Training Institute for Mental Health

What Training Institute for Mental Health does

The Training Institute for Mental Health (TIMH) is a New York City-based psychoanalytic training organization founded in 1962, operating continuously for over 60 years. It runs three tiered training programs for graduate-level mental health professionals — Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy (1-year), Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (3-year), and Psychoanalysis (4-year) — plus a specialized Couples Therapy program. Training combines coursework, personal analysis, supervised clinical work, and cohort-based learning, with pathways to LCSW licensure and private practice. The institute also houses the Sarah Meehan Center, a low-fee therapy clinic where advanced trainees treat patients under supervision; this center is ceasing operations after 2025. The institute adopted telehealth during COVID-19 to maintain service continuity and geographic accessibility.

The organization operates as a nonprofit educational institution governed by a Board of Trustees (including Scott Cooper, Stephen O'Connell, and Peace Sullivan), with donor-supported affordability and a small executive team led by Executive Director Fred Aiese, LCSW, and Director of Training Karen Nelson, LCSW. Revenue is generated from training program tuition and low-fee therapy services; pricing for training is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is community-led: recruitment of aspiring mental health professionals into training tracks, patient referrals for therapy services, and content marketing through the TIMH blog covering mental health topics such as PTSD, resilience, body-based therapies, and career burnout. Distribution is domestic-only, single-location (NYC), with telehealth as a secondary channel. There are no funding rounds, no investors, no M&A activity, and no disclosed technology proprietary features beyond the website and telehealth capability. The institute's marketing channels include a blog, student/internship/faculty resource pages, and a Coalition for Social Justice community committee.

Name

Training Institute for Mental Health

Legal name

Training Institute for Mental Health

Website

https://timh.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Training Institute for Mental Health (TIMH) is a NYC-based nonprofit psychoanalytic training institute founded in 1962, offering 1-, 3-, and 4-year training programs for mental health professionals and low-fee therapy through its Sarah Meehan Center, which is ceasing operations after 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychoanalytic Professional Training

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDALAFAB

Mental Health Counseling & Psychotherapy Services

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Student Health, Counseling & Wellness Services

SECONDARYHLAFABAC

Outpatient Mental Health & Counseling Clinics

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Ambulatory & Outpatient Care Centers

Keywords

• Psychoanalytic training
• Mental health education
• Clinical supervision
• Therapist licensing
• Affordable therapy services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Training Program Fees: Revenue generated from training program fees paid by aspiring mental health professionals enrolled in psychoanalytic training tracks. Programs include Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy (1-year), Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (3-year), and Psychoanalysis (4-year).
2. Therapy Services: Therapy services provided by trainees at reduced/low fees as part of their advanced training track. Services are provided at affordable prices to maintain accessibility.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Training Institute for Mental Health is a New York City-based psychoanalytic training institution offering multi-tiered professional education programs in individual psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and couples therapy. It also operates the Sarah Meehan Center, which provides affordable therapy services to the community through advanced trainees. The institute combines coursework, personal analysis, clinical supervision, and peer cohort experiences to train mental health professionals.

Product overview

Training Institute for Mental Health is a premier learning center in New York City offering a multi-tiered training program for mental health professionals. The core offerings include three individual training tracks: Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy (1-year), Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (3-year), and Psychoanalysis (4-year, the most rigorous). Specialized programs include a Couples Therapy Program. The institute also houses the Coalition for Social Justice at TIMH, a community initiative focused on social justice education and dialogue. All programs combine coursework, personal analysis, supervision, and clinical practice to train therapists in psychoanalytic approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Coalition for Social Justice at TIMH: A committee of both staff and candidates committed to inviting, holding and expanding conversations about how injustice impacts the community and psychoanalytic work, with focus on social justice, anti-racism, and diversity.

Products and services

• Basic Concepts in Psychotherapy Program A 1-year introductory program providing students with continuing professional education while assessing their interest in further analytic training. Designed as the entry-level track within TIMH's tiered curriculum.
• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program A 3-year program in which students follow the development of psychoanalytic thought and learn how each new theory built on and/or altered what came before. Represents the middle tier of TIMH's training curriculum.
• Psychoanalysis Program A 4-year advanced program building on the 3-year program with intensive exploration of clinical work and transition to a thriving private practice. The most rigorous program in personal analysis, supervision, and coursework.
• Couples Therapy Program A specialized training program focused on couples therapy, led by Director of Couples Therapy Delverlon Hall. Targets mental health professionals seeking advanced couples therapy credentials.
• Sarah Meehan Center Therapy Services Affordable outpatient therapy services provided by advanced trainees as part of their clinical training, serving individuals and couples in the NYC community for trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and general emotional struggles. Ceasing operations after 2025.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates report transformed practices, profound professional development, longer patient retention, and more noticeable patient improvements
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Metropolitan Center for Mental Health: Metropolitan Center provides outpatient mental health services and clinical training placements in NYC. It overlaps with TIMH on the affordable-therapy and trainee-supervision dimensions but operates at smaller scale and as primarily a clinic rather than a credentialing institute.
• Adelphi University Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis: Adelphi hosts a postgraduate psychoanalytic certificate program in the NYC region that recruits graduate-level clinicians into analytic training. It overlaps with TIMH's persona and curriculum but is a newer, university-affiliated entrant that may compete on credentials and tuition aid.

Direct peers

• Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research: Columbia's psychoanalytic center, housed within the academic medical center, offers adult and child psychoanalysis training programs and a treatment service. It competes with TIMH for advanced trainees who want university-affiliated psychoanalytic credentials in NYC.
• Postgraduate Center for Mental Health: The Postgraduate Center offers postgraduate clinical training programs and operates a large outpatient mental health clinic in NYC. It overlaps with TIMH in training clinicians, providing affordable therapy, and serving the NYC mental-health workforce.
• William Alanson White Institute: White Institute is a NYC-based psychoanalytic training institute offering psychotherapy and psychoanalysis programs combined with a clinical service (the White Institute Clinic). It mirrors TIMH's combined training-plus-affordable-clinic model and competes for the same trainee population.
• New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (NYPSI): NYPSI is the largest and oldest psychoanalytic training institute in NYC, offering adult and child psychoanalysis training programs and a treatment center. It directly competes with TIMH for the same pool of graduate-level mental health professionals pursuing psychoanalytic credentials in NYC.
• Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR): IPTAR is a NYC psychoanalytic training institute offering adult and child psychoanalysis programs with an affiliated low-fee psychotherapy clinic. It competes head-to-head with TIMH on curriculum structure, faculty quality, and affordable therapy services.
• National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP): NIP is a NYC-based institute providing postgraduate psychodynamic training programs and a low-cost psychotherapy clinic. It is comparable to TIMH in mission, geographic market, and the dual training/clinical model that is central to both organizations.

Regional players

• Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute: BPSI offers psychoanalytic training and a treatment center in the Boston area. It is a structural peer of TIMH — same training-plus-clinic model — but its catchment is New England rather than NYC, so direct overlap is limited.
• Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP) Los Angeles: ICP offers psychoanalytic and psychotherapy training plus a clinical service on the West Coast. It mirrors TIMH's combined training/clinic model but serves a different geographic market, making it a regional rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TrainingInstituteForMentalHealth

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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