Licensed Professional Counselor Expert

$135,200–$208,000/year annualized
$65–$100/hour
Remote | Hourly Contract | United States

Annualized compensation is based on $65–$100/hour × 40 hours/week × 52 weeks. Actual earnings depend on hours worked, project availability, and engagement needs.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking licensed professional counselors to apply their clinical expertise to the evaluation and improvement of advanced artificial intelligence systems.

In this role, you will create realistic counseling scenarios—including situations involving clinical risk and ethical decision-making—and evaluate AI-generated responses for clinical accuracy, therapeutic reasoning, ethics, and appropriate risk handling.

Your professional judgment will help identify whether an AI response provides genuinely appropriate clinical reasoning rather than simply sounding empathetic or supportive.

What You’ll Do

• Develop realistic counseling and behavioral health scenarios based on professional practice.

• Create scenarios involving risk assessment, safety considerations, ethical dilemmas, and clinical decision-making.

• Write reference responses that explain the therapeutic and clinical reasoning behind appropriate decisions.

• Evaluate AI-generated counseling responses for clinical accuracy, ethical appropriateness, and risk management.

• Identify responses that appear empathetic but fail to appropriately recognize or manage clinical risk.

• Clearly explain why a response is appropriate, incomplete, inaccurate, unsafe, or outside the appropriate scope of practice.

Who Should Apply

This opportunity is designed for practicing licensed counselors with direct experience in clinical treatment planning, safety assessment, and evidence-based counseling.

Relevant experience may include:

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

• Clinical counseling and behavioral health practice

• Treatment planning and clinical risk assessment

• Evidence-based counseling modalities

Required Qualifications

• Active, unencumbered LPC or LMHC license in the United States.

• At least 2 years of counseling practice after licensure.

• Direct experience with treatment planning and safety assessment.

• Experience applying evidence-based counseling approaches or modalities.

• Strong written English and the ability to document clinical reasoning clearly.

• Ability to commit at least 10 hours per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Specialized clinical experience in trauma.

• Substance use counseling experience.

• Couples counseling experience.

• Adolescent counseling experience.

• Crisis line or community mental health experience.

• Clinical supervision or counselor education experience.

Work Arrangement

• Fully remote.

• Fully asynchronous.

• Independent contractor engagement.

• Minimum 10 hours per week with no maximum.

• Flexible weekly hours that can scale according to your availability and project needs.

• No on-call responsibilities or emergency caseload.

• No screen recording, keystroke monitoring, or idle-time tracking.

• Ongoing project opportunities rather than single-task assignments.

• Weekly payment via Stripe.

Application Process

1. Apply with your resume and a few structured questions.

2. Resume review based on the role's qualification criteria.

3. Written assessment may be requested for further evaluation and project placement.

4. Onboarding includes contractor documentation, payment setup, and platform access.

5. Project matching typically occurs within approximately one week of onboarding.

Why Apply?

• Earn $65–$100/hour for specialized counseling expertise.

• Work remotely with a flexible, asynchronous schedule.

• Apply your clinical reasoning to advanced AI evaluation.

• Help improve how AI systems handle mental health, counseling, ethics, and clinical risk.

• Contribute professional judgment to the evaluation of AI-generated clinical responses.

• Participate in ongoing projects while choosing your weekly availability.

Engagement Terms

This is an independent contractor opportunity. Project availability and weekly hours may vary, allowing you to adjust your participation according to your availability and active project needs.

Compensation: $65–$100/hour
Annualized equivalent: $135,200–$208,000 based on 40 hours/week for 52 weeks
Work mode: Fully remote
Engagement: Independent contractor
Minimum availability: 10 hours/week
Payment: Weekly via Stripe