Premier Behavioral Health Services

What Premier Behavioral Health Services does

Premier Behavioral Health Services (PBHS) is a privately held outpatient behavioral health practice headquartered in Mentor, Ohio, founded in 2006 by clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Farshid Afsarifard. The practice delivers evidence-based mental health and addiction recovery treatment for adults and adolescents (ages 12 and up) across Lake County and surrounding areas, with a clinical approach rooted in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and trauma-informed care. PBHS also provides forensic psychological evaluations for courts, attorneys, and public agencies.

PBHS offers an integrated suite of clinical services: individual therapy, medication management, and three Intensive Outpatient Programs (Adult Mental Health IOP, Adolescent IOP, and Dual Diagnosis IOP) providing structured multi-week group treatment, plus forensic evaluations and court-ordered assessments. The integrated care model combines therapy and medication management under a coordinated clinical team, with both in-person sessions at the Mentor office and telehealth delivery via the HIPAA-compliant Doxy.me platform. PBHS holds CARF accreditation and OhioMHAS certification, and its clinical leadership includes practitioners trained directly by DBT creator Dr. Marsha Linehan. The practice reports clinical outcomes using DASS-21 assessments, with documented 80% reduction in depression, 56% reduction in anxiety, and 73% reduction in stress scores across IOP cohorts from intake to discharge.

The business model is insurance-billed outpatient services, with revenue generated through commercial payers including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana, Medical Mutual, Medicare, and UnitedHealthcare; Medicaid is not currently accepted. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with patient acquisition flowing from formal provider referrals (via JotForm), direct website inquiries, and self-referrals, supported by community partnerships with NAMI Ohio, the Northeast Ohio Trauma Informed Collaborative (NEOTIC), and the Lake County ADAMHS Board. The technology stack is modest and off-the-shelf: Doxy.me for telehealth, Squarespace for website, and JotForm for referrals, with no proprietary platform or AI capabilities disclosed.

Name

Premier Behavioral Health Services

Legal name

Premier Behavioral Health Services

Website

https://pbhsohio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Premier Behavioral Health Services is a private outpatient behavioral health practice in Mentor, Ohio, founded in 2006, providing evidence-based therapy, medication management, DBT-based Intensive Outpatient Programs, and forensic evaluations for adults and adolescents in Lake County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outpatient Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health Benefit Administration (MBHO Core) (HLAEAHAA)

Keywords

• Outpatient mental health
• Behavioral health services
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Intensive outpatient programs
• Forensic psychology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mentor

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. Outpatient Therapy Services: Individual therapy sessions billed to commercial insurance plans including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana, Medical Mutual, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, and others.
2. Medication Management: Psychiatric medication evaluation and management services billed through accepted insurance plans.
3. Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP): Structured DBT-based IOP programs for adults, adolescents, and dual diagnosis patients. Programs include Adult Mental Health IOP (24 sessions over 8 weeks), Adolescent IOP, and Dual Diagnosis IOP.
4. Forensic Psychology Services: Expert psychological evaluations for legal matters including competency assessments, child custody evaluations, risk assessments, and court testimony. Billed separately through legal/insurance channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Premier Behavioral Health Services (PBHS) is an outpatient behavioral health practice in Mentor, Ohio providing evidence-based, trauma-informed mental health care for adults and adolescents (ages 12+). Core offerings include individual therapy, medication management, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-based Intensive Outpatient Programs (Adult Mental Health IOP, Adolescent IOP, and Dual Diagnosis IOP), supplemented by forensic psychology services for legal matters and telehealth delivery via Doxy.me.

Product overview

Premier Behavioral Health Services (PBHS) is a behavioral health care provider offering an integrated suite of clinical services for adults and adolescents. The core offerings include Individual Therapy and Medication Management as foundational outpatient services, three Intensive Outpatient Programs (Adult Mental Health IOP, Adolescent Mental Health IOP, and Adult Dual Diagnosis IOP) providing structured multi-session weekly treatment, Forensic Psychology Services for legal/court-related evaluations, and Telehealth Services enabling remote care delivery. All programs emphasize evidence-based, trauma-informed care rooted in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), with services available both in-person at their Mentor, Ohio location and via telehealth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Therapy

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% reduction in depression scores, 56% reduction in anxiety scores, 73% reduction in stress scores based on DASS-21 measurements from intake to discharge across IOP programs

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NAMI OhiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPBHS is actively involved in NAMI Ohio and regional/national behavioral health organizations, indicating mutual commitment to mental health advocacy, education, and community awareness initiatives in Ohio.
• Northeast Ohio Trauma Informed Collaborative (NEOTIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPBHS is a MOU partner in NEOTIC, collaborating regionally to advance trauma-informed care practices and professional standards in Northeast Ohio behavioral health.
• Lake County ADAMHS BoardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional behavioral health resource board providing information about behavioral health resources and services available throughout Lake County. Listed as a community mental health resource on PBHS website.
• Doxy.mecoreTechnology or IntegrationHIPAA-compliant telehealth video platform used by PBHS for remote therapy and medication management sessions. All providers have dedicated Doxy.me waiting room links.
• JotFormcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline form platform used for provider referral submissions. JotForm enables healthcare providers to refer patients electronically to PBHS services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Charlie Health: Charlie Health operates a virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP) for adolescents and young adults with mental health and substance use concerns, with outcomes-driven programming — directly analogous to PBHS's Adult MH, Adolescent, and Dual Diagnosis IOPs.
• Cerebral: Cerebral is a telehealth-first mental health platform providing therapy, medication management, and care coordination for anxiety, depression, and ADHD — an outpatient, insurance-billed clinical model that overlaps with PBHS's core therapy and medication management offerings.
• Geode Health: Geode Health is an outpatient mental health practice combining therapy, psychiatry, and care coordination with both in-person and telehealth delivery — a structurally similar integrated outpatient offering to PBHS.
• Two Chairs: Two Chairs is an outpatient therapy practice offering in-person and telehealth individual therapy across multiple U.S. markets with a focus on evidence-based modalities — comparable to PBHS's individual therapy and DBT/CBT delivery.
• Ellie Mental Health: Ellie Mental Health is a multi-location outpatient therapy and psychiatry franchise serving adolescents and adults with individual, family, and medication management services — closely mirroring PBHS's integrated outpatient model and multi-program offering.
• Embark Behavioral Health: Embark is a multi-state outpatient and intensive outpatient program operator focused on adolescent and young adult mental health — directly comparable to PBHS's Adolescent Mental Health IOP segment.
• Talkiatry: Talkiatry is a national outpatient psychiatry platform offering psychiatric evaluation and medication management covered by insurance — the same insurance-billed medication management product line that PBHS provides alongside its therapy services.

Broad incumbents

• BetterHelp: BetterHelp is the largest consumer telehealth therapy platform (owned by Teladoc) delivering individual, couples, and teen counseling nationwide — comparable to PBHS's individual therapy and telehealth service, but at vastly larger scale.
• McLean Hospital: McLean Hospital is a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital system providing specialty outpatient mental health, DBT, and forensic services through broad programs — comparable in clinical scope (DBT, outpatient, forensics) to PBHS, but operating as a much larger, specialty institution.
• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: Hazelden Betty Ford is a large, established addiction and mental health treatment provider with outpatient and residential programs nationally; its dual-diagnosis outpatient work overlaps with PBHS's Dual Diagnosis IOP, but at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/premier-behavioral-health-services

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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