Wave Therapy reviews

3.2

56% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

66% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
1.0
Mar 29, 2025

Not the same

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company offers health insurance benefits and a 401(k) match. CEU opportunities and supervision for associates, which can help with career growth. Sick time can be used like PTO, so there’s flexibility there. The best part of the job, has been the amazing colleagues and clients, some great people that made working there a bit easier.

Cons

This was a great place to work, but with constant turnover, key leaders leaving, and endless changes, it has really gone downhill. The CEO is not only focused on rapidly expanding this business but also on opening other businesses, leaving clinicians feeling overworked and undervalued. There is a major lack of work-life balance, and the culture that used to exist is no longer there. Clinicians are expected to work long hours without compensation for all our time, including emails, admin time, and client notes/needs. Despite the business growing, compensation does not reflect the workload, and requests for fair pay are often met with excuses. There is also a lack of equal opportunity for growth, with favoritism playing a significant role in who gets ahead. When employees leave, there’s a lot of bad-mouthing and gossip with no accountability, just blame. While managers seem to be trying, they’re under constant pressure. At the top, professionalism is often lacking, with negative talk and blame-shifting when things go wrong. There are also ethical concerns around questionable business practices that leave many uncomfortable. The lack of stability and opportunity leaves clinicians with little choice but to look elsewhere for growth, sometimes even choosing to branch out and expand on our own.

2.0
Mar 16, 2025

Interesting Business Model

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Adequate supervision for AMFT provided. Support for LMFT's built within the organization Convenient CEU opportunities offered with no cost to employees. The Billing team is incredibly supportive and provides quick assistance when needed for any concerns. Incredible fellow therapists (non-management) who are thoughtful, engaged, and willing to help.

Cons

WAVE has horrible compensation for clinicians and shows no signs of ever being able to pay therapists an actual living wage. As a licensed clinician, I was being paid $40 per session and there was no promise of any sustainable change that would result being paid more; instead they continued to hire more clinicians, open new offices, but continue to pay those who are performing the client-facing sessions poorly. There is an irritating amount of time that is required by company for group meetings that interfere with your schedule with half-pay only for licensed clinicians, nothing offered for associates. There is an unnerving amount of micromanagement and control held by the upper management, despite consistently singing songs of "We let you build your own schedule! We let you do what works for you!" Upper management has high standards for clients seen each week by clinicians, but do not take into account the reality of the current market of clients seeking support. I was promised a full caseload of 20-25 clients within 2 months of starting my job with WAVE, but did not reach that until almost 9 months in, at no consequence of my own, I simply was not offered clients or had clients that did not engage to initiate sessions. They used data matrixes to cite that I was at fault. I was criticized and told to be more available and take on cases that were outside of my scope of confidence or competence as a clinician to meet hour requirements for employment.

5.0
Sep 13, 2022

Wave Therapy

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Helpful and supportive team great work culture work life balance different focus groups to help further education provide CEU's

Cons

Communication amongst colleagues can be improved.

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