Manhattan Wellness

What Manhattan Wellness does

Manhattan Wellness is a privately held boutique psychotherapy practice founded by Jennifer Teplin, LCSW, operating since 2017 in New York City. The practice delivers individual, couples, family, and group therapy through three physical offices — Flatiron (156 Fifth Avenue), Grand Central (274 Madison Avenue), and Summit, New Jersey — combined with a HIPAA-compliant virtual therapy platform serving residents of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina.

The practice offers a broad modality stack spanning CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, psychodynamic, somatic, mindfulness, and a signature "Relatable Therapy" approach, with specialty verticals in anxiety, depression, eating disorders, trauma, maternal mental health, ADHD, OCD, body image, and life transitions. The team comprises an 8-person leadership/senior therapist cohort, an extensive associate therapist bench, and an Advanced Clinical Fellowship Program operated in partnership with NYU and Columbia University that supplies supervised graduate-level clinicians and a reduced-rate therapy tier.

Commercially, Manhattan Wellness operates as a direct-to-consumer, out-of-network provider: clients self-book through the website, receive a free consultation matched by Client Care Specialists, pay upfront via credit/HSA/FSA, and have claims submitted to their insurers on their behalf (typical reimbursement cited at 60–80% post-deductible). Revenue is fee-for-service session billing plus group therapy and fellowship tuition. No institutional investment, PE backing, or external funding is disclosed, and the practice relies on the founder's personal media profile (Oprah, NBC, Cosmopolitan, Well+Good) and the all-female clinical team as its primary brand assets.

Name

Manhattan Wellness

Legal name

Manhattan Wellness

Website

https://manhattanwellness.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Manhattan Wellness is a privately held, boutique psychotherapy practice in New York City offering individual, couples, family, and group therapy across three in-person offices and virtual care in six U.S. states, serving primarily young professionals, women, and couples.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Manhattan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Therapy Sessions: Fee-for-service therapy sessions billed at standard rates. Clients pay upfront using credit, HSA, or FSA cards. Practice submits out-of-network claims to insurance on client's behalf for reimbursement. Most clients receive 60-80% reimbursement once deductible is met.
2. Couples and Family Therapy: 60-minute couples and family therapy sessions at standard rates. Same insurance reimbursement process applies.
3. Group Therapy Sessions: Group therapy offerings including DBT Skills Group, Women's Group, Mom's Group, Pregnancy Group, Dating Group, College Group, and Friendship Group.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Manhattan Wellness is a boutique psychotherapy practice that delivers individual, couples, family, and group therapy through licensed clinicians in NYC and NJ offices, with online therapy available across multiple states. The practice offers specialized treatment using evidence-based modalities such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, and ACT, and runs a clinical fellowship training program in partnership with NYU and Columbia.

Product overview

Manhattan Wellness is a boutique psychotherapy practice offering personalized mental health services through individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and group therapy programs. The practice operates as a unified service model combining in-person sessions at offices in Flatiron and Grand Central (NYC) and Summit (NJ) with comprehensive online therapy across five states. Their therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based modalities including CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, Psychodynamic, Somatic, Relatable Therapy, and Mindfulness. The practice specializes in anxiety, depression, eating disorders, trauma, maternal mental health, life transitions, and relationship concerns. Additionally, Manhattan Wellness offers an Advanced Clinical Fellowship Program for graduate students and reduced-rate therapy through supervised fellows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Therapy

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• New York University (NYU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership for the Advanced Clinical Fellowship Program. NYU graduate students may participate in the one-year fellowship program as field placement instruction. Fellowship runs September through May aligned with academic year.
• Columbia UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership for the Advanced Clinical Fellowship Program. Columbia graduate students may participate in the one-year fellowship program as field placement instruction.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Talkspace: Public online therapy platform offering individual, couples, and teen therapy via subscription. Comparable virtual therapy offering but at platform scale with nationwide in-network insurance coverage that Manhattan Wellness does not match.
• Lyra Health: Mental health benefits platform providing therapy and coaching to employees of large enterprises. Comparable as an outpatient therapy provider but at much larger scale, employer-funded, with both in-person and virtual delivery.
• Modern Health: Global mental health platform serving employers with therapy, coaching, and self-guided programs. Overlaps with Manhattan Wellness on individual therapy delivery but is a broader platform with enterprise go-to-market.
• BetterHelp: Largest consumer online therapy platform owned by Teladoc. Provides virtual therapy subscriptions globally and competes directly for self-pay individual therapy clients, but at platform scale and without the boutique, in-person, female-led positioning.

Emerging players

• Headway: Insurance-network platform that onboards therapists into in-network panels and handles credentialing and billing. Directly threatens Manhattan Wellness's OON model by making in-network participation easy for competing clinicians.
• Alma: Therapist network platform that helps independent clinicians accept insurance and run their practices. Comparable in that its members compete with Manhattan Wellness for the same NYC therapist pool and clients, but operates as infrastructure rather than a clinic.
• Grow Therapy: Therapist platform handling insurance billing, credentialing, and client matching for independent and group practices. Competes for therapists and clients nationally, and represents the in-network, platform-based model that contrasts with Manhattan Wellness's OON approach.

Direct peers

• Octave: Multi-location outpatient mental health practice offering individual and group therapy with employed clinicians, group programs, and value-based care partnerships. Comparable hybrid in-person/virtual boutique clinic model.
• Two Chairs: Boutique in-person and virtual therapy practice operating a similar clinic-based model with own therapists, proprietary clinical model, and premium positioning. Closest direct comparable in business model and target demographic.
• Resilience Lab: NYC-based therapy practice with in-person and virtual offerings targeting a similar urban professional demographic. Directly comparable as a boutique, locally-rooted outpatient therapy practice competing in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/manhattanwellness

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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