California Mental Health

What California Mental Health does

California Mental Health is a private, for-profit residential and virtual behavioral health provider founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Martin, California. The company operates two physical facilities in San Martin and delivers care across three primary levels: Residential Treatment (inpatient care in a structured, home-like setting), Virtual Mental Health Treatment (telehealth individual and group therapy), and a Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). It treats adults across a broad diagnostic range including anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, mood disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, psychosis, insomnia, eating disorders, ADHD, domestic violence trauma, and anger management, and supports specialized populations such as LGBTQIA+ individuals.

The clinical offering is built on evidence-based therapy modalities — EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, trauma therapy, grief counseling, family and process group therapy — supplemented by holistic and experiential approaches such as art therapy, music therapy, and trauma-informed care. The company holds Joint Commission accreditation and is a Psychology Today verified provider, and it differentiates through low client-to-staff ratios, individualized treatment plans, same-day admission availability, and 24/7 crisis line access. Patient acquisition is conducted direct-to-consumer via the company website, free online symptom assessment quizzes, social media (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram), earned media coverage, and a 24/7 phone intake line tied to insurance verification.

Revenue is generated per treatment episode and billed primarily through a broad in-network insurance panel that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Anthem, Carelon, Aetna, and GEHA, with the company stating that insurance may cover 100% of treatment costs. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is independently owned, with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity in the available data, and operates with 11-50 employees under an Executive Director, Program Director/Operations Manager, Healthcare Supervisor LVN, Case Manager, and clinical/medical review staff.

Name

California Mental Health

Legal name

California Mental Health

Website

https://camentalhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

California Mental Health is a private, Joint Commission-accredited residential and virtual behavioral health provider in San Martin, California, treating adults across 15+ mental health conditions using EMDR, CBT, DBT, and ACT, billed primarily through major commercial insurance plans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Mental Health Treatment

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers (HLAFACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA), General Mental Health Therapy Platforms (Talk Therapy) (HLALAEAA), Outpatient Mental Health & Counseling Clinics (HLAFABAC)

Keywords

• Residential mental health
• Virtual mental health treatment
• Behavioral health services
• Intensive outpatient program
• Psychiatric treatment services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Martin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Residential Mental Health Treatment Services: Revenue generated from providing residential mental health treatment programs, including room and board, clinical services, therapy sessions, and medication management. Services are primarily billed through insurance, with the company accepting most major insurance providers including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Anthem, Carelon, Aetna, GEHA, and others.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

California Mental Health is a private behavioral health provider operating a residential treatment facility in San Martin, California, founded in 2020. The company delivers comprehensive psychiatric care through three core programs: a residential mental health treatment program, a virtual mental health treatment program, and a Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Treatment addresses anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other behavioral health conditions using evidence-based modalities such as EMDR, CBT, DBT, and ACT, combined with holistic therapies.

Product overview

California Mental Health provides mental health treatment services through a combination of residential and virtual care programs. The core offerings include Residential Treatment (inpatient care in San Martin, CA), Virtual Mental Health Treatment, and Virtual Intensive Outpatient Programs. These are complemented by specialized treatment services for conditions including anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, mood disorders, psychosis, ADHD, personality disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, insomnia, domestic violence, eating disorders, and anger management. Treatment modalities include EMDR Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), trauma therapy, grief counseling, family group therapy, and process group therapy. The organization also offers holistic approaches including art therapy, music therapy, and experiential therapy. Interactive assessment tools include free online quizzes for anxiety, depression, and Adult ADD/ADHD evaluation, as well as a residential treatment suitability quiz.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Newport Healthcare: Newport operates residential mental health treatment programs combining evidence-based therapy with experiential modalities. Comparable because it runs multi-site residential programs serving mood, anxiety, trauma and co-occurring conditions — directly overlapping California Mental Health's clinical positioning.
• BrightView Health: BrightView operates outpatient and intensive outpatient mental health and substance use programs across multiple states. Comparable because it competes for the same referral-driven, insurance-billed behavioral health patient population in overlapping care levels (outpatient/IOP).
• Charlie Health: Charlie Health provides a virtual intensive outpatient program for mental health and substance use conditions. Comparable because it overlaps with California Mental Health's virtual IOP offering and competes for the same commercially insured patient population seeking intensive outpatient care.
• Rogers Behavioral Health: Rogers is a multi-site residential and outpatient mental health provider offering CBT, DBT, ACT and trauma-focused programming. Comparable because it operates dedicated residential facilities serving adults with anxiety, depression, PTSD and OCD — the same core conditions California Mental Health treats.
• Lightfully Behavioral Health: Lightfully runs residential mental health treatment centers across California, focused on adult anxiety, depression, PTSD and related conditions. Directly comparable because it offers residential and virtual levels of care in California with a similar evidence-based modality stack.

Broad incumbents

• Acadia Healthcare: Acadia is a publicly traded behavioral health operator running a national network of psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment centers. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose inpatient psychiatric and residential services compete with California Mental Health at scale and set pricing benchmarks for commercial payers.
• McLean Hospital: McLean is a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital offering residential and inpatient programs for mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes for higher-acuity behavioral health referrals and sets the clinical benchmark in the residential/inpatient segment.
• Universal Health Services: UHS is a large publicly traded hospital system with a significant behavioral health division operating inpatient psychiatric facilities nationwide. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose adult and adolescent psychiatric services overlap California Mental Health's residential and acute levels of care.
• Springstone Behavioral Health: Springstone operates a network of inpatient psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health facilities across the U.S. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose adult inpatient programs directly overlap California Mental Health's residential treatment scope, particularly for commercial payer populations.

Emerging players

• Mindpath Health: Mindpath operates an outpatient psychiatry and therapy network across California and other states, including telehealth services. Comparable as an emerging California-focused outpatient and virtual mental health provider that competes with California Mental Health's virtual treatment and IOP lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CAMentalHealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/californiamentalhealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/camentalhealth

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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