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3.22 AVERAGE
3.22 AVERAGE
Fascinating! I had no idea it was so lucrative and uncomplicated to commit such extensive fraud! It was a story I had never heard about (happening on the other side of the country...). The downside was that the book was long. It jumped around in the timeline of events too much and it took forever to get to the point of it all.
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
The one star was because the content was good; however the reader was so bad I could barely concentrate on the book itself. He read all the women’s voices as childish, flaky airheads. His voice acting for Bathum was so irritating, I had to google actual videos of Bathum speaking and the voice acting wasn’t even close. He didn’t need to do racial impersonations either. This was the longest 5 hour book (at 1.5 speed) yet. Overall fail on what could have been a great book. And maybe it’s not fair to give the author this kind of review based on the reading, but I find it hard to believe the author didn’t participate in the production and then bless the final product.
Chris Bathum specialized in addiction and was the founder of a rapidly growing rehab chain. The catch? He was a complete fraud. Bathum continued to use, scammed insurance companies, and sexually abused his female patients. This was a crazy story of corruption in the addiction and mental health field. The story jumped around a bit but I found it both infuriating and fascinating. Interesting read!
Raise your hand if you check your state's medical board licensing verification site before you visit a doctor...
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Yeah, well, you should. There are MANY people who claim to be therapists, chiropractors, physicians who have never passed any kind of test or attended a program. They are liars. Avoid them.
This "bad therapist" took advantage of his "clients" -- he was supposed to be helping them kick their addictions. Instead he gave them more drugs.
This still happens in the recovery industry today. Seek in-network addiction treatment programs. Especially if you're looking at programs in California or Florida. I cannot stress to you enough how many "facilities" there are out there that are truly JUST sober living homes. They claim to over counseling, etc, but they actually just bus patients from their very pricey sober living home to non-facility AA/NA meetings. They bill insurance for THOUSANDS of dollars for "partial hospitalization" when other programs may only charge a thousand dollars for a month of the same level of care.
DO YOUR RESEARCH. (If you need assistance or have questions, please feel free to reach out. I am in know way an expert (or a therapist), but I am pretty familiar with the industry.)
Waiting...
Yeah, well, you should. There are MANY people who claim to be therapists, chiropractors, physicians who have never passed any kind of test or attended a program. They are liars. Avoid them.
This "bad therapist" took advantage of his "clients" -- he was supposed to be helping them kick their addictions. Instead he gave them more drugs.
This still happens in the recovery industry today. Seek in-network addiction treatment programs. Especially if you're looking at programs in California or Florida. I cannot stress to you enough how many "facilities" there are out there that are truly JUST sober living homes. They claim to over counseling, etc, but they actually just bus patients from their very pricey sober living home to non-facility AA/NA meetings. They bill insurance for THOUSANDS of dollars for "partial hospitalization" when other programs may only charge a thousand dollars for a month of the same level of care.
DO YOUR RESEARCH. (If you need assistance or have questions, please feel free to reach out. I am in know way an expert (or a therapist), but I am pretty familiar with the industry.)
I dislike the narrator trying to do voices, I really wish that was not a thing as it’s quite annoying!
The format was a little crazy, got a bit confused at times but overall I found the story tragic and fascinating.
None of the books in this series (Exposure) have been great for various reasons, but overall the subject matter of this one kept me intrigued. There was a lot of crazy stuff happening.
The format was a little crazy, got a bit confused at times but overall I found the story tragic and fascinating.
None of the books in this series (Exposure) have been great for various reasons, but overall the subject matter of this one kept me intrigued. There was a lot of crazy stuff happening.
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Working with rehabilitation patients myself I find this system in America to be horrific. Makes me glad I'm British.