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Collaboration as a core value in a private practice outpatient mental health care setting highlights the importance of teamwork and collective effort in achieving optimal client outcomes and lessens provider burn out. We are better together and hold a strong and deeply rooted value of community over competition in our practice and throughout our community. It emphasizes the integration of diverse perspectives, skills, and expertise among therapists, staff, and clients. Collaboration also means holding ourselves and sometimes others accountable and owning our stuff. By fostering open communication and mutual respect, collaboration ensures that care is comprehensive, individualized, and responsive to clients' unique needs. This value also extends to working alongside other healthcare professionals and community resources, promoting a holistic approach to mental health and well-being, where everyone plays a vital role in the healing process.

We recognize that we are as strong as the person beside us when we work on a team. We acknowledge that we are human beings first and therapists second and that mistakes will be made. We foster an environment to come forward when you make a mistake and we also foster an environment of safe accountability. We know that we can hold ourselves and others accountable, while maintaining compassion and emotional regulation. We expect this out of all staff at Longleaf - to provide safety, curiosity, and a non-gossip like structure that will in turn create safety for clients.

We are the expert of our own experiences but are not the expert in anyone else’s. Even if we have experienced a similar situation, our clients and our staff are the experts of their own lives and stories. We never assume we know what is best for someone or that we know every single thing. We acknowledge this by the way we communicate, not assume, and utilize active listening both in session and out of session within our work place. 

In a private group practice, continuous improvement and goal orientation are deeply rooted values that we believe reflect a commitment to both personal and professional growth, as well as a focus on achieving meaningful outcomes for clients and staff. We believe that the day we stop learning, is the day we need to find another career.

Continuous improvement on behalf of leadership and all of our employees, emphasizes the practices dedication to ongoing learning, skill development, and staying current with evidence-based practices while also fostering a safe, inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment. When we know better, we immediately do better; whether that involves changing a policy, a process, or staff changes. It fosters an environment where innovation and feedback are embraced, ensuring high-quality care.

Goal orientation highlights the practice’s focus on setting clear, measurable objectives, treatment planning, and professional performance. Therapists are expected to collaborate with clients to establish realistic goals and take an active role in guiding them toward achieving positive, lasting change. Together, these values create a dynamic, forward-thinking practice that strives for excellence in client outcomes and therapist well being. 

We foster an ongoing, active commitment to creating a more inclusive, equitable, and culturally responsive environment for clients and staff. It involves regularly assessing and refining policies, practices, and training to ensure that the practice serves diverse populations with respect, sensitivity, understanding, and knowledge. We foster an anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic, and anti-ableism lens and we do not accept any less.