Pathways to Wellness

What Pathways to Wellness does

Pathways to Wellness is a privately held therapy practice founded in 1991 and headquartered at 3505 Cadillac Ave in Costa Mesa, California, serving the Orange County community and, via telehealth, clients throughout California. The practice delivers individual, couples, marriage, adolescent/teen and family counseling using a multi-modality clinical approach that combines the Gottman Method (including the Gottman Relationship Checkup Questionnaire and Love Lab video assessment), EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, and Voice Dialogue. Its roster includes Nancy Young, PhD (a Certified Gottman Advanced Clinical Trainer), Stephenie Champlin, LCSW (Medicare-credentialed), and six additional LMFTs and supervised associate therapists, giving the firm a credential mix that supports both clinical breadth and professional training delivery.

The business operates as an out-of-network, self-pay practice; clients receive superbills for insurance reimbursement, and Medicare with supplemental insurance is accepted by one clinician. Session-based pricing ranges from $100–$200 for supervised associate therapists up to $575 for a Nancy Young intake with Love Lab assessment, with standard individual sessions of 50–80 minutes and couples/family sessions of 80 minutes to two hours. A differentiated premium SKU, the Marathon Couples Intensive, packages one-day or two-day concentrated interventions at $1,800–$4,000 with a 50% deposit at booking. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through phone/text intake, the website, location-specific SEO pages for surrounding Orange County cities, an extensive blog, word-of-mouth referrals, and statewide telehealth, with ancillary revenue from workshops and clinical trainings for healthcare professionals.

The practice is founder-led under Nancy D. Young, has no disclosed external capital, no parent company, and no M&A history. Operating geographies are Orange County in-person and California-wide via telehealth. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and growth signals are operational (telehealth rollout, Marathon Intensive, Medicare acceptance, content marketing) rather than transformational.

Name

Pathways to Wellness

Legal name

Pathways to Wellness

Website

https://pathways2wellness.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pathways to Wellness is a private, founder-led therapy practice in Costa Mesa, CA, founded in 1991, offering individual, couples, family, and adolescent counseling using Gottman Method, EMDR, CBT, and EFT to Orange County in-person and California-wide telehealth clients on an out-of-network, self-pay basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outpatient Mental Health and Couples Therapy Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mind-Body Wellness Coaching (Holistic/Integrative) (HSADAGAG)

Keywords

• Individual therapy services
• Couples counseling
• Marriage counseling
• Gottman Method therapy
• Mental health counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Costa Mesa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Therapy Sessions: Session-based fees ranging from $175-$575 per session depending on therapist credentials. Individual sessions typically 50-80 minutes. Out-of-network provider, no insurance contracts.
2. Couples & Family Therapy Sessions: Couples and family sessions typically 80 minutes to 2 hours, ranging from $200-$450 for initial assessment and $275-$350 ongoing sessions. Includes discernment counseling at $395-$445.
3. Marathon Couples Intensive Therapy: Package-based intensive couples therapy: 1-Day Premarital Intensive at $1,800, 1-Day Intensive at $2,000, and 2-Day Intensive at $4,000. 50% deposit required at booking.
4. Workshops and Professional Training: Educational programs and clinical training workshops offered to clients and healthcare professionals

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pathways to Wellness is a private therapy practice in Costa Mesa, CA that delivers individual, couples/marriage, adolescent, and family counseling services using evidence-based modalities such as the Gottman Method, EMDR, CBT, EFT, Imago Relationship Therapy, and Voice Dialogue. It also offers Marathon Couples Intensive packages, telehealth sessions throughout California, and professional/clinical training workshops for healthcare providers.

Product overview

Pathways to Wellness is a counseling and therapy practice offering a unified service portfolio of individual, couples, and adolescent/family therapy. The core offerings include Individual Therapy (addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, chronic illness, breakup recovery, and limerence), Couples & Marriage Counseling (including premarital counseling, Gottman Method-based couples therapy, divorce discernment, and Marathon Couples Intensive sessions), and Adolescent/Teen & Family Counseling. The practice also provides Telehealth Services for remote access throughout California and Professional/Clinical Training for healthcare professionals. Services are delivered in various session formats including standard 50-minute individual sessions, 80-minute couples/family sessions, and intensive multi-day marathon therapy programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Therapy One-on-one counseling services for adults addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, chronic illness, breakup recovery, and obsessive love/limerence.
• Couples & Marriage Counseling Relationship therapy including premarital counseling, couples counseling, divorce vs. marriage discernment counseling, and same-sex couples counseling using the Gottman Method and other evidence-based approaches.
• Adolescent/Teen & Family Counseling Therapy services for teenagers and families dealing with mood swings, school issues, and family dynamics challenges.
• Marathon Couples Therapy Intensive

Quantifiable outcome

• 69% of issues couples argue about initially persist for decades according to Gottman research - addressed through skill-building in counseling
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Two Chairs: Outpatient therapy practice operating a multi-location, evidence-based model (including Gottman-influenced couples work) in California, Texas, and Florida. Directly comparable as a clinical therapy practice with employed licensed therapists, premium positioning, and measured expansion strategy.
• Octave: Multi-site outpatient mental health practice offering individual, couples, and group therapy. Comparable in service mix, clinician-employed model, and California footprint, though operating at larger scale with insurance partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• BetterHelp: Largest online therapy platform, operating a subscription-based, virtual-first model. Comparable in that it delivers individual and couples therapy to a national audience, but at very different scale, price point, and clinician-employment structure.
• Talkspace: Public online therapy and psychiatry platform serving individuals, couples, and teens via subscription. Overlaps directly in service categories (individual, couples, teen) and competes for the same consumer therapy dollars, with much broader geographic reach.
• Lyra Health: Enterprise mental health benefits platform that delivers therapy and coaching to employees of large employers. Comparable on therapy delivery but operates via B2B contracts and in-network model, in contrast to Pathways' out-of-network self-pay model.
• Spring Health: Global mental health benefits provider combining therapy, coaching, and medication management for employers and health plans. Competes for the same therapy demand but through employer-sponsored channels rather than direct-to-consumer.

Emerging players

• Headway: Tech-enabled platform that helps therapists accept insurance by handling credentialing, billing, and network access. Directly comparable as an emerging infrastructure layer that affects the same therapist labor pool Pathways draws from, and that may pull therapists into in-network models.
• Alma: Membership-based platform supporting independent therapists with insurance billing, referrals, and practice tools. Comparable because it competes for licensed clinician supply and offers an alternative operating model for therapists who might otherwise join or open practices like Pathways.
• Charlie Health: Virtual intensive outpatient (IOP) provider for teens, young adults, and families with serious mental health needs. Overlaps with Pathways' teen/family and intensive-format offerings, but at much higher acuity and through a virtual, insurance-based model.
• Cerebral: Online mental health and medication management provider serving individuals with anxiety, depression, and related conditions. Directly comparable on individual therapy indications (anxiety, depression) but pairs therapy with prescription services and operates via subscription.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Pathways2Wellness
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pathways-to-wellness

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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