Resume template · Updated October 2026
Mental health counselor and therapist resume template
Short answer
Henrietta suits a mental health counselor or therapist: a calm, conventional layout that clinics and group practices expect, with your clinical experience first. The fictional sample is a licensed counselor at a community mental health center who treats adults with anxiety and depression. Put your licence in the headline, describe caseload and approaches, and never include client details.
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Rebecca is a fictional licensed professional counselor. Replace every detail with your own before you send it.
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Why Henrietta suits a mental health counselor resume
Henrietta prints a summary, then Work Experience, then Education and a skills grid, in black and grey. Clinical directors read for licence, populations and therapy approaches first, and this quiet, experience-first layout keeps attention on clinical work.
Second choice: Leslie. Leslie keeps experience first with a little blue colour, a fit for private group practices.
What goes in each section, in Henrietta's order
Henrietta prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Licence, populations, settings and main therapy approaches, with caseload size.
- Work Experience. Bullets on caseload, populations, approaches used, groups run, outcome measures, crisis work and documentation.
- Education. Graduate counseling degree with the year, printed right after the jobs.
- Skills. Therapy approaches, assessments and the records system.
- Certifications. Licence with the state and year, plus specialised training. Repeat the licence in the headline.
The sample resume as text
The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.
Rebecca Lindgren
Licensed Professional Counselor, Adult Anxiety and Depression
Denver, CO | rebecca.lindgren@example.com | (303) 555-0142 | linkedin.com/in/sample-rebecca-lindgren
Licensed professional counselor at a community mental health center, treating adults with anxiety and depression in person and by telehealth. Carries a caseload of about 30 and runs two weekly groups.
Experience
Mental Health Counselor, Front Range Community Mental Health, Denver, CO (07/2021 to Present)
- Provide individual therapy for about 30 adults, using CBT and DBT skills, in person and by telehealth.
- Track progress with standard anxiety and depression measures every four sessions and adjust treatment plans.
- Run two weekly skills groups for about 16 clients.
- Complete crisis assessments and safety plans on walk-in days.
- Keep notes in the record system within one business day.
Counseling Intern, Colorado State University Counseling Center, Fort Collins, CO (08/2020 to 05/2021)
- Saw students for short-term counseling under supervision.
- Co-led a stress management group.
- Completed intake assessments.
Education
Master of Arts, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of Denver (06/2021)
Certifications
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Colorado State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners (2023)
Skills
CBT, DBT skills, Crisis assessment, Treatment planning, Telehealth, Electronic health records, Warm, steady presence
How to make the sample yours
Lead with licence and populations
Licence type and the people you treat best: adults, adolescents, couples, substance use. Clinics hire for fit with their clients.
Name approaches you practise
CBT, DBT skills, motivational interviewing, trauma-focused approaches. List the ones you use, not every training.
Show measurement
Outcome measures you track and how your caseload changed. Measured progress is increasingly expected.
Include groups and crisis work
Groups led, crisis assessments, safety planning.
Protect confidentiality
No client stories, names or details, even disguised.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- mental health counselor
- licensed professional counselor
- therapist
- individual therapy
- group therapy
- cognitive behavioral therapy
- DBT skills
- trauma-informed care
- crisis assessment
- treatment planning
- outcome measures
- telehealth
Mistakes to avoid
- Any client story or detail.
- Listing every training as a specialty.
- No licence in the headline.
- Promises about treatment results.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 5 of 5 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
What should a mental health counselor resume focus on?
Licence, populations, settings, therapy approaches, caseload and measured progress. Clinical directors also check documentation habits and crisis experience.
Is this template right for therapists with other licences?
Yes. Social workers, marriage and family therapists and psychologists can use it; replace the licence and approaches with your own.
How do I list approaches I trained in but rarely use?
Leave them out of the main skills, or list them as training. Readers trust a short, honest list.
Should I include internship hours?
Early in your career, yes, with setting and populations. Once licensed, keep internships short.
How do I handle private practice experience?
List it like a job with your caseload and approaches, and say if you also handled billing and scheduling. Clinics value private practice counselors who know the business side of care.
How long should the resume be?
One page for most counselors; two with supervision or teaching roles.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Henrietta PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 5 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
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