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Companies are a reflection of their Employees - Therapist Firefly Institute Employee Review

5.0
31 Oct 2019
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Pros

I liked working at Firefly Counseling Services PC. The company was in the process of transitioning to a non-profit, Firefly Institute, while I worked there but I moved before it was completed in August of 2019. I really appreciated that Firefly places a high emphasis on ethics and integrity. I found the diversity of modalities offered to be refreshing such as, play therapy, animal assisted human health, emdr, cbt and dbt. I enjoyed working in community and the training opportunities added great depth to my practice. TI had 24 hours of extra PTO annually for training in addition to 160 hours of vacation and 40 hours of sick time (224 total PTO hours). I recently spoke to employees still there and this has not changed. The Care Coordination team really helped me, supporting me and the clients on my caseload. Firefly hires people right out of their master’s programs and supervises them through state board licensure so there is a natural turnover of personnel transitioning to private practice every summer. I did this and it was not a problem, not everyone handles that sort of thing well.

Cons

The transition to a non-profit came with changes, including a lot more oversight. Some of the employees I worked with had real problem with that, but I think they all left, so that shouldn't continue to be a problem.

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5.0
23 Mar 2024
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Pros

Great administrative and supervisory support. Flexible schedule and freedom to cultivate the caseload you want. Warm and caring environment, feels like a family.

Cons

1099 work can be inconsistent

5.0
19 Nov 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I am pleased to write that my experience has been wonderful. I was asked to write a review and provide my feedback recently by our office management. That was all, just that it would be appreciated if I could provide feedback about my experience on this site. I was surprised to see some of the other reviews, considering this hasn't been my experience at all. I am concerned to see a post that anything positive was fake. The social worker in me is frankly outraged that my voice is being silenced and that my perspective and experience doesn't matter and is considered 'fake news.' I feel like we have had enough of that type of bullying to last us a lifetime. My experience is that this practice is a space in which I am supported, have freedom to build my practice in a way I want (type of clients I see, therapeutic theory/evidence based practice is decided by me in collaboration with my clients, schedule, etc.) I work with wonderful people and feel supported in this group. I receive scheduled consultation for client cases and can reach out to peers when I need to staff a case. I appreciate being able to structure my day and caseload in a way which supports my professional goals or needs for work/life balance. This has overall been a good experience and a good fit for me.

Cons

Because we don't necessarily need to be on site if we don't have clients scheduled, it means office doors are often closed (people are in session) or dark (therapists are out of the office). This wasn't necessarily unexpected, but it does mean I need to be proactive and ask to schedule a consultation time with colleagues/lunch/coffee meeting or I might miss them!

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