What Christian Heart Counseling does

Christian Heart Counseling is a privately held, faith-based mental health counseling practice founded in 2001 and headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota. It delivers Christian-integrated counseling for individuals, couples, families, children (ages 3+), and teens across six Twin Cities Metro offices (Burnsville, Fridley, Minnetonka, Stillwater, St. Paul, and Woodbury), supplemented by a HIPAA-compliant telebehavioral video platform that enables statewide remote sessions. The clinical staff of 40+ counselors includes LMFT, LPCC, LICSW, LP, PsyD, and PhD-level clinicians, plus pre-licensed interns and fellows, supervised by a Board-Approved Supervisor; modalities span EMDR, CBT, family systems, and faith-based approaches. The practice also runs a clinical internship/fellowship pipeline and a group-speaking and workshops program targeting churches and ministry leaders.

The core technology footprint is modest and operationally focused: a secure encrypted teletherapy platform with no audio/video recording, the TherapyAppointment.com patient portal for scheduling and registration, and SMS-based appointment communications. No proprietary AI or clinical automation is present in the disclosed stack. The business model is fee-for-service counseling billed to a broad set of commercial insurance carriers (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Health Partners, Medica, Optum, Preferred One, TriCare, UCare, United Behavioral Health, United Health Care, UMR) and self-pay clients, with a $100 late-cancellation fee after a 48-hour window. Go-to-market is sales-led via phone (651-439-2059), online appointment forms, and church/community referral channels supported by a content-driven SEO website; a Minnesota telehealth-parity law ensures equivalent reimbursement for video sessions. The firm operates without disclosed venture capital, institutional investors, or acquisitions, and is structured as a non-profit private practice consistent with founder-led group-practice ownership.

Name

Christian Heart Counseling

Legal name

Christian Heart Counseling

Website

https://christianheartcounseling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Christian Heart Counseling is a private, faith-based counseling practice founded in 2001 that delivers Christian-integrated therapy to individuals, couples, families, children, and teens across six Twin Cities Metro clinics and statewide Minnesota teletherapy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counseling Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Couples & Family Therapy Teletherapy Platforms (HLALAEAG)

Keywords

• Christian counseling services
• Marriage counseling
• Family therapy
• Telebehavioral counseling
• Mental health counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Stillwater

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Counseling Sessions: Fee-for-service counseling sessions billed to insurance or paid out-of-pocket. Sessions available in-person at six locations or via secure video. Standard session fees apply for self-pay clients after insurance verification.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Christian Heart Counseling provides Christian faith-integrated counseling services for individuals, couples, families, children, and teens, delivered in person at six Twin Cities Metro locations (Burnsville, Fridley, Minnetonka, Stillwater, St. Paul, Woodbury) and via a HIPAA-compliant secure telebehavioral video platform. Offerings include individual therapy, marriage/couples counseling, family therapy, child and adolescent counseling, group speaking/workshops, and clinical internships/fellowships, with sessions billed to major insurance carriers or paid self-pay after insurance verification.

Product overview

Christian Heart Counseling operates as a multi-location Christian counseling practice offering in-person and video-based therapy sessions across six Twin Cities Metro locations. The core offering includes individual, couples, and family counseling services, complemented by telebehavioral (video) sessions and group speaking/workshop programs. Additional programs include clinical internships and fellowships for graduate students pursuing mental health careers. Services integrate with TherapyAppointment.com for patient portal functionality and offer SMS-based appointment communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-Person Counseling Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Two-thirds of marriages survive affairs according to referenced research
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Lyra Health: Venture-backed enterprise-focused mental health platform providing therapy, coaching, and medication management to employees of large employers. Comparable as a tech-enabled outpatient therapy network that combines licensed clinicians, insurance/employer billing, and virtual delivery — an emerging alternative model for in-network therapy demand.
• BetterHelp: Teladoc-owned direct-to-consumer online therapy network with subscription-based pricing and large marketing scale. Comparable as the dominant D2C online therapy brand competing with Christian Heart's teletherapy offering on convenience, price, and accessibility.
• Talkspace: Public telehealth therapy platform offering individual, couples, and teen therapy via in-network insurance and subscription self-pay. Comparable because it competes for the same teletherapy demand with national reach, broad insurance participation, and digitally-native delivery — a clear alternative for Christian Heart's telehealth arm.
• LifeStance Health: One of the largest outpatient mental health platforms in the U.S., operating hundreds of in-person and virtual clinics across 30+ states with broad insurance participation. Directly comparable as a multi-location outpatient behavioral health provider serving similar client populations with insurance-billed therapy services.

Direct peers

• Cedar Hills / New Heights Christian Counseling: Faith-based outpatient Christian counseling practice offering individual, couples, family, and youth therapy with multiple locations. Directly comparable as a faith-integrated outpatient counseling peer delivering the same Christ-centered therapy model with insurance and self-pay billing across physical offices.
• Two Chairs: Outpatient therapy practice operating hybrid in-person and telehealth services in multiple U.S. metros, focused on quality measured therapy outcomes. Directly comparable as a multi-location, insurance-billed outpatient therapy provider with a similar in-person + virtual care model and a comparable clinician headcount per market.
• Family Life Services / Family Innovations: Multi-site outpatient mental health practice providing individual, couples, and family therapy with insurance billing across U.S. metros. Directly comparable as a multi-clinic outpatient behavioral health provider with similar therapy modalities (CBT, EMDR, family systems) targeting the same family/relationship counseling segments as Christian Heart.
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: Faith-based nonprofit social services and counseling organization serving the Twin Cities with multi-location outpatient mental health and family services. Directly comparable as a faith-integrated, multi-site, insurance and sliding-scale outpatient counseling provider operating in the same Twin Cities geography as Christian Heart Counseling.

Emerging players

• Brightside Health: Telehealth mental health provider focused on anxiety and depression with medication plus therapy services, in-network with major insurers. Comparable as a scaled telehealth outpatient mental health provider accepting major insurance and competing for similar anxiety/depression demand via remote delivery.
• Charlie Health: Venture-backed virtual and hybrid intensive outpatient program (IOP) provider for teens and young adults. Comparable as a digitally-enabled outpatient behavioral health provider serving adolescents and families — overlapping with Christian Heart's children/adolescent segment with a younger, more technology-forward delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/heartcounselors
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChristianMarriageCenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/christian-heart-counseling-christian-marriage-center

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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