Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change

What Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change does

Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change (CABC) is a private, fee-for-service mental health practice founded in 2011 by Dr. Jonathan Dalton and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland with a second office in McLean, Virginia. The firm delivers evidence-based psychotherapy and psychological assessment, with a clinical specialization in anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, trauma-related disorders, and anxiety-based school refusal/avoidance. Treatment is delivered by a team of approximately 15 specialized therapists using modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), DBT-informed services, Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), and the Unified Protocol, across individual, group, and family therapy formats. The patient base spans children as young as three through adults, with named programs for neurodivergent clients (including ADOS-2 autism assessment) and athletes.

CABC's business model is a professional services, out-of-network fee-for-service practice that does not participate in insurance plans but provides superbills for client reimbursement. The firm supplements clinical revenue with psychological testing/evaluation, post-doctoral fellowships, externships, LCSW supervision, and CE trainings, plus paid presentations and consultations to school systems and community organizations. Go-to-market is community- and referral-led: Dr. Dalton delivers approximately 50 talks per year locally and nationally, the practice maintains active media presence (CNN, USA Today, Psychology Today, HuffPost, Dr. Oz Show), and institutional relationships span Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and Fairfax County Public Schools, elite private schools (Georgetown Day, Sidwell Friends, National Cathedral), and Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Technically, the practice operates with limited technology surface area: a HIPAA-compliant telehealth video platform extending reach into PsyPact participating states, a TherapyPortal client portal, and a content/SEO-driven website. The practice is affiliated as a Regional Clinic of the National Social Anxiety Center and participates in the Greater Washington Clinical Psychology Programs Council. The practice is a privately held LLC, controlled by the founder, with no external funding, parent company, or M&A activity disclosed.

Name

Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change

Legal name

Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change, LLC

Website

https://changeanxiety.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change is a private, fee-for-service mental health practice in Rockville, MD and McLean, VA, delivering evidence-based CBT, ERP, and related therapies to children, adolescents, adults, families, neurodiverse clients, and athletes across two offices and via telehealth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockville

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual and Family Therapy Services: Fee-for-service private practice model. CABC does not participate with insurance plans directly but provides detailed superbills that clients can submit to insurance companies for out-of-network reimbursement.
2. Psychological Assessment and Testing: Comprehensive psychological assessment services including ADOS-2 for autism assessment. Cost varies depending on recommended measures after initial meeting.
3. Professional Training and Supervision: Post-doctoral fellowships, externships, LCSW supervision hours, and CE trainings provided to mental health professionals seeking licensure and professional development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change (CABC) is a private mental health practice that delivers evidence-based outpatient psychotherapy and psychological assessment services for anxiety, OCD, depression, school refusal/avoidance, and related disorders across children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. Treatment is delivered through modalities including CBT, ERP, ACT, DBT-informed, PCIT, and SPACE, in person at two offices and via HIPAA-compliant telehealth, with ancillary professional training, postdoctoral and externship programs, and LCSW supervision.

