Centro Dos

What Centro Dos does

Centro Dos is a Buenos Aires-based civil non-profit association (Asociación civil sin fines de lucro) founded in 1993 by professionals who previously worked at the Centro de Salud Mental Nº 2 of Hospital Dr. Cosme Argerich. The organization operates a dual mission of community psychoanalytic assistance and professional training within a Freudian-Lacanian framework, led by Founder and Director Patricia Hamra and General Coordinator Alicia Pérego. Its clinical footprint consists of a single headquarters at Av. Corrientes 2835 in CABA containing 55 consulting rooms that deliver weekly psychotherapeutic care to approximately 3,500 patients across children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, supported by a continuous professional community of approximately 600 practitioners in various stages of formation.

The service portfolio is divided into clinical assistance and professional formation. Clinical assistance is funded through voluntary community attention bonds (bono de atención comunitario) and is delivered in-person Monday through Friday 8:30-20:30 and virtually with extended hours including Saturday mornings. Professional formation spans paid postgraduate courses (annual postgraduate in psychoanalytic clinic with adults, with children and adolescents, and with adults/couples/families), free professional practices for advanced psychology students, a two-year advanced D.I.T.E.C. research and clinical training device, and supplementary academic activities including clinical workshops, quincentennial conferences, short paid seminars, and a study group on Jacques Lacan's Seminar 15. University partnerships (convenios institucionales) with Argentine universities supply a pipeline of clinical practicum students who support admission interviews and discussion groups.

The business model is a hybrid community-payment and fee-for-training model with no external investors, shareholders, or parent organization. Patient care is priced via voluntary weekly bonds to ensure socioeconomic accessibility, while training revenue combines aranceladas (charged) programs, free programs for Centro Dos professionals and university practicum students, and free conferences with registration. Marketing and intake occur primarily through the institution's website (centrodos.com.ar), Facebook and Instagram, WhatsApp messaging, email, and informational online sessions for prospective trainees. Customer segments are exclusively individual consumers (patients) and individual professionals/students (trainees), with no enterprise or B2B counterparties. The operating geography is limited to the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Name

Centro Dos

Legal name

Centro Dos

Website

https://centrodos.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Buenos Aires-based non-profit civil association founded in 1993 delivering Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalytic treatment to 3,500 weekly patients across 55 consulting rooms and training approximately 600 professionals through postgraduate courses, clinical internships, and the D.I.T.E.C. advanced device.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Psychoanalytic treatment
• Mental health services
• Professional training programs
• Psychotherapy services
• Psychoanalytic education

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Patient treatment fees: Weekly psychotherapeutic care provided to 3,500 patients through voluntary community attention bond payments (bono de atención comunitario). Treatment is available for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
2. Professional training programs: Various paid training programs for professionals including postgraduate courses, clinical internships, and the D.I.T.E.C. (Research Device for Theoretical and Clinical Training). Some programs are free while others are charged.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Centro Dos is a non-profit civil association providing psychoanalytic clinical assistance and professional training based on the Freudian-Lacanian framework. It offers weekly psychotherapeutic care to 3,500 patients (children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families) across 55 consultation rooms, alongside structured postgraduate courses, clinical internships, the two-year D.I.T.E.C. training device, and academic activities such as workshops, conferences, and seminars.

Product overview

Centro Dos is a non-profit civil association dedicated to psychoanalytic assistance and teaching. It operates as a unified mental health institution combining clinical services with professional training. The core offerings include: (1) Clinical Assistance providing psychotherapeutic treatment to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families through 55 consultation rooms serving 3,500 weekly patients; (2) Professional Formation Programs including annual and bi-annual postgraduate courses, professional practices, clinical internships, and D.I.T.E.C. (Theoretical Research and Clinical Training Device); (3) Academic Activities including Clinical Workshops, Conferences, Brief Seminars, and the Seminar 15 of Jacques Lacan. The organization follows a Freudiano-Lacaniano psychoanalytic framework and maintains a double commitment to community assistance and analyst training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tratamientos Psicoterapéuticos (Asistencia Clínica) Weekly psychotherapeutic care for 3,500 patients including children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, provided through voluntary community bond payments across 55 consultation rooms at the Buenos Aires headquarters.
• Clínica Psicoanalítica con Adultos (Posgrado Anual) An annual postgraduate course articulating psychoanalytic theory with clinical practice with adults, providing orientation, supervision, and theoretical-clinical articulation for professionals beginning psychoanalytic practice.
• Clínica Psicoanalítica con Niños y Adolescentes

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,500 patients receive weekly psychotherapeutic care
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Argentine universities (unspecified)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentro Dos maintains institutional agreements (convenios institucionales) with major Argentine universities, enabling university students from various faculties to complete their clinical practices at the institution. This exchange relationship supports academic training while expanding the institution's professional base.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Asociación Psicoanalítica de Buenos Aires (APdeBA): Long-standing Argentine psychoanalytic society offering training, clinical practice, and supervision in the Freudian tradition — comparable to Centro Dos in mission, training devices, and outpatient treatment focus.
• British Psychoanalytical Society: UK membership and training body running an institute, training program, and clinical treatment service — close international peer in the training-plus-treatment architecture.
• New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute: US psychoanalytic institute combining professional training (psychoanalytic candidates), a treatment center, and continuing education; closest international functional analog to Centro Dos' dual model.
• Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust: UK NHS mental health trust delivering postgraduate training and outpatient psychotherapy across modalities; mirrors Centro Dos' combination of clinical service provision and a recognized training/education arm.
• Sigmund Freud Foundation / Wiener Arbeitskreis für Tiefenpsychologie: Vienna-based psychoanalytic training, research, and treatment foundation tracing to the Freudian tradition; comparable institutional archetype operating training and clinical services.
• Asociación Escuela Argentina de Psicoterapia para Graduados (AEAPG): Argentine graduate psychotherapy school offering post-degree training and supervised clinical practice for mental health professionals — operates a similar training-plus-treatment model to Centro Dos.
• Escuela de la Orientación Lacaniana (EOL): Lacanian school based in Buenos Aires that delivers psychoanalytic training and clinical practice; near-direct peer given Centro Dos' explicit Freudian-Lacanian orientation.

Others

• Mental Health Foundation (UK): Charity addressing mental health through public programs, training resources, and community services; comparable as a community-mental-health mission organization rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA): Global umbrella body for psychoanalytic societies; comparable as a higher-level incumbent that organizes member institutes engaged in both training and clinical treatment on a much wider scale.

Regional players

• INECO / Fundación INECO: Argentine cognitive neuroscience and mental health institution with training and clinical programs in Buenos Aires; comparable as a local mental health/training institution, though methodology differs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CentroDosOrg
• Instagraminstagram.com/centrodosorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-dos

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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