Therapy Clinic Culture

Culture is certainly the buzzword of the moment in the business world. Research, statistics, and literal felt experience shows us that having a strong and healthy organizational culture is absolutely imperative in the workplace. So the tricky thing is, what does that mean for a nonprofit and specifically a therapy clinic?

A basic understanding of company culture tells us that it is the combination of our mission, ideals, beliefs, processes, and workplace relationships and how they impact individuals and teams as a whole. When we’re looking to integrate into a new team or attempting to bring someone new into our team, the way they connect and “fit in” matters greatly. Many companies make the mistake of not paying enough attention to or not being intentional enough about culture until it becomes a problem. In the therapy clinic sector, building and attending to company culture is a unique discipline.

At Gap Relief, we have always placed our culture as a high priority when building our organization. Our core values reflect how we feel about ourselves, about the other Gap Relievers fighting beside us, and about the clients and sectors we serve.

Our core values are:

• People over Mission

• Honor

• Creativity

• Side by Side

• Safety

• Curiosity

• Fun

These values are woven into the very fabric of our organization and we walk them out with each other daily. We hear our founders saying things like “We can’t do that, it breaks our culture.” on a consistent basis and it reminds us that we are worth fighting for and that we have each others’ backs. Only then can we walk out our mission strong and unified. Only then can we truly help the helpers build resilient communities.