Intercultural Counseling Connection

Name

Intercultural Counseling Connection

Legal name

Intercultural Counseling Connection

Website

https://interculturalcounseling.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community 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-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAI

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPADAHAI

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment)

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Refugee, Migration & Displacement Services

SECONDARYEDALANAD

Cultural Adjustment & Integration Services (intercultural programs, community connection)

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/International Student Services & Immigration Support

SECONDARYEDAAADAI

Refugee & Humanitarian Newcomer Orientation (Resettlement Support)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Citizenship & Immigrant Integration Education

Keywords

• Mental health counseling
• Refugee mental health
• Pro bono therapy
• Cross cultural counseling
• Forced migrant support

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Pro-bono Mental Health Services: Services are provided free of charge to eligible clients. The organization is a nonprofit that relies on foundation grants, individual donors, and volunteer clinicians. Funding is administered through fiscal sponsor Uplift Alliance, a 501(c)(3) organization with EIN: 93-2244713.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Intercultural Counseling Connection provides free, pro-bono mental health counseling services to forced migrants (refugees, asylees, and other immigrants) living in Maryland. Its core offerings include individual therapy, group therapy, clinical supervision, professional trainings for clinicians, and the Common Threads Project, an intergenerational storytelling program, all delivered by staff and a volunteer clinician network.

Product overview

The Intercultural Counseling Connection is a single unified program providing trauma-focused, pro-bono mental health services for forced migrants in Maryland. The organization operates through six core service products: Individual Therapy, Group Therapy, Clinical Supervision, Professional Trainings, the Common Threads Project, and a Pro-Bono Network. These services are supported by a Volunteer Program, an Internship Program for clinical social work students, and a comprehensive Resources for Migrants directory. The core products function as an integrated service model where the Pro-Bono Network supplies volunteer clinicians who deliver Individual and Group Therapy, Clinical Supervision supports network clinicians, Professional Trainings build provider competencies, and the Common Threads Project offers specialized group therapy for women survivors of gender-based violence.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Individual Therapy One-on-one pro-bono mental health counseling sessions provided to forced migrants (refugees, asylees, and other immigrants) in Maryland by staff and volunteer clinicians using culturally and linguistically responsive approaches.
• Group Therapy Pro-bono group-format counseling cohorts for forced migrants in Maryland, offering peer support and shared therapeutic experience around themes such as resettlement, trauma, and cultural adjustment.
• Clinical Supervision Structured clinical supervision services for volunteer and staff clinicians delivering therapy to forced migrants, supporting clinical quality, licensure requirements, and cross-cultural case consultation.
• Professional Trainings Training programs for clinicians and partner organizations on cross-cultural mental health practice, refugee and migrant trauma, and culturally responsive counseling techniques.
• Common Threads Project Intergenerational storytelling program for forced migrant communities in Maryland that preserves and shares client and community narratives, typically paired with therapeutic and community-building objectives.
• Pro-Bono Clinician Network Network of approximately 48–50 volunteer licensed clinicians who deliver free therapy, supervision, and training capacity to extend the organization's reach beyond its paid staff of about 14 employees.

Quantifiable outcome

• 146 forced migrants served in 2025 through network of clinicians
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Uplift AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUplift Alliance is the fiscal sponsor of the Intercultural Counseling Connection. The Connection is a program of Uplift Alliance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 93-2244713) that administers funding and supports social change programs throughout Maryland.
• Common Threads ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to run therapy groups for women who have experienced sexual and gender-based violence. The program involves 6-month treatment including creation of story cloths and traditional trauma therapy interventions.
• Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing services for asylum seekers and other forced migrants, with priority given to women and children. Services include transitional housing, case management, food security, employment readiness, ESL classes, and wellness programs.
• HEAL Refugee Health and Asylum CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBased at Esperanza Center, HEAL provides culturally and linguistically responsive medical services including primary and specialty care for uninsured asylum seekers/survivors of torture and trauma.
• AsylumWorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in 2016, serves asylum seekers in the D.C. metro area through employment assistance, social services, health and wellbeing promotion, and community building.
• Esperanza CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA program of Catholic Charities-MD providing immigrants and uninsured individuals with access to medical and mental health care, social services, referrals, language classes, and legal services.
• Tahirih Justice CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks to protect immigrant women and girls seeking justice from gender-based violence through pro bono legal and social services, referrals, advocacy, and public education.
• ERICA (Episcopal Refugee and Immigrant Center Alliance)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssists refugees, asylees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants through educational workshops, material assistance, and one-on-one problem solving.
• AyudaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing services to immigrants in Maryland.
• Inspirit MarylandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization serving forced migrants in Maryland.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• HIAS: Global Jewish-American refugee resettlement and humanitarian organization serving forcibly displaced populations across the United States and internationally. Listed as an ICC partner; broader incumbent that provides resettlement, legal, and increasingly mental health services at significantly greater scale and geography than ICC.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Large international humanitarian organization operating refugee resettlement and integration programs in the U.S., including mental health and psychosocial support for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers. A broad incumbent whose client population (forced migrants in the U.S.) and emerging mental health focus directly overlap ICC's mission, though at far greater scale.

Direct peers

• AsylumWorks: Founded in 2016 in the D.C. metro area, AsylumWorks provides employment assistance, social services, and wellbeing support specifically to asylum seekers. Direct ICC partner; closely comparable as a regional nonprofit serving the same asylum-seeker population with an overlapping wellbeing/supportive service bundle.
• Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture: Hospital- and university-affiliated program providing comprehensive mental health services for survivors of torture and political violence in New York City. Operates a similar pro-bono/sliding-scale clinical model and trains providers in trauma-informed care for forced migrants, comparable to ICC's mission and clinical offerings.
• Ayuda: Washington, D.C.-area nonprofit providing legal, social, and language-access services to immigrants in the mid-Atlantic region. Direct ICC partner and a regional peer serving a similar forced-migrant population in adjacent geography with comparable nonprofit, multilingual service model.
• Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE): Maryland-based nonprofit providing transitional housing, case management, food security, employment readiness, ESL, and wellness services to asylum seekers and forced migrants, with priority for women and children. Direct ICC partner and a closely aligned peer serving the same Maryland forced-migrant population, though focused on social services rather than clinical mental health.
• Survivors of Torture International: San Diego-based nonprofit delivering free mental health, case management, and interpretation services to asylum seekers and survivors of torture. Directly comparable in target population (asylum seekers/forced migrants), pro-bono delivery model, and emphasis on culturally and linguistically responsive care.
• Center for Victims of Torture (CVT): Minnesota-headquartered nonprofit providing direct mental health and rehabilitation services to survivors of torture and severe trauma, with a national footprint including clinics in multiple states. Closest comparable in mission (trauma-focused therapy for survivors of torture) and clinical model, though substantially larger and more geographically distributed than ICC.
• Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center: Chicago-based program providing mental health and social services to survivors of torture and their families, including clinical therapy, case management, and training. Directly comparable in mission (torture survivor mental health), service bundle (therapy + social support), and pro-bono / sliding-scale delivery.

Emerging players

• HEAL Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative: Baltimore-based program providing culturally and linguistically responsive medical (and adjacent psychosocial) care for uninsured asylum seekers and survivors of torture. Direct ICC partner and a closely overlapping emerging player serving the same Maryland forced-migrant population with complementary (medical rather than mental-health) services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/interculturalcounselingconnect

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