Attachment and Trauma Institute

What Attachment and Trauma Institute does

The Attachment and Trauma Institute (ATI) is a privately held mental health counseling organization headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, founded in 2006 in response to children cycling through Virginia's systems of care without successful outcomes. ATI pioneered concentrated training in trauma-informed treatment strategies for at-risk youth and now operates eight core programs — Intensive In-Home Services, Mental Health Skills Building, Individual and Family Counseling, Therapeutic Supervised Visitation, Virtual Residential Program, Residential Diversion, Therapeutic Mentoring, and Professional Development and Training — built on an integrated clinical framework that combines trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and affect regulation. The practice serves children, adolescents, adults, and families dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, family conflict, and severe behavioral challenges across the greater Central Virginia region, with both in-home/community-based delivery and virtual options.

ATI's business model is fee-for-service clinical delivery billed primarily through Virginia Medicaid, with select commercial insurance accepted (Anthem Healthkeepers, Optima Health, Magellan Health, Aetna) plus self-pay and CSA funding. The intake process is referral-driven, with an intake team member contacting new referrals within 24 business hours; demand flow originates from a network of local Department of Social Services agencies, schools, juvenile courts, hospitals, and community resource partners, supplemented by a professional website with an online referral form. The practice has no app, API, or technology platform and operates as a pure services-based clinical organization rather than a software or product company.

Organizationally, ATI is led by Executive Director Dawn Chillon with a team of 30+ counselors operating under structured supervision toward LPC and LCSW licensure. The company has not disclosed external investment, parent-company ownership, or financial metrics, and remains a founder/management-owned regional practice. Its recent strategic moves have been oriented around service-line breadth (Virtual Residential, Residential Diversion, Training) and channel diversification (virtual delivery), rather than geographic expansion.

Name

Attachment and Trauma Institute

Legal name

The Attachment and Trauma Institute

Website

https://attachmentandtrauma.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Attachment and Trauma Institute is a privately held, Richmond, Virginia-based mental health counseling organization founded in 2006. It delivers trauma-informed therapeutic services to children, adults, and families across Central Virginia through eight core programs funded by Medicaid, insurance, and CSA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counseling Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Trauma-Informed Care & Crisis Response (School-Based) (EDAKAMAF)

Keywords

• Trauma-informed counseling
• Mental health services
• Intensive in-home services
• Family counseling
• Residential diversion programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond, Virginia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mental Health Counseling Services: Fee-for-service mental health counseling including intensive in-home services, mental health skills building, individual and family counseling, therapeutic supervised visitation, and residential diversion programs. Services billed to insurance (Medicaid, self-pay, and CSA funding accepted).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Attachment and Trauma Institute (ATI) is a mental health counseling organization that delivers trauma-informed therapeutic services to children, adults, and families across the greater central Virginia region. Its core offering integrates trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and affect regulation with applied clinical practice, delivered through intensive in-home services, mental health skills building, individual and family counseling, therapeutic supervised visitation, residential diversion, virtual residential programming, therapeutic mentoring, and professional training. Services are billed to insurance (Anthem Healthkeepers, Optima Health, Magellan Health, Aetna), Medicaid, self-pay, and CSA funding.

