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Portland DBT Institute Reviews

4.2

72% would recommend to a friend

(10 total reviews)
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Linda Dimeff

100% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

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10 reviews
2.0
4 Oct 2018

Taking Advantage of Hard Workers

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Pros

Training opportunities and really lovely, hardworking colleagues.

Cons

Management lies about pay right off the bat. Extremely high turnover for really difficult work with high burnout potential, upper management doesn’t seem to care about burnout or their turnover problem. Promises high level of training, does not deliver. Elitist point of view with high shaming culture of those who burnout, even though clinic policies reinforce burnout behaviors. Takes advantage of clinician’s desire to do right by their clients and pushes clincian’s limits until they leave. No paid time off. Very little sick leave. No parental leave. Productivity system. Have to get coverage of shifts like in food service, and there is little back up besides colleagues who are super overloaded themselves. Clinicians do most of admin work and case management with very little external support from clinic.

3.0
6 May 2022
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Pros

Good clinical supervision Team environment (Mostly) flexible schedule

Cons

Relatively low pay Misleading communication (answers before hiring did not match reality, like to describe how things should be not how they actually are) High staff turnover Lots of factors make it easy to burnout

5.0
7 Nov 2020
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Pros

I really love being a therapist at Portland DBT Institute. I appreciate the flexibility of scheduling, the support I receive from management and my team, and the challenge of the work. I treat individuals with a range of difficulties with both individual and DBT skills group.

Cons

It is a productivity model so pay is based on face to face hours. They changed the model so that you can get a monthly stipend at the start of employment to offset the time it takes to build your caseload.

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