TCA Counseling Group

What TCA Counseling Group does

TCA Counseling Group is a privately-held, for-profit mental health practice founded in 2006 and headquartered in a single office at 6 Edgerly Place, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA. The practice delivers traditional, in-person psychotherapy to four primary client segments — adults (with emphasis on Gen Z and Millennials), couples, LGBTQ+ individuals, and teenagers — covering anxiety, depression, trauma, body image and eating concerns, relationship issues, identity, and life transitions. Services are delivered by a clinical team of licensed therapists (LMHC, LICSW, LADC, LMFT) led by Practice Director Pamela Criswell, LMHC, and Assistant Director Dan Halloran, LICSW, with supervising clinicians holding an aggregate 100+ years of clinical experience. The practice also operates a Clinical Apprenticeship Program to train early-career therapists.

The underlying technology stack is modest and operational rather than differentiated: HIPAA-compliant encrypted video for teletherapy sessions across Massachusetts, an online booking/portal experience (clientsecure.me), and standard CMS-based content marketing. The practice does not develop proprietary clinical software, does not maintain a mobile app, and offers no API or integration surface. Insurance billing and revenue-cycle management are outsourced to a third-party partner, Therapist Solutions.

The business model is fee-for-service therapy on a per-session basis, with therapists compensated at $55-$85 per billable session depending on licensure and seniority, under a W-2 per-diem classification that converts to full-time salary at sustained 30 sessions/week. Clients pay per session directly or via insurance (Aetna, Blue Cross, Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts, United Healthcare, and others). Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via SEO-optimized service pages, an educational blog, and multiple low-friction booking options (phone, text, email, online scheduling); distribution is regional, limited to Boston in-person and Massachusetts teletherapy.

Name

TCA Counseling Group

Legal name

TCA Counseling Group

Website

https://tcacounseling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TCA Counseling Group is a Boston-based private psychotherapy practice founded in 2006 that delivers in-person and HIPAA-compliant teletherapy services to adults, couples, LGBTQ+ individuals, and teens across Massachusetts, operating on a fee-for-service model with insurance reimbursement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counseling Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Couples & Family Therapy Teletherapy Platforms (HLALAEAG)

Keywords

• Mental health counseling
• Individual therapy services
• Couples therapy
• Teen counseling
• Teletherapy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

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. Fee-for-Service Therapy Sessions: Per-session billing model where therapists are paid per billable session ($55-$85 depending on role and experience level). Clients pay per session directly or through insurance coverage.
2. Insurance-Reimbursed Services: Services covered by various health insurance plans including Aetna, Blue Cross, Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts, United Healthcare, and many others. Accepts out-of-network and private pay options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TCA Counseling Group is a Boston-based private counseling practice that delivers personalized, one-on-one psychotherapy for adults, couples, LGBTQ+ individuals, and teenagers. Services are offered in-person at the Boston office and remotely via a HIPAA-compliant teletherapy platform across Massachusetts, with sessions billed on a fee-for-service basis and reimbursed through major health insurance plans.

Product overview

TCA Counseling Group is a premier private counseling practice in Boston offering a comprehensive suite of mental health services centered around four core therapy offerings: Individual Adult Counseling, Couple Counseling, LGBTQ Therapy, and Teen Therapy. The practice also provides Teletherapy for remote sessions and Conference Room rental for external professional use. A Clinical Apprenticeship Program supports training for aspiring therapists. The practice specializes in serving Gen Z and Millennial clients with issues including relationships, body image, eating disorders, self-esteem, trauma, identity, and life transitions. As a traditional psychotherapy-focused practice (not a franchise or telehealth-first company), services are delivered primarily in-office with select remote options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Adult Counseling One-on-one therapy sessions for adults addressing emotional stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, career stress, body image, self-esteem, trauma, and life transitions.
• Couple Counseling Therapy services for couples and families addressing relationship dynamics, communication, intimacy, and partnership challenges.
• LGBTQ Therapy Specialized therapy services for LGBTQ+ individuals addressing identity, gender dysphoria, relationships, and queer-specific mental health concerns.
• Teen Therapy Counseling services for teenagers addressing adolescent challenges, depression, low self-esteem, and emotional difficulties during development.
• Teletherapy Online counseling services delivered via HIPAA-compliant video platforms, providing flexible remote access to mental health support across Massachusetts.
• Conference Room Rental Rental of office space including a conference room and kitchen facilities for external professional use.

Named customers3 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Therapist SolutionssupportOthersBilling partner handling insurance billing and payment processing. Contact: (617) 294-9339 or [email protected]. Manages billing and insurance questions on behalf of TCA Counseling Group.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Octave: An outpatient mental health practice combining therapy, psychiatry, and coaching across multiple states. Comparable in operating an integrated clinical practice with both in-person and virtual delivery and an insurance-friendly model.
• BetterHelp: The largest direct-to-consumer online therapy platform, offering individual, couples, and teen counseling via subscription. Directly comparable for TCA's teletherapy offering and a key competitor for online-therapy consumers.
• Two Chairs: A multi-location private therapy practice offering in-person and teletherapy with a similar boutique, multi-specialty clinical model. Directly comparable in service mix (individual, couples, specialized therapy) and emphasis on high-quality clinician matching.
• Thriveworks: A large multi-state counseling and psychiatry practice with both in-person and telehealth options. Directly comparable in offering insurance-accepted therapy across individual, couples, teen, and family use cases at scale.
• Talkspace: A national online therapy platform offering individual, couples, and teen therapy via subscription and per-session models. Directly comparable for TCA's teletherapy arm and competes for the same online-therapy consumer.

Emerging players

• Lyra Health: A mental health benefits provider delivering therapy and coaching through employer-sponsored plans. Comparable in delivering licensed-therapist-led care and an emerging distribution channel TCA does not yet access.
• Spring Health: An employer-sponsored mental health benefits platform offering therapy, coaching, and psychiatry. Comparable as a tech-enabled mental health provider competing for the same therapy consumer via a different payor channel.
• Charlie Health: A virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP) for teens and young adults with mental health and substance use conditions. Overlaps with TCA's teen and young-adult segments and represents a higher-acuity adjacent competitor.

Regional players

• McLean Hospital: A Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital and outpatient provider in the Boston area offering intensive and outpatient mental health services. Geographically overlapping and a referral source/competitor for higher-acuity clients in Boston.
• Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at Boston University: A Boston-based outpatient anxiety and mood disorder treatment center offering CBT and related therapies. Geographically adjacent in the Boston market and partially overlapping in anxiety, trauma, and related clinical specialties.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC53n3s7aR8
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tca-counseling-group

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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