Product overview

Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change (CABC) is a private mental health practice operating as a single, unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The practice provides a comprehensive suite of mental health services organized around three core pillars: direct clinical treatment services (individual, group, and family therapy), psychological assessment and evaluation, and professional training and development. Treatment is delivered through multiple evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), DBT-informed services, Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and SPACE. The practice specializes in anxiety disorders, OCD, school refusal, and neurodivergent populations. CABC also operates educational programs including postdoctoral fellowships, externships, and LCSW supervision. Telehealth services extend the practice's reach to PsyPact participating states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Therapy One-on-one evidence-based psychotherapy sessions for anxiety, OCD, depression, and related mental health disorders across the lifespan, delivered by specialized clinicians.
• Group Therapy Group-based cognitive behavioral therapy programs for populations including college women, adolescents, school refusal support, and the Unified Protocol transdiagnostic group.
• Family Therapy Therapy involving whole family units, including parent management training, couples therapy, and family consultations for families affected by anxiety and related disorders.
• Psychological Testing & Evaluation Comprehensive psychological assessment services, including ADOS-2 for autism diagnosis and evaluations for anxiety, depression, and learning disabilities; cost varies based on recommended measures.
• Telehealth Services HIPAA-compliant virtual therapy sessions for clients unable to attend in person, available to clients located in PsyPact participating states.
• School Refusal Treatment Program Comprehensive four-component program for anxiety-based school avoidance consisting of specialized assessment, child-focused behavioral treatment, parent management training, and school consultation.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Year-long postdoctoral training program for Ph.D. or Psy.D. graduates from APA-accredited programs, offering supervised experience with diverse clinical presentations.
• Externship Program Year-long clinical externship for advanced doctoral students in psychology delivered through the Greater Washington Clinical Psychology Programs Council.
• LCSW Supervision Clinical supervision for licensed masters social workers seeking licensure hours in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
• Professional Training & Consultation Presentations, workshops, webinars, and consultation services for mental health professionals, schools, and community organizations on evidence-based anxiety and school refusal treatment.

Quantifiable outcome

• CABC draws patients regionally, nationally, and internationally for specialty services
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Greater Washington Clinical Psychology Programs Council (GWCPPC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCABC participates in GWCPPC and adheres to DC Area Council Guidelines for interviews and extern selection. This partnership enables structured training opportunities for doctoral students in psychology.
• National Social Anxiety Center (NSAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCABC represents Montgomery County, Maryland and Northern Virginia as a Regional Clinic of NSAC. NSAC was established to make highest quality, evidence-based psychotherapy services for social anxiety available to those in need.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Talkspace: Public telehealth therapy and psychiatry platform serving individuals and enterprises. Broad incumbent with insurance-billable model and consumer marketing scale competing for the same outpatient anxiety treatment demand.
• McLean Hospital: Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital with residential and outpatient anxiety/OCD specialty programs. Comparable as a high-prestige, evidence-based anxiety/OCD treatment provider serving a national patient base, though substantially larger and broader in scope than CABC.
• Lyra Health: Enterprise mental health benefits platform connecting employees to therapy and coaching providers nationwide. Broad incumbent competing for the same adult anxiety buyer, often through employer-paid channels that bypass out-of-network practices like CABC.
• Spring Health: Global employer mental health benefits platform offering therapy, coaching, and psychiatry. Broad incumbent competing for enterprise mental health spend, with in-network coverage constraints that compete with out-of-network specialty practices.
• Sheppard Pratt: Large Maryland-based behavioral health system with specialty anxiety programs and partial hospitalization services. Comparable regional specialty anxiety provider with greater scale and inpatient capabilities.

Emerging players

• Brightside Health: Telehealth mental health provider delivering therapy and medication management for anxiety and depression via online platform. Emerging player with partial overlap on anxiety treatment; differentiated by insurance participation and technology-enabled delivery.
• Charlie Health: Digital-first intensive outpatient program for adolescents and young adults with anxiety, depression, and other behavioral health conditions. Comparable on teen anxiety patient population; differentiated by virtual-first delivery and insurance participation.

Direct peers

• Rogers Behavioral Health: Multi-site behavioral health system specializing in OCD, anxiety, and eating disorders with residential and partial hospitalization programs. Closest direct peer—specialty anxiety/OCD treatment franchise with similar evidence-based, exposure-therapy orientation and comparable training pipelines.
• Anxiety Institute (New York): NYC specialty anxiety practice offering CBT, ERP, and ACT to children, teens, and adults. Direct peer in niche anxiety treatment private practice with similar modality stack and school-avoidance focus.
• OCD Anxiety Centers of America: Multi-state outpatient specialty centers offering intensive outpatient and standard ERP-based treatment for OCD and anxiety disorders. Direct peer with overlapping specialty focus, evidence-based orientation, and similar high-acuity positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CABCPsychology
• Instagraminstagram.com/cbt_for_anxiety
• Xx.com/changeanxiety

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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