The Counseling Center

I left the Counseling Center due to toxic work environment. The supervisors do a poor job of providing support to counselors, those that speak up are ignored or reprimanded. There is a lack of oversight by corporate. There has been a lot of counselor turnover, the worst part about that is the affect this must have on the clients, some of which had to change counselors 2 or 3 times. The clients are not the first priority here –making money is – so the supervisors will often turn to acts that are ethically questionable to keep their business running. For example, they will keep clients way beyond their need for treatment because they are making money off them. Furthermore, there appears to be a lack of professionalism, as supervisors have been observed gossiping with clients, forging paperwork, and scheduling sessions they do not show up to. Paid time off is slim and there are no sick days. I did enjoy working in this field, however I do not recommend working here.

It's an alright place to learn the field of MH and SUD as a recent grad or unlicensed clinician. Once you get licensed they won't pay you anywhere close to what you can potentially make at other outpatient facilities or hospital settings. 

At Fair Lawn caseloads are extremely high (40-65 clients on average). Turnover is high as well. Once people leave you'll have their clients and group facilitating schedule dumped onto you without any additional incentives/rewards other than a "thanks." 

The medical, vision and dental insurance is not good (Solstice). The vision/dental is considered a "discount card" from what my providers told me. So you'll still have an expensive co-pay for your annual visits even if they accept it as in-network.

Current Clinical Director isn't fit to be a supervisor so you'll be without adequate support, go months at times without participating in supervision and be expected to learn on the fly initially as you get acclimated to the role. 

Otherwise the facility itself is pretty nice, and it's clean.

The best thing about this job is the great people who stop by to work for a small period of time and then go running for the hills. The culture is toxic, the more negative you are the further you will go in this environment.The less you care about people the better. A great place to work to determine what you really want from a job, or to give you the fire you need to further your education. Great for internships if you need field hours. You meet great people ( clientele).  Management is a joke. A typical day is keeping your head above water. Every day. Rinse and repeat.

I have never experienced a more poorly managed treatment center than this place. Unethical, disorganized, unprofessional. Specifically Fair Lawn location. Caseloads were 40+ group sizes huge and staff burnout and turnover is shocking. Any good therapist has run for the hills. It ultimately hurts clients who come seeking for help. 

Upper management only cares about the next insurance pay out and does nothing to improve the morale of staff, provide fair compensation and most importantly does not consider the  quality of care for clients. 

The Counseling Center is a tremendous organization to work for and there are so many opportunities for growth. I've seen so many Admin Assistants grow in to counselors and counselors grow in to supervisor and directors! Very fast paced team and ready and willing to support at any time. The team truly cares about the clients and you can see how the team comes together to fight for one's recovery. 

The team is always willing and ready to come together for the good of our clients. Management both direct and higher level management is always pushing staff to achieve educational goal. they motivate and encourage you. Yes, sometimes the work day gets stressful, but working in recovery, that comes with the territory. I feel that I am making an impact on our clients and truly helping them on their recovery journey. I love my job!

Super supportive staff all the way from entry level to upper management. I can say first hand that the employees here work very hard to provide the level of care that has made us this successful. For anyone looking to get in the field or looking to advance their skill set and professional development, this is the place to start, this is the place to stay. 5 out of 5 stars.

Doesn't make you feel in adiquite , quite , throws you work all of the time and doesn't enguage in conversation, if you do get to speak to anyone it's the clients, is akward in the office not much diversity, pay is low, 30 min lunch ñ, of funny with time.

Worked as a counselor for 2 years. Primarily mental health IOP. Pay was low. Raise was unheard of. No room for growth. PTO accumulated very slowly and did not provide time off for CEU. Higher management was rude and unreasonable. Only good thing was the staff.

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