Horribly Underpaid and Taken Advantage Of - Therapist Light on Anxiety Employee Review

1. Light On Anxiety strives to offer comp packages in line with market trends. The fact that we have so many wonderful new employees joining LOA and selecting our comp package over external offers tells me we're doing a pretty good job with this goal but we will continue to monitor and revise on an ongoing basis. 2. Light On Anxiety’s model is to select high caliber candidates with tons of potential and invite them to join our 2 year Clinical Training Institute. I do prefer hiring clinicians who have yet to be exposed to practice styles that would conflict with our action oriented CBT based therapeutic style and have found it to be more difficult to “unlearn” certain clinical habits than to train new clinicians on Light On Anxiety’s unique treatment approach. 3. LOA hires associate therapists to join our 2 year Clinical Training Institute. This training program is resource intensive, including 2 hours of supervision, 2 additional hours of clinical training and support each week as well as the provision of many other proprietary training resources. The actual cost of a new clinician participating in this program is well above the repayment amount we ask of those who choose to leave prior to completing the 2 year program. We do of course understand life happens and if there are special circumstances causing an employee to need to leave LOA prior to the completion of their 2 year contract we always consider each situation on a case by case basis. 4. As for your comment regarding me being “horribly disorganized and unprofessional”, I am going to take in what I can from this feedback. As a mom of 3 children, I am frequently pulled in many directions, especially during the pandemic and still in post pandemic life, and in no way do I want LOA employees to bear the burden of my work/life balance challenges. I am not quite sure of the solution but I am going to commit to some measurable goals in these important areas. Thank you for taking the time to post this review. I invite you to contact me directly to further discuss. Dr. Debra Kissen CEO Light On Anxiety