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-Opportunities for growth and moving up at the practice -Ongoing continued education opportunities -Input on types of client's you can work with and best suit your skill set -Pleasant work environment -Friendly and helpful coworkers and supervisors -Benefits, 401k, BBS insurance
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Not many cons I can think of. Whenever I do have an issue I know I can work with supervisors to help find a solution!
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The culture here is honestly one of the biggest positives. The owner is warm, approachable, and genuinely tries to work with employees while still keeping things ethical and consistent for clients. There’s a real effort to balance flexibility with maintaining standards, which I appreciate. The intake process also does a good job of matching therapists with the kinds of clients they actually want to work with, which makes a huge difference long term. The practice offers things like CEU stipends, bonuses, and student loan assistance, which helps people feel supported professionally and financially. There are also a lot of small culture things that make the environment feel more personal — team lunches, bonding events, birthday/work anniversary lunches with the owner, etc. It doesn’t feel overly corporate. The protocols and metrics can feel like a lot sometimes, but they do make sense overall and are clearly connected to consistency of care, client support, and determining bonuses/benefits.
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Sometimes communication around policies or requests can feel a little overwhelming because there’s such an effort to explain the reasoning behind everything. I appreciate the transparency, but occasionally it can feel like hearing all the reasons something might not work before fully hearing whether it actually could.
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- Team meetings provide opportunities for discussion and updates.
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- Owner is a chronic micromanager and can be critical of personal appearance. - Constant stress to meet metrics; practice heavily focused on numbers. - If clients cancel or no-show, therapists are made to feel responsible and may receive reduced pay, despite the practice charging full fees. - Compensation package can be misleading; take-home pay ranges lower than advertised ($40–55k provisionally licensed, $55–60k fully licensed). - Monthly pay schedule makes managing bills difficult. - Required evenings and at least one weekend day can be draining. - Therapists have little to no autonomy in their work. - Supervision is not constructive; focuses more on psychoanalyzing staff than offering guidance. - Difficulties with clients are framed as “learning opportunities” rather than validated. - Team meetings, while potentially enjoyable, are mandatory and can feel like interrogations if you cannot attend.