The Dorm Reviews

It will be sold as a pro, you get a computer and phone - this means you are always on the clock and expected to be available (mobile office). A lot of progressive branding, including “gender affirming,” “black lives matter,” and “scholarships for the less fortunate.” I have witnessed judgement, prejudice and ignorance in the face of serving members of the lgbtq+ community. A real disservice and multiple hr issues regarding people of color and clients of color who are often made to be “angry,” “loud,” “threatening.” For all of the trainings they conduct, you would think micro aggressions and racism would have been registered by their leadership and employees by now. Pretty much every “scholarship” case is unsuccessful due to a myriad of reasons. They will sell experience in complex clients, attract those clients and then offer clinicians who are right out of their graduate program, with no experience other than an internship, in some cases not even be 25 years of age and then end up with the blind leading the blind. Everyone gets promoted once a year. So you have “senior” therapists, who have been out of graduate school for one year. Ask yourself, how does a “clinician” with one year of work experience constitute a “senior” anything. In the end all of the workers who have integrity, promise and are capable of thinking for themselves leave and have left. A toxic work environment through and through, with a crumbling infrastructure. Save yourself the trouble and keep it moving. This is not it.

The Dorm has a toxic work culture. There's a lot of cliquishness among staff, and the marketing often feels more like a sales pitch than a reflection of what the company can actually deliver. They oversell or lie about their services just to get clients in the door, and once they're in, there’s little focus on actually caring for their wellbeing. Staff are overworked, and there’s a serious lack of training and support. Interns are frequently left to handle client work/run group therapy, even though clients and their families are paying a lot of money for these services. On top of that, The Dorm either doesn't understand basic nutrition or doesn't care. Clients have unlimited access to sugary cereals and snacks, with no regard for how these foods can negatively affect mental health and overall well-being. It’s disappointing to see such a lack of attention to something so fundamental.