Cedar Ridge Counseling Center

What Cedar Ridge Counseling Center does

Cedar Ridge Counseling Centers, L.L.C. (CRCC) is a Maryland-based mental health practice collective founded in 1996 in Eldersburg by three clinicians. It operates on a cost-share model in which licensed mental health professionals (LCSW-C, LCPC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD, PMHNP, CRNP) function as independent contractors sharing centralized office space, administrative staff, credentialing, and an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system with insurance billing capabilities. Providers retain 100% pass-through reimbursement from insurance allowable after claim processing and pay Cedar Ridge tiered administrative fees — a capped monthly fee for full-time providers (20+ client sessions per week) and per-session invoicing for part-time providers.

The organization serves individuals and families across Maryland through eight physical office locations (Columbia, Eldersburg, Owings Mills, Urbana, Westminster, Cockeysville, Olney, Germantown) plus a telehealth channel and 24/7 live-operator intake (410-552-0773). Its service portfolio spans mental health counseling (individual, family, and group therapy), in-house medication management by Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, and holistic wellness offerings including massage therapy and acupuncture. Clients access care via a website-driven online appointment request portal, patient self-registration, or direct phone intake, with first clinical contact made by the assigned therapist within 24-48 hours.

Cedar Ridge is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare, Johns Hopkins, Medicare, and TriCare, and explicitly does not accept Medical Assistance or Medicaid. Revenue derives from per-provider administrative fees rather than insurance billing, making the unit of analysis provider recruitment and retention rather than direct clinical billing. The company remains privately held under LLC structure with no disclosed parent, funding rounds, or external ownership.

Name

Cedar Ridge Counseling Center

Legal name

Cedar Ridge Counseling Centers, L.L.C

Website

https://cedarridgecounseling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cedar Ridge Counseling Centers is a Maryland-based cost-share collective of 80+ licensed mental health providers operating eight physical offices plus telehealth, delivering counseling, medication management, and holistic wellness services to individuals and families in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health & Counseling Clinics (HLAFABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

Keywords

• Mental health counseling
• Psychiatric services
• Telemental health
• Medication management
• Behavioral health therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Sykesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Provider Administrative Cost-Share: Cedar Ridge operates as a collective of independent providers on a cost-share model. Each provider pays administrative fees to share the cost of running a practice. Providers collect out-of-pocket payments from clients and receive 100% pass-through reimbursement from insurance allowable after claim submission and processing.
2. Insurance-Based Mental Health Services: Services billed through insurance including mental health counseling, medication management, and holistic services (massage, acupuncture). Accepts multiple insurance networks including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, United Healthcare, Johns Hopkins, Medicare, and TriCare.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cedar Ridge Counseling Centers is a Maryland-based mental health group practice that delivers outpatient counseling, psychiatric medication management, massage therapy, and acupuncture through a collective of 80+ independent licensed providers. The center matches clients with clinicians by specialty, location, and insurance, and runs a single point of contact for scheduling, billing, and records across its physical offices and telehealth channel.

Product overview

Cedar Ridge Counseling Centers operates as a multi-location mental health practice offering a coordinated suite of services through its network of over 70 private practice providers across six office locations in Maryland. The core service portfolio consists of Mental Health Counseling (individual, family, and group therapy), Medication Management (in-house psychiatric services), and holistic wellness offerings including Massage Therapy and Acupuncture. Service delivery is enhanced through a Patient Portal for secure online access and Telehealth/Video Counseling for remote appointments. The organization functions as a collective of independent practitioners sharing administrative resources, with providers specializing across diverse clinical areas including trauma, addiction, child and adolescent therapy, couples counseling, and various evidence-based therapeutic modalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mental Health Counseling

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Cerebral: Subscription-based online mental health platform offering therapy and medication management for anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Comparable in the combined therapy-plus-medication service model, but delivered via national telehealth subscription rather than a Maryland in-person provider network.
• Talkspace: Online therapy and psychiatry platform offering individual, couples, and teen therapy via messaging and live video. Comparable in outpatient mental health service mix but competes through a digital-only, self-serve model rather than a curated in-person matching process.
• Brightside Health: Telehealth-first mental health platform delivering therapy and psychiatry via online visits with insurance billing. Comparable in therapy-plus-medication management service bundle and insurance-accepting model, but digital-only and national in reach versus Cedar Ridge's Maryland-centric in-person presence.
• BetterHelp: Largest online therapy network offering subscription-based individual, couples, and teen counseling. Comparable as a therapy provider competing for the same Maryland consumers, though delivered via digital subscription model with no insurance billing or in-person component.

Direct peers

• LifeStance Health: Large outpatient mental health group practice platform offering therapy, psychiatry, and medication management across multiple states. Closely comparable to Cedar Ridge in service mix and multi-location outpatient delivery, but operates an employed-clinician rather than cost-share model at much greater scale.
• Behavioral Health Group: Multi-location outpatient mental health and substance use treatment provider offering therapy, counseling, and medication management. Comparable in operating group outpatient practices with a recurring-fee service model across multiple states.
• Sandstone Care: Outpatient mental health and substance use treatment provider operating group practices with therapy, psychiatry, and intensive outpatient programs. Comparable in outpatient therapy-plus-medication management service mix and multi-state group practice delivery model.

Regional players

• Sheppard Pratt Health System: Maryland-based behavioral health provider offering outpatient counseling, psychiatry, and specialty mental health programs. Directly comparable in geography and core therapy/medication management services, though structured as a nonprofit health system with broader inpatient capabilities.
• Chase Brexton Health Care: Maryland-based Federally Qualified Health Center providing integrated behavioral health, primary care, and medication management. Comparable in Maryland geographic footprint and integrated therapy-plus-medication offering, though structured as a community health center rather than a private practice collective.

Broad incumbents

• Acadia Healthcare: Large publicly traded behavioral health operator with outpatient therapy locations, psychiatric services, and residential programs across the US. Comparable in outpatient mental health service delivery, but operates at national scale and is heavily weighted toward inpatient/residential rather than independent-provider collectives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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