Product overview

The Attachment and Trauma Institute is a mental health counseling services organization offering a unified suite of trauma-informed therapeutic programs. The core service portfolio includes Intensive In-Home Services, Mental Health Skills Building, Individual and Family Counseling, Therapeutic Supervised Visitation, Virtual Residential Program, Residential Diversion, Therapeutic Mentoring, and Professional Development & Training. These services work together as a comprehensive treatment system addressing the needs of children, adults, and families dealing with trauma, mental health challenges, and behavioral issues. The organization operates as a services-based practice, not a technology platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intensive In-Home Services A trauma-informed wraparound program for children and families in crisis, providing stabilization services to prevent out-of-home placement. Includes individual and family counseling, 24/7 crisis support, and parental skills training for at-risk youth and their families in central Virginia.
• Mental Health Skills Building An intensive home-based service helping older adolescents and adults with long-term mental health needs, cognitive deficiencies, or dual diagnoses obtain independence or stability within the community. Focuses on seven core competencies including housing, employment, and self-care.
• Individual and Family Counseling Counseling services for individuals and families seeking to restore relationships, address trauma, anxiety, depression, and family conflicts, and become their best selves.
• Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Protected visitation with therapeutic intervention between children and non-custodial parents, providing therapeutic support for relationship maintenance and family transitions while ensuring child safety.
• Virtual Residential Program An alternative to residential treatment centers that keeps children in their homes while providing intensive therapeutic services virtually, designed for families trying to avoid out-of-home or residential placement.
• Residential Diversion An intensive treatment program designed to bring healing and stability within an individual's home environment, diverting likely long-term residential facility placement for children and adolescents at risk. Uses a three-stage treatment approach.
• Therapeutic Mentoring A program for children and adolescents ages 10-21 focused on forming healthy relationships, teaching positive communication and self-regulation skills, conflict resolution, and encouraging accountability to achieve goals.
• Professional Development and Training Professional training for counselors and partnering agencies, including trauma-informed care training, neurobiology of trauma, and effective counseling interventions delivered to schools, social services, courts, and community agencies.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Local Department of Social Services (Central Virginia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnerships with local Department of Social Services agencies within Central Virginia for providing trauma-informed counseling services to at-risk youth and families in the child welfare system.
• Local Schools (Central Virginia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with local schools to provide professional training including 'Ten Steps to a Peaceful Classroom' and support for trauma-informed educational environments.
• Juvenile Courts (Central Virginia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative relationships with Juvenile Courts to provide trauma-informed services and training for court-related personnel.
• Community Resource Agencies (Central Virginia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with community resource agencies throughout Central Virginia to provide free training and coordinated trauma-informed care.
• Regional Hospitals (Central Virginia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with regional hospitals to provide professional training in trauma-informed care and collaborative treatment approaches.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Intercept Health: Virginia-based behavioral health provider offering intensive in-home services, mental health skill-building, and therapeutic mentoring for at-risk youth. Closely comparable to ATI in service mix, payor profile (Medicaid/CSA), and Central/Eastern Virginia footprint.
• Family Insight: Virginia-based behavioral health services organization delivering outpatient counseling, psychiatry, and community-based services across multiple service lines. Comparable in trauma-informed counseling focus, Virginia footprint, and payor mix.
• HopeTree Family Services: Virginia-based nonprofit serving children, adolescents, and families through counseling, residential, and community-based programs. Comparable in trauma/family-services mission, Virginia CSA-contracted services, and at-risk youth focus.
• Dominion Youth Services: Virginia-based provider of mental health, behavioral, and developmental services for children and adolescents, including in-home and community-based models. Comparable in target population, service delivery model, and Virginia Medicaid/CSA funding profile.
• National Counseling Group (NCG): Virginia-headquartered counseling and mental health services provider serving at-risk youth and families through intensive in-home, mentoring, and community-based programs. Directly comparable in target population, service lines, and Virginia CSA/Medicaid funding model.

Regional players

• Methodist Home for Children: Virginia-based provider of residential, community-based, and counseling services for at-risk youth and families. Comparable in trauma-informed service philosophy and Virginia CSA funding position, but accommodates a residential component ATI diverts from.

Broad incumbents

• BrightSpring Health Services: Large publicly traded provider of behavioral health, home and community-based services across the U.S. Useful as a broad-incumbent benchmark for scaling a community-based mental health services model beyond ATI's regional footprint.
• Sevita Health / The MENTOR Network: National human services organization providing intensive in-home, behavioral health, and community-based services for at-risk youth and adults. Comparable in service model and payor mix but operates at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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