PESI

Name

PESI

Legal name

PESI, Inc.

Website

https://pesi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Continuing education
• Professional development
• Mental health training
• Healthcare certification
• Online CE courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Eau Claire

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Online Courses and Digital Seminars: PESI generates revenue through individual and bundled online course purchases, digital seminar subscriptions, and video-on-demand access to continuing education content for mental health and healthcare professionals.
2. Live Events and Retreats: Revenue from in-person seminars, retreats, cruises, and tours held at various locations including Art of Living Retreat Center (Boone, NC), Sedona Mago Retreat (AZ), and international destinations. Pricing ranges from $2,999 to $4,500 per retreat.
3. Certification Programs: Professional certification courses including ADHD-CCSP, CCTP, Complex Trauma Certification, EMDR certification, and others with pricing from $99.99 to $1,869.79.
4. Educational Products: Sale of clinical books, workbooks, DVDs, flip charts, and therapeutic tools/games for clinicians to use in practice.
5. Group and Enterprise Sales: Bulk purchasing of CE courses and training programs for healthcare organizations, hospital systems, and rehabilitation facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PESI is a continuing education provider offering accredited courses, live seminars, webinars, online courses, certification programs, retreats, and educational products (books, DVDs, flip charts) for mental health, rehabilitation, and healthcare professionals. The company delivers training through multiple formats — in-person events, live webinars, self-paced online courses, and multimedia learning materials — via its main platform and subsidiaries including PESI Publishing (educational content) and Therapist.com (online subscription platform).

Product overview

PESI is a continuing education provider for mental health, rehab, and healthcare professionals offering a multi-format platform. The core offering includes Live Seminars (in-person and live video webinars), Online Courses (self-paced digital seminars), Certification Programs (professional credentials through Evergreen Certifications), Retreats (destination-based immersive training experiences), Educational Products (books, DVDs, workbooks), and Summits & Conferences (annual professional events). The company operates PESI Publishing as its publishing division. All offerings provide CE credits accepted by various professional licensing boards including ANCC and ACCME accreditation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Seminars In-person continuing education seminars and live webinar broadcasts providing accredited CE credits for mental health, rehabilitation, and healthcare professionals. Available across U.S. venues and via live-streaming webinar platforms.
• Online Courses Self-paced online continuing education courses delivered through the learning platform, accessible on demand for license renewal and professional development. Covers clinical topics relevant to mental health, rehabilitation, and allied healthcare professionals.
• Certification Programs Comprehensive multi-course certification pathways for healthcare practitioners that culminate in professional credentials recognized in the field. Bundles coursework into structured curricula for clinical specialties.
• Retreats Premium-priced immersive retreats that combine continuing education with experiential learning for mental health and healthcare professionals. Positioned as higher-priced intensive CE experiences.
• Educational Products (PESI Publishing) Books, flip charts, DVDs, and other multimedia learning materials published by PESI Publishing for clinical and educational use by healthcare practitioners. Distributed as standalone physical and digital products.
• Summits & Conferences Multi-day professional conferences and summits that gather practitioners for intensive continuing education, topical deep-dives, and industry networking.
• Therapist.com Subscription Subscription-based online platform for therapists and mental health practitioners offering CE courses, practitioner resources, and community tools on an ongoing access basis.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Evergreen CertificationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPESI partners with Evergreen Certifications for professional certification programs including EMDR-C, ADHD-CCSP, and CCTP. Retreat attendance counts toward certification educational hours, with Evergreen covering certification fees for eligible participants.
• Art of Living Retreat CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPESI hosts retreats at the Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, North Carolina, including the 5-Day Yoga and Meditation Retreat and Trauma Treatment Certification Retreat. Venue named in Travel + Leisure's Favorite US Wellness Spas 2025.
• Sedona Mago Retreat CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPESI hosts 7-Day EMDR Intensive Clinical Training at Sedona Mago Retreat Center in Arizona, providing immersive trauma training in a retreat setting with all-inclusive accommodations.
• Mindsight InstituteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner organization, potentially for cross-promotion or co-marketing of continuing education content.
• Psychotherapy NetworkerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner organization for potential content collaboration and audience sharing.
• Therapist.comminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner organization and subscription product, potentially for directory or content partnership.
• PESI PublishingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal publishing division producing clinical books, workbooks, and manuals for mental health professionals including titles by leading experts in trauma and therapy.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CE Direct: CE Direct delivers online CE courses for nurses, behavioral health, and allied health professionals with multi-board accreditation — a direct competitor to PESI's online and self-paced digital seminar business.
• NetCE: NetCE is an accredited online continuing education provider for healthcare professionals across nursing, mental health, and allied health — directly overlapping PESI's primary mental-health and rehab CE catalog and accredited CE delivery model.
• Wild Iris Medical Education: Wild Iris provides accredited online CE courses for nurses and mental health clinicians with self-paced digital delivery, closely mirroring PESI's online course and certification offerings in scope and pricing model.
• Continued: Continued (formerly Occupational Training) delivers online CE for PTs, OTs, and SLPs, with subscription tiers — directly competing with PESI's rehab vertical and its emerging subscription track on Therapist.com.
• MedBridge: MedBridge is an online CE and training platform for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other rehab professionals — directly competing with PESI's Rehabilitation Professionals segment through video-based and certification-style content.
• CME Outfitters: CME Outfitters provides accredited continuing medical and professional education across therapeutic areas, with live and online formats similar to PESI's event-driven and digital course offerings.
• Pri-Med: Pri-Med is a clinician education company offering live CME conferences, online courses, and point-of-care tools — directly comparable to PESI in combining live events (conferences, summits) with on-demand online learning for healthcare professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Coursera for Healthcare: Coursera offers accredited continuing education and professional development content (including mental health and nursing tracks) at platform scale — a broad incumbent that competes with PESI for individual clinician online learning spend and employer training budgets.

Others

• PESI Publishing (intramural) vs. Springer Publishing / Guilford Press: Guilford Press publishes clinical and professional reference books for mental health practitioners — adjacent to PESI Publishing's clinical workbook and book products, serving the same clinician buyer with parallel content formats.

Emerging players

• Healthcare Academy: Healthcare Academy delivers compliance and continuing education for healthcare professionals serving senior care and post-acute settings, overlapping PESI's enterprise / rehab segments but with a more compliance-led rather than clinical-skills focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PESIinc
• Facebookfacebook.com/PESIinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pesi

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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