What Summit Psychological Associates does

Summit Psychological Associates, Inc. is a private, for-profit behavioral and mental health agency founded in 1984 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The firm delivers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary service portfolio across outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, forensic evaluations and treatment, community psychiatric supportive treatment (CPST) and case management, organizational services including Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), and jail-based behavioral health. It operates multiple physical locations in Northeast Ohio — three in Akron (Broadway Street, Summit Street, and the Summit County Jail Behavioral Health Unit) and one in Canton — and serves Summit, Stark, and surrounding counties.

The agency's core clinical "technology" consists of evidence-based human-delivered treatment modalities, principally Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing, applied across structured programs such as the 26-week New Foundation substance abuse program, the Thinking for a Change cognitive-behavioral recidivism-reduction program, the Conflict Solutions anger management program, the multi-level Sex Offense Treatment Program, the New Directions trauma program, and the THRIVE jail re-entry program. Specialized products include pre-employment, fitness-for-duty, and forensic psychological evaluations. The organization holds CARF accreditation for behavioral health and operates an APA-accredited doctoral psychology internship (the Ohio Psychology Internship Program), which functions as both a training pipeline and a recruiting moat.

The business model is a hybrid of fee-for-service clinical care, county and state government contracts, employer EAP contracts, and grant funding. Individual therapy and psychiatric services are billed to health insurance or paid out-of-pocket; court-ordered and forensic services are funded by client fees, courts, and government contracts; EAP and pre-employment evaluation work is sold directly to employers; and the THRIVE program is funded by a Summit County Opiate Abatement Committee grant. Customer acquisition is predominantly referral-driven (courts, probation, employers, healthcare providers, county agencies), with no traditional marketing or sales motion, and services are delivered in-person and via telehealth.

Name

Summit Psychological Associates

Legal name

Summit Psychological Associates, Inc.

Website

https://summit-psychological.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Summit Psychological Associates is a private Akron, Ohio-based behavioral health agency founded in 1984 that delivers outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, forensic services, case management, EAPs, and jail re-entry programs to individuals, courts, employers, and government agencies across Northeast Ohio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Healthcare 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-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Psychological evaluations
• Forensic psychology
• Substance abuse treatment
• Employee assistance programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Akron

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Outpatient Clinical Services: Billable mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for individuals, covered by health insurance or self-pay. Services include therapy, assessments, and psychiatric services.
2. Court-Ordered Treatment Programs: Treatment programs for legally involved individuals including domestic violence, anger management, sex offense treatment, and substance abuse programs. May be funded by government contracts or client fees.
3. Employee Assistance Programs (EAP): EAP services provided to employers under contractual agreements. Provides assessment, counseling, education, and training services to employees and their families.
4. Psychological Evaluations: Pre-employment, promotional, fitness for duty, and forensic psychological evaluations for employers, government agencies, courts, and private individuals.
5. Grant-Funded Programs: The THRIVE program for jail inmates with mental health and substance use disorders, funded through a grant from the Summit County Opiate Abatement Committee.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Summit Psychological Associates is a private behavioral and mental health agency founded in 1984 that provides outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, forensic evaluations, psychological assessments, community psychiatric supportive treatment, and case management to individuals, couples, families, employers, and government agencies. The agency also offers Employee Assistance Programs, workplace seminars, and pre-employment psychological evaluations to organizations, along with jail-based re-entry services for incarcerated individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. Services are delivered across multiple offices in Northeast Ohio (Akron and Canton) and via telehealth.

