About Behavioral Blueprints

We close the gap between what buyers discount and what sellers protect.

Intelligence-first exit planning, built exclusively for behavioral health. We work with you years before you're at the table, so you arrive prepared for what comes next.

Confidential
Institutionally backed
BH-exclusive
Where We Fit

The layer between your valuation and every buyer's diligence team.

CPAs audit your financials. Attorneys draft your purchase agreement. Investment banks list your company. QofE firms verify your EBITDA. Every one of these professionals is essential, and none of them prepare you years in advance for what a buyer's diligence team is designed to do: find reasons to discount your price.

We work with you months, sometimes years, before you're at the table. We identify what a buyer's diligence team will find, quantify the impact on your valuation, and help you close the gaps that cost you the most at close. By the time a third-party financial firm opens the books on your trailing twelve months, there are no surprises.

That's the gap we fill. No CPA uncovers it. No attorney bridges it. No broker-dealer closes it. But we do, and years before you're ready to transact. So when you go through a process, you're prepared.

How We're Built
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Behavioral health exclusive. We don't advise pharmacies, staffing companies, or DSOs. Behavioral health is all we do, and we're sell-side focused.
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Intelligence-first. Every recommendation starts with data. The Deal Health Index™ is built on the frameworks PE and strategics use in diligence, not intuition.
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Pre-transaction. We engage 12 to 36 months before you go to market. Preparation is where the multiple is built.
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Institutionally backed. When it's time to conduct your sell-side diligence, we work with one of the nation's most respected healthcare transaction advisory firms. 35+ years, 800+ consultants, 300+ physicians.
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Confidential by design. Every engagement is protected and gated by NDA. Your identity, financials, and exit timeline stay protected.
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Outcome-oriented. We measure success by your outcome at close, not by deliverables produced or hours billed.
Advisory Team

The people behind every engagement.

A small, senior team. No layers. No pyramiding. The people you meet are the people who go to work. Built for depth, not headcount.

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Shawnee Mercier
Founder · M&A Advisory
Orange County
California
Shawnee Mercier
Founder · M&A Advisory
Healthcare M&A advisor. Led integration teams post-acquisition for a PE-backed national hospital management company and a leading Southern California academic medical center. Exit planning and sell-side advisory for BH founders.
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Dennis Nelson
Director of Operations
Orange County
California
Dennis Nelson
Director of Operations
Partnership coordination, prospecting operations, and process optimization across all BB engagements. Operational and financial support for the firm's growth infrastructure.
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Dan Thorne, LMFT
Clinical Program Dev.
Orange County
California
Dan Thorne, LMFT
Clinical Program Development
250+ BH programs launched. 45 years in mental health services. Founder, Praxes Behavioral Health. Program structure, credentialing, clinical valuation.
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Ashley Benjamin, MD
Clinical Advisory
Los Angeles
California
Ashley Benjamin, MD
Clinical Advisory
Psychiatrist. 20+ years in BH program development. 21 years U.S. Air Force. Clinical program valuation, licensing, operational readiness.
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Rishi R. Khatri, Esq.
Healthcare Compliance
Los Angeles
California
Rishi R. Khatri, Esq.
Healthcare Compliance
Healthcare attorney. CARF, Joint Commission, CHAP. Stark Law, anti-kickback. Compliance exposure identification before buyers find it.
Our Approach

Precision over assumption.

Validation over guesswork.

We don't guess what matters to your buyer. We don't take stabs at what might surface in diligence. We validate it against what actually drives discounts, re-trades, and failed closings. Every recommendation is data-backed and ranked by buyer impact.

1
Diagnose

Score your practice.

The Deal Health Index™ scores across ten dimensions on a 300-to-850 scale. A full diagnostic before anyone else examines your financials, operations, or compliance.

2
Prioritize

Close the gaps that cost you.

We rank every finding by what a buyer would actually re-trade on. A sequenced roadmap focused on the changes with the highest return on effort.

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Position

Arrive with leverage.

Clean financials, completed QofE, built narrative. You sit across from a buyer as a prepared seller, not a target with surprises in the data room.

Start Now The best time to start was two years ago. The second best is now.

The only behavioral health exit diagnostic built by M&A practitioners. Not consultants. Not brokers. Not generalists.

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