The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake

What The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake does

The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake is a privately held, founder-owned mental health counseling practice operating from a single office suite in the Regency Centre business park at 26032 Detroit Road in Westlake, Ohio. Founded by Lisa Ruman, LISW, CHt — a Case Western Reserve-trained clinician and social worker with over 20 years of experience across foster care, community mental health, and acute psychiatric services — the practice delivers outpatient mental health care to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in the Cleveland western suburbs. Service delivery is direct-to-consumer: clients schedule intake by phone (440-250-9414) and receive in-person appointments at the Westlake office.

The practice offers a continuum of care that combines traditional and holistic modalities. Traditional services include individual/family/couples/group counseling, parent education and coaching, child therapy (ages 10 and under) using play and creative expression, and on-site psychiatry led by board-certified child/adolescent and addiction psychiatrist Dr. Tanveer Hussain (trained at Dow Medical College, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and the Cleveland Clinic) alongside Dr. Peter Geier, a Stanford- and Cincinnati-trained child/adolescent, adult, and forensic psychiatrist. Holistic approaches include Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, general Hypnotherapy, Integral Breath Therapy, and Meditation. The practice also leverages EMDR for trauma and publishes a steady cadence of educational blog content on anxiety, parenting, mindfulness, grief, and therapy modalities.

The business operates as a professional-services fee-for-service practice with no disclosed payer mix, no publicly available pricing, no external funding, and no parent company. Revenue is generated entirely per session at a single physical location, supported by a team of approximately nine staff including two M.D. psychiatrists, multiple LISW/LISW-S clinicians, an LPCC, and a PMHNP-BC nurse practitioner. HIPAA compliance is maintained via a published Notice of Privacy Practices. The practice maintains a minor community partnership with Connecting for Kids for parent education and has no technology, AI, or proprietary platform layer; its competitive position rests on the clinical credentials and tenure of its staff rather than on any software or data asset.

Name

The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake

Legal name

The Child and Family Counseling Center of Westlake

Website

https://childcounselingwestlake.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake is a privately held, founder-owned outpatient mental health practice in Westlake, Ohio, providing traditional and holistic therapy—including counseling, psychiatry, and hypnotherapy—to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in the Cleveland suburbs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counseling Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (62133), Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

Keywords

• Mental health counseling
• Child adolescent therapy
• Family counseling services
• Psychiatric medication management
• Holistic hypnotherapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Westlake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Clinical Counseling Services: Fee-for-service professional mental health counseling for individuals, families, couples, and groups. Services include traditional therapy, psychiatry, and holistic approaches billed per session.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake is a private mental health counseling practice delivering fee-for-service psychotherapy, psychiatry, parent education, and holistic mind-body interventions (including Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, Integral Breath Therapy, and meditation) to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Services are delivered in person at a single Westlake, Ohio office by a multidisciplinary team of licensed clinical social workers, licensed counselors, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and board-certified psychiatrists, with specialization in child and adolescent mental health.

Product overview

The Child and Family Counseling Center of Westlake is a mental health counseling practice offering both traditional and holistic therapeutic services. Traditional services include Counseling for Individuals, Families, Couples and Groups, Parent Education and Coaching, Psychiatry Services, and Therapy with Children. Holistic approaches include Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Integral Breath Therapy, and Meditation. The practice specializes in serving children, adolescents, and families, while also providing adult mental health services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Counseling for Individuals, Families, Couples and Groups Psychotherapy (talk therapy) for individuals, families, couples, and groups aimed at improving mental well-being by providing a safe therapeutic relationship in which clients explore challenges and gain insight. Offered to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in the Westlake, Ohio office.
• Parent Education and Coaching
• Psychiatry Services
• Therapy with Children (10 and under)
• Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy
• Hypnotherapy
• Integral Breath Therapy
• Meditation

Quantifiable outcome

• EMDR therapy shown to reduce distressing memories and replace them with positive beliefs through bilateral stimulation

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Connecting for KidsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegular collaboration on community education initiatives. Lisa Ruman serves as a regular collaborator conducting Coffee and Chat support topics. Partnership provides educational resources and awareness for families concerned about anxiety and child mental health. Co-developed anxiety resource guide for families.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• OhioGuidestone: Large Ohio-wide behavioral health and social services organization headquartered in Northeast Ohio providing mental health and family services at much greater scale; competing for the same referral sources in the broader Ohio market.

Broad incumbents

• University Hospitals (Cleveland) Department of Psychiatry: Major regional academic health system with a child/adolescent psychiatry service line and Cleveland-based training programs from which the subject practice draws clinicians; same regional catchment and overlap in specialty services.
• Cleveland Clinic Children's Behavioral Health: Large academic medical system operating a dedicated child and adolescent psychiatry program in the same Cleveland market; competes for the same psychiatrists and for families seeking both talk therapy and medication management.

Direct peers

• Bellefaire JCB: One of the largest Cleveland-area child and adolescent behavioral health agencies, serving children, adolescents, and families with counseling, residential, and school-based services — directly comparable client focus and geographic market to The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake.
• Beech Brook: Cleveland-based behavioral health and child welfare agency providing mental health services to children, adolescents, and families across Northeast Ohio; comparable mission and local catchment area.
• Applewood Centers: Greater Cleveland behavioral health agency with a strong focus on children, adolescents, and foster-care-involved youth; directly comparable in client population and geographic market.
• Charak Center for Health and Wellness: Private outpatient mental health and addiction treatment practice with locations in Medina and the greater Cleveland area; similar independent-practice model serving comparable client conditions.

Emerging players

• BetterHelp: Large online therapy platform serving individuals and couples nationwide; takes therapy market share away from in-office local practices like the subject company via digital-only delivery.
• Cerebral: Online mental health subscription provider offering therapy and medication management; overlaps with the subject practice's adult and adolescent psychiatry offerings but delivers fully remote.
• Talkiatry: National telehealth psychiatry platform that delivers medication management and therapy online; competes with the subject practice for adult and adolescent psychiatry patients across Ohio via digital delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/childcounselingwestlake

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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