethel’s mission is to educate and equip students to lead lives of impact through transformative academics in a Christ-centered community. Bethel’s employee community plays a central role in developing our students as whole and holy persons. To carry out this mission, Bethel uses the foundation of our guiding documents, the Affi ... (content truncated for brevity).

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