Licensed Professional Counselor Expert

Remote | Contract | $65–$100/hour
Annualized Equivalent: $135,200–$208,000/year based on 40 hours/week
Minimum 10 hours/week | Fully Remote | Fully Async

About the Role

We are seeking licensed professional counselors to author and evaluate counseling scenarios used to assess and improve advanced AI models.

In this role, you will apply your professional counseling expertise to create realistic clinical scenarios, develop reference responses, and evaluate AI-generated outputs for clinical accuracy, ethical reasoning, and appropriate risk handling.

This opportunity is designed for practicing counseling professionals who can translate real-world clinical judgment into clear, structured written reasoning.

What You’ll Do

• Author realistic counseling scenarios, including complex risk and ethical dilemmas.

• Write reference responses that clearly explain the therapeutic reasoning behind each clinical choice.

• Evaluate AI-generated counseling responses for clinical accuracy, ethical standards, and appropriate risk handling.

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

• Clearly explain why a response is clinically appropriate, inappropriate, incomplete, or unsafe.

• Apply professional counseling judgment consistently when reviewing and grading model outputs.

Core Areas of Evaluation

Your work may involve assessing AI responses across areas such as:

• Clinical accuracy

• Treatment planning

• Safety assessment

• Risk recognition and handling

• Ethical decision-making

• Evidence-based counseling approaches

• Therapeutic reasoning

• Appropriate clinical communication

• Recognition of potentially unsafe or misleading guidance

Required Qualifications

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

• 2+ years of counseling practice after licensure.

• Professional experience with treatment planning and safety assessment.

• Experience applying evidence-based counseling modalities.

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

• Ability to commit to at least 10 hours per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Specialized experience in one or more of the following:

  • Trauma

  • Substance use

  • Couples counseling

  • Adolescent counseling

• Crisis line or community mental health experience.

• Clinical supervision experience.

• Counselor education experience.

Contract & Compensation

• $65–$100/hour, paid weekly via Stripe.

• Annualized Equivalent: $135,200–$208,000/year based on 40 hours/week.

• Your rate is determined by your professional experience and is not reduced after you begin.

• Fully remote and fully asynchronous.

• No fixed working hours.

• Minimum 10 hours per week, with no maximum.

• Ability to scale your hours up or down from week to week.

• No screen recording.

• No keystroke monitoring.

• No idle timers.

• Independent contractor engagement.

• Ongoing project work rather than one-off task batches.

Hiring Process

1. Application
Complete the application, which takes approximately five minutes and includes your resume and several structured questions.

2. Resume Review
Applications are reviewed against a defined evaluation rubric, with a decision provided for each application.

3. Written Assessment
Selected candidates may be asked to complete a written assessment for further placement.

4. Onboarding
Successful candidates complete the contractor agreement, connect Stripe for payments, and receive platform access.

5. Project Matching
You will be matched with live projects aligned with your counseling specialty, typically within a week of onboarding.

Why Apply

• $65–$100/hour professional compensation.

• Fully remote and fully asynchronous work.

• No traditional clinical caseload.

• Flexible weekly hours with a minimum commitment of 10 hours.

• Apply your real-world counseling expertise to advanced AI evaluation.

• Help improve how AI models understand and respond to complex mental health scenarios.

• Ongoing project opportunities rather than isolated task batches.

What Success Looks Like

Successful contributors bring strong clinical judgment, careful ethical reasoning, and the ability to explain their decisions clearly. The strongest work distinguishes between responses that merely sound supportive and responses that demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning, risk awareness, and professional standards.