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Unhealthy and Unethical Work Environment - Mental Health Therapist Foundations Counseling Employee Review

1.0
Jul 7, 2023
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Pros

The admin staff and therapists were great colleagues

Cons

The consistent ethical dilemmas I was put in and severe financial struggle drove me out of this company. -Misleading pay range. Required to see 30+ clients a week and paid less than 20% per client when clients are paying $180+ per session. There is no support while you build up your caseload. -Misleading information on getting clients quicker than you actually will. Perhaps due to how many therapists they’re hiring on and everyone trying to build a caseload at the same time. -Misleading information on having control of your schedule with expectations that you are available 6 days a week. You're expected to be available 8am-8pm until you consistently see 30+ clients a week. -They send out a daily email showing how many sessions each therapist has had each day which I observed and experienced, cultivated self doubt. -They have a lengthy weeks long training before you begin seeing clients and miss talking about any suicide protocol, limits of working with clients out of state, and limits of working with medicaid clients to name a few. Unfortunately reading other people’s negative experiences on Glassdoor was validating and resonated to my experience in all areas but especially in terms of ethics. -Their retention rate is insanely low and many at-will firing of employees without taking care of the clients which at times could be argued client abandonment. If you’re interested in hustle culture, working outside of your competency without appropriate support, testing ethical violations, and having zero free time, this place is for you.

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5.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Pros

Opportunity for growth, and competitive salary in northern Colorado. Six figure salary attainable with stabilization of caseload. Benefits, matches, paid time off, sick leave. Wonderful co workers and therapists who have their clients best interest at heart.

Cons

Fewer opportunities for outside trainings

1.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The administrative team and the counselors are wonderful and really want to do their best for the community. The staff has a lot of passion for mental health and wanting to make change in the company.

Cons

If you are looking to be worked incredibly hard for little compensation and practically no benefits (no PTO, outrageous costing health insurance, non-matched 401K, etc.), this is the job for you. Foundations does not care about their employees, they do not run an ethical company, and the CEO is one of the worst I have personally met. Between unethical counseling violations (charging $200 for 45 minutes, no insurance, seeing clients out of state without appropriate licensing or resources, and a focus on sales over mental health), lack of support for staff and clients, and a CEO who genuinely only cares about making more money, Foundations will burn you out and cast you aside. I worked here for four years (outlasting everyone on the team when I was hired), saw extreme amounts of turnover (averaging one employee lost every 10 days across my four years), and I would not recommend this place to anyone. Upper management makes empty promises about how they are going to improve, but never actually does anything productive. When staff leaves, their responsibilities are unreasonably split among other staff rather than Foundations hiring replacements. Don't waste your time with Foundations Counseling and Chris Berger. You will be treated as less than human, you will not be compensated fairly, and you will be burned out. You can find a better job for a more ethical company that pays better and gives much better benefits then you will ever receive working here.

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