Causeway Collaborative

What Causeway Collaborative does

Causeway Collaborative is a privately held outpatient mental health and personal development practice founded in October 2012 by Vince Benevento in Westport, Connecticut. The firm delivers a multi-modality service platform to young men aged 16-30 and their families, organized around four core offerings: Futures Planning (career and academic coaching), Professional Counseling (individual evidence-based therapy), Therapeutic Mentorship (community-based experiential support), and Family Therapy & Parent Coaching. Service delivery combines in-person sessions at three physical locations (Westport CT as headquarters, West Hartford CT opened February 2022, and White Plains NY) with a telehealth add-on that supports remote continuity of care. Operational methodology rests on a proprietary 4-phase onboarding process (consult, intake, parent feedback, client feedback) and a squad-based team architecture in which staff specialize exclusively as Futures Coaches, Mentors, or Clinicians.

The company's go-to-market is relationship-driven and sales-led, anchored by free 15-minute consultations and discovery calls at each location. It does not accept insurance directly; clinical services (individual and family therapy) are billed weekly using CPT codes that clients may submit for out-of-network reimbursement, while non-clinical services (Futures Planning and Therapeutic Mentorship) are sold as consulting/coaching engagements with variable pricing. Marketing relies on content, organic local search across its three county-level service areas (Fairfield County CT, Hartford County CT, Westchester County NY), newsletters, social media, and the public profile of the founder as a speaker. The clinical team comprises approximately 15 licensed professionals (including 1 PhD, 2 LCSWs, 5 LPCs, 1 LMSW, 3 LPCAs, 1 LADC, and 1 graduate intern), with leadership including a COO (Dr. Nicole O'Brien), a Chief Clinical Officer (Stephan Genovese), and dedicated center directors for each location. Since inception, Causeway states it has served over 1,000 families, with average client engagement of roughly 24 weeks at 2-4 sessions per week.

Name

Causeway Collaborative

Legal name

Causeway Collaborative

Website

https://causewaycollaborative.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Causeway Collaborative is a private mental health and mentorship practice serving young men aged 16-30 across Connecticut and New York. It delivers counseling, futures planning, therapeutic mentorship, and family therapy through three office locations and telehealth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Westport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Clinical Services (Individual & Family Therapy): Clinical services including individual therapy and family therapy are billed with CPT codes. This is the portion eligible for insurance reimbursement if clients have coverage. Billing occurs weekly via email invoices with credit card charging.
2. Futures Planning (Career & Academic Coaching): Career and educational support services provided as consulting/coaching. Not clinical in nature and has no corresponding CPT code—insurance does not cover this service. Pricing varies based on client goals and program duration.
3. Therapeutic Mentorship: Community-based, real-world experiential services. Consulting/coaching service not covered by insurance. Cost varies depending on a young man's goals, needs, and participation duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Causeway Collaborative is an outpatient mental health and personal development practice that delivers individualized, multi-faceted care plans to young men aged 16–30 and their families. Its core offerings are Futures Planning (career and academic coaching), Professional Counseling (evidence-based individual therapy), Therapeutic Mentorship (community-based experiential support), and Family Therapy & Parent Coaching. Services are delivered in person at three offices in Connecticut and New York and remotely via telehealth.

Product overview

Causeway Collaborative is a multi-service, outpatient mental health and personal development firm serving young men aged 16–30. The company operates a unified platform built around four core services — Futures Planning, Professional Counseling, Therapeutic Mentorship, and Family Therapy & Parent Coaching — which are delivered both in-person and via a Telehealth add-on module. Services are tailored to each client through a 4-phase onboarding process and a squad-based team approach. A Public Speaking/Corporate Services offering extends the company's reach beyond individual client work. All services are built around individualized, multi-faceted plans combining life-skills mentoring, career and academic coaching, and practical therapy, supported by an all-male team of mental health professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1000 families served since 2012
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Two Chairs: Two Chairs operates in-person therapy practices across multiple U.S. cities with a focus on high-quality, evidence-based outpatient mental health. It shares Causeway's model of multi-location, premium in-person therapy combined with operational sophistication, though it targets a broader adult demographic rather than young men specifically.
• Sandstone Care: Sandstone Care provides outpatient and residential treatment for adolescents and young adults struggling with mental health and substance use. Like Causeway, it focuses on the young-adult demographic and combines clinical care with life-skills programming, though at a broader acuity range.
• Brightline: Brightline is a pediatric and family mental health platform providing therapy, coaching, and psychiatry for children, teens, and young adults. It serves a similar youth-focused demographic as Causeway and integrates clinical care with coaching — a similar blend of therapy plus non-clinical support.
• Octave: Octave runs a multi-location outpatient mental health practice offering individual, couples, and family therapy. Like Causeway, it focuses on in-person clinical services in select metropolitan markets with a premium service model and a multi-disciplinary team approach.
• Charlie Health: Charlie Health provides virtual intensive outpatient mental health programs specifically for adolescents and young adults — a core demographic overlap with Causeway. It combines therapy with family support and case management, mirroring Causeway's multi-disciplinary approach to the same young-adult segment.

Broad incumbents

• Alma: Alma operates a therapist network and practice-management platform supporting independent mental health providers in running their practices. It serves a similar professional-services market to Causeway's clinicians but is a technology and infrastructure layer rather than a direct service provider.
• Talkspace: Talkspace is a large online therapy platform serving individuals, couples, and teens. It overlaps with Causeway in offering therapy for adolescents and accepts insurance, but it operates as a virtual-first subscription platform without Causeway's in-person mentorship and coaching components.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a large mental health benefits platform combining therapy, coaching, and medication management for employees of large enterprises. While not focused on the young-men demographic, its combination of therapy and coaching mirrors Causeway's multi-service model at significantly greater scale.
• Newport Academy: Newport Academy operates residential treatment centers for adolescents and young adults struggling with mental health. It shares Causeway's demographic focus on young people and integrates clinical care with life-skills development, though at a higher acuity of care.
• BetterHelp: BetterHelp is the largest online therapy platform, offering individual, couples, and teen therapy through a subscription model. It overlaps with Causeway's clinical services but operates at vastly greater scale and lacks Causeway's specialty focus on young men and in-person mentorship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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