Product overview

Summit Psychological Associates is a private behavioral and mental health agency founded in 1984, offering a comprehensive suite of outpatient mental health and substance use disorder services. The organization operates as a unified clinical practice with distinct service lines including outpatient counseling and psychiatry, youth/juvenile programs, psychological evaluations, forensic services, CPST/case management, and organizational services (EAPs and workplace seminars). Specialized treatment programs include the New Foundation substance abuse program, Pride in Parenting, Thinking for a Change cognitive-behavioral intervention, Conflict Solutions anger management, Sex Offense Treatment, and New Directions trauma program. The agency also operates the Thrive jail re-entry program and provides doctoral psychology internship training through its APA-accredited Ohio Psychology Internship Program. Services are available in-office and via telehealth, serving Summit, Stark, and surrounding counties in Ohio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Recidivism can be reduced by 25% through the Thinking for a Change cognitive-behavioral intervention program

Named customers6 records

Segments5 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

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• County of Summit ADM BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty mental health board providing funding and oversight for behavioral health services in Summit County, Ohio.
• Stark County Mental Health and Addiction RecoverycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty mental health authority for Stark County providing partnership for mental health and addiction services.
• Ohio Department of Youth ServicesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency for juvenile justice providing referrals and coordination for youth mental health services.
• DRC Rehabilitation and CorrectionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment of Rehabilitation and Correction providing partnership for incarcerated individual mental health services.
• Ohio Mental Health and Addiction ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency providing oversight and partnership for mental health and addiction services statewide.
• Allen Aircraft ProductsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEmployer customer receiving Employee Assistance Program services for employees and their families.
• Summerville's Inc./Regency Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEmployer customer receiving Employee Assistance Program services for employees and their families.
• Oriana HousemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Corrections Program partner where interns provide brief telehealth psychotherapy services. Provides training site for forensic internship experience.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland Clinic is a regional health system with behavioral health services across Northeast Ohio. A broad incumbent that competes with Summit for outpatient psychiatry, therapy, and EAP contracts at significantly larger scale.
• University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: University Hospitals is a Northeast Ohio regional health system offering outpatient behavioral health, psychiatry, and EAP-adjacent employer services. Overlaps with Summit's organizational services and outpatient clinical service lines as a broader healthcare incumbent.

Direct peers

• Talkiatry: Talkiatry is a tech-enabled outpatient psychiatry group delivering in-network psychiatric care across multiple states. Directly comparable to Summit's outpatient psychiatry and therapy services, with similar insurance billing model but stronger digital patient acquisition.
• LifeStance Health: LifeStance Health is the largest US outpatient mental health platform operating clinics delivering psychotherapy, psychiatry, and psychological services to individuals, families, and organizations — a direct comparable in service mix (outpatient mental health + EAP-adjacent) and patient population, but at national scale.

Emerging players

• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a mental health benefits platform providing EAP-style services to employers and employees. Comparable to Summit's organizational/EAP offering (Allen Aircraft Products, Summerville's) but with a tech-enabled, national delivery model that threatens local EAP contracts.
• Charlie Health: Charlie Health provides intensive outpatient and virtual mental health treatment for adolescents and young adults. Comparable to Summit's youth/juvenile programs and outpatient therapy service line, with overlapping evidence-based treatment modalities (CBT, DBT).

Regional players

• Coleman Health Services: Coleman Health Services is a regional Ohio-based behavioral health and addiction services provider offering outpatient mental health, substance use treatment, case management, and jail-based services — a direct regional comparable to Summit's service portfolio across Northeast/Central Ohio.
• Portage Path Behavioral Health: Portage Path Behavioral Health is an Akron-area outpatient mental health and addiction services provider. The closest direct geographic peer to Summit, offering overlapping outpatient counseling, psychiatry, and substance abuse treatment in the same Akron primary market.
• Bellefaire JCB: Bellefaire JCB is a Cleveland-based behavioral health agency serving children, adolescents, and families with outpatient mental health, substance use, and forensic services. Comparable to Summit on service lines (mental health, juvenile justice) and regional Ohio footprint.
• Child Guidance & Family Services: Child Guidance & Family Services is an Akron-based outpatient mental health agency providing counseling, psychiatry, and case management. Direct overlap with Summit's outpatient and CPST service lines in the same Summit County market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/summitpsychological

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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