Institute for Sexual Wellness

What Institute for Sexual Wellness does

Institute for Sexual Wellness (ISW) is a private specialty psychiatric practice focused on problematic sexual behaviors, paraphilic disorders, and forensic psychiatry. Founded around 2016-2017 and led by Medical Director Dr. Renee Sorrentino — a Harvard Medical School Clinical Instructor — the practice serves self-referred patients, court-mandated individuals, and legal/correctional institutions requiring specialized evaluation and treatment. The firm is headquartered in Weymouth, Massachusetts with a second location in Nashua, New Hampshire, and operates with approximately 9 employees.

The practice delivers clinical evaluation, pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and forensic consultation, with telepsychiatry added in 2020 to extend geographic reach. Training and educational programs for clinicians have also been launched, creating a secondary revenue vector beyond direct patient care. The clinical model emphasizes rare domain expertise in paraphilic and sex offender treatment that general psychiatry practices typically do not address.

ISW operates on a private-pay basis exclusively — no insurance is accepted — which streamlines billing but caps patient volume to those able to self-fund or to court-mandated referrals whose fees are typically covered by the referring institution. The go-to-market is largely referral-driven through attorneys, courts, correctional agencies, and self-directed patient inquiry, with media commentary during the COVID-19 pandemic used to build public visibility as a specialty authority.

Name

Institute for Sexual Wellness

Legal name

Institution for Sexual Wellness

Website

https://instituteforsexualwellness.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Institute for Sexual Wellness is a private psychiatric practice specializing in problematic sexual behaviors, paraphilic disorders, and forensic psychiatry, serving self-referred patients, courts, and legal institutions across Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Weymouth, Massachusetts

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Outpatient Psychiatric Services: ISW generates revenue through direct patient care services including psychiatric evaluations, therapy sessions (individual, group, couples, family), pharmacological treatment, risk assessments, forensic evaluations, and consultation services. Services are provided on an outpatient basis at their Weymouth, MA and Nashua, NH locations, as well as via telepsychiatry.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ISW is an outpatient psychiatric and forensic psychiatry practice that evaluates and treats adults and adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors, sexual addiction, paraphilic disorders, and individuals who have committed sexual offenses. Services include full clinical evaluations, risk assessments, forensic evaluations and consultation, individual/group/couples/family therapy, pharmacological treatment using Lupron and antiandrogens, behavioral therapy, and telepsychiatry consultations. The practice also provides expert testimony, consultation, and training to criminal justice, judicial, and healthcare stakeholders.

Product overview

The Institute for Sexual Wellness (ISW) is a specialized outpatient psychiatric and psychological practice that provides evaluation and treatment services for individuals with problematic sexual behaviors, paraphilic disorders, and those who have committed sexual offenses. The organization operates a unified service model combining clinical evaluation services (Full Clinical Evaluation, Risk Assessment, Forensic Evaluation, Forensic Consultation), multiple treatment modalities (Pharmacological Treatment using Lupron and antiandrogens, Psychological Treatment, Behavioral Treatment, Psychoeducation), and diagnostic assessment instruments. Services are delivered through individual therapy, group therapy, telepsychiatry, and training programs. ISW also provides patient-facing resources including addiction screening tests for men and women.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Full Clinical Evaluation Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation to assess sexual behavior issues, diagnose paraphilic disorders, and develop individualized treatment plans. For adults and adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors.
• Risk Assessment Evaluation of likelihood of reoffending using validated instruments including Static-99R, Static-2002R, Stable-2007, Acute-2007, ARMIDILO-S, SAPROF, Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, and HCR:20. Used for sex offenders and individuals under supervision.
• Interim Evaluation Short-term assessment service for individuals requiring evaluation during transitional periods such as pre-trial or during supervision.
• Forensic Evaluation Court-ordered or legally-mandated psychological evaluations for criminal proceedings, civil commitments, and Sex Offender Registry Board determinations.
• Forensic Consultation Expert consultation services for legal professionals, including expert testimony and case review related to sexual offender matters. Delivered to attorneys, courts, and criminal justice stakeholders at local, state, and national levels.
• Professional Training Training programs for clinicians interested in working with individuals who sexually offend and those with paraphilic disorders.
• Pharmacological Treatment Treatment using antiandrogens (Medroxyprogesterone) and hormonal agents (Lupron) to reduce sexual fantasies, drive, arousal, and behavior in individuals with problematic sexual behaviors.
• Psychological Treatment Individual therapy, group therapy, psychoeducational materials, and behavioral treatment delivered through a cognitive-behavioral approach within the Risk Need Responsivity model framework. Includes individual, group, couples, and family therapy sessions.
• Behavioral Treatment Specialized treatment including aversive therapy, covert sensitization, and masturbatory reconditioning to help patients replace deviant or inappropriate sexual thoughts and behaviors with appropriate ones.
• Psychoeducation and Sex Education Educational courses covering Sexual Interests, Sex Education, Arousal Management, Effective Communication, Healthy Interpersonal Relationships, Boundaries, and Understanding Empathy.
• Telepsychiatry Consultation Services Remote psychiatric consultation services allowing patients to access care via video or telephone appointments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Treatment for people who sexually offend consistent with best practices has been shown to reduce sexual reoffensing and increase individuals' sense of well-being

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Criminal Justice System StakeholderscoreOthersISW works collaboratively with key stakeholders within the criminal justice system including law enforcement, judicial sectors, and other agencies for effective management of individuals with problematic sexual behaviors. The organization provides consultation, expert testimony and training to these sectors on local, state, and national levels.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wellpath: National provider of medical and behavioral health services to corrections and inpatient psychiatric facilities, including forensic and sex offender evaluations — a direct counterpart at scale for ISW's forensic psychiatry offering.
• Centurion Health: Specialized correctional and behavioral healthcare company serving prisons, jails, and forensic psychiatric populations, with deep overlap in court-mandated treatment and forensic evaluation work.
• Wexford Health Sources: Large correctional healthcare provider delivering behavioral health and forensic services to incarcerated populations, including sex offender treatment programs in many U.S. state systems — a much larger-scale, broader incumbent that overlaps with ISW's forensic/criminal-justice-facing work.
• McLean Hospital: Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatric hospital with specialized behavioral programs and a broader research footprint; overlaps with ISW's Harvard affiliation and acts as a higher-acuity referral partner for complex cases.
• Liberty Healthcare Group: Behavioral health and forensic services organization operating inpatient forensic psychiatric programs and community-based sex offender treatment, comparable in forensic evaluation and treatment scope.

Emerging players

• Newport Healthcare: Behavioral health provider focused on adolescents and young adults, including treatment of problematic sexual behaviors — overlapping with ISW's adolescent segment and comorbid developmental disabilities work.

Direct peers

• Pine Grove Behavioral Health: Outpatient specialty behavioral health provider offering intensive programs for addiction and co-occurring disorders, with comparable outpatient psychiatric treatment model and professional services revenue approach.
• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Non-profit provider of behavioral health services that operates specific sexual behavior and problematic sexual behavior treatment programs, directly comparable in clinical focus on paraphilic and sexual behavior disorders.
• Rogers Behavioral Health: Specialty psychiatric system running intensive outpatient and residential programs for OCD, anxiety, and related behavioral conditions, including specialized exposure-based protocols that parallel ISW's evidence-based, RNR-aligned methodology.
• Johns Hopkins Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit (Dr. Fred Berlin): Nationally recognized outpatient consultation and treatment program for paraphilic disorders and problematic sexual behaviors — the closest clinical peer to ISW in terms of scope, methodology, and patient population.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/institute-for-sexual-wellness

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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