What Cognitive Behavioral Therapy does

CBT4CBT, LLC operates a web-based digital cognitive behavioral therapy program designed to treat substance use disorders. The platform delivers a seven-module curriculum through interactive movies and exercises, teaching users cognitive and behavioral skills to manage drug and alcohol use—including recognizing patterns of use, coping with cravings, challenging negative thoughts, improving decision-making, and learning to refuse substances. The product is sold exclusively as a licensed intervention to licensed clinical professionals and approved healthcare agencies, who prescribe it as part of supervised treatment plans; patients cannot purchase direct access.

The platform is offered in multiple specialized versions targeting distinct clinical populations: CBT4CBT-Substance Use Disorders (English and Spanish), CBT4CBT-Alcohol Use Disorder (English, with a Spanish version available for research only), and CBT4CBT-Buprenorphine (English) for patients maintained on buprenorphine treatment. A clinician dashboard allows healthcare providers to track patient progress, quiz scores, and skill practice completion, while patients access their own progress dashboard. The web-based program is compatible with mobile phones, laptops, tablets, and desktops, and the content is delivered through self-guided instruction requiring minimal clinician monitoring.

The company generates revenue through a one-time per-patient license fee of $150 for a full course of treatment, with volume discounts available to large providers. The product has been validated in over eight randomized clinical trials—the highest count for any digital program for substance use disorders—originating from research led by Kathleen Carroll at Yale University with grant support from NIDA and NIAAA. The company operates as a privately held LLC headquartered in Miami, Florida with 1-10 employees, and the program is currently deployed across more than 26 US states plus Canada and Spain.

Name

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Legal name

CBT4CBT, LLC

Website

https://cbt4cbt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CBT4CBT, LLC operates a web-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for substance use disorders, sold as $150 per-patient licenses to licensed clinicians and healthcare agencies who supervise patient use of the seven-module curriculum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Therapeutics - Substance Use Disorder Treatment

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Neurocognitive Therapeutics (Digital) (HLACANAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

Keywords

• Digital therapeutics
• Substance use treatment
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Behavioral health software
• Web-based CBT program

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. License Sales to Healthcare Providers: CBT4CBT is sold to licensed clinical professionals and approved healthcare agencies for $150/patient for a full course of treatment. The license provides unlimited access to all modules. Discounts are available for large providers. The company does not sell directly to patients; patients must access through their healthcare provider.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CBT4CBT is a self-guided, web-based cognitive behavioral therapy training program for individuals with substance use disorders, delivered through 7 interactive modules (~30 minutes each) using movies and exercises. The program is licensed to licensed clinical professionals and approved healthcare agencies for $150 per patient, with patients accessing it as part of a supervised treatment plan. A clinician dashboard allows providers to monitor patient progress, quiz scores, and skill practice.

Product overview

CBT4CBT™ is a single unified web-based computer training program for cognitive behavioral therapy that offers multiple versions targeting different substance use conditions. The core product consists of 7 interactive modules/lessons taught through movies and exercises. Available versions include: CBT4CBT-Substance Use Disorders (English/Spanish), CBT4CBT-Alcohol Use Disorder (English/Spanish), and CBT4CBT-Buprenorphine (English). The platform includes a clinician dashboard for monitoring patient progress. All versions are offered through licensed healthcare providers as part of supervised treatment plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CBT4CBT - Substance Use Disorders Web-based CBT training program specifically designed for individuals with substance use disorders, available in English and Spanish. Teaches cognitive and behavioral skills through 7 interactive modules (~30 minutes each) including recognizing patterns of use, coping with cravings, challenging negative thoughts, improving decision making, learning to say no, and problem-solving.
• CBT4CBT - Alcohol Use Disorder Web-based CBT training program specifically designed for individuals with alcohol use disorders, available in English and Spanish (Spanish version currently available for research only). Teaches cognitive and behavioral skills to help individuals manage alcohol use through 7 interactive modules.
• CBT4CBT - Buprenorphine Web-based CBT training program designed for individuals maintained on buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder, available in English. Delivers CBT skills training as an adjunct to medication-assisted treatment through 7 interactive modules.

Quantifiable outcome

• More effective in reducing drug or alcohol use than standard substance use treatment
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Yale UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBT4CBT was developed by a team of researchers and clinicians at Yale University led by Kathleen Carroll through randomized clinical trials. Yale research team conducted foundational efficacy studies.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lionrock Recovery: Lionrock delivers telehealth-based substance use counseling and group support online. It overlaps with CBT4CBT's outpatient, web-delivered SUD care model, though its primary modality is live coaching and groups rather than self-guided digital CBT.
• Workit Health: Workit Health operates an online SUD treatment program with integrated digital curriculum, MAT prescribing, and clinician monitoring. Overlaps with CBT4CBT on the patient-facing digital CBT and clinician dashboard paradigm, and competes for the same outpatient, MAT, and primary care providers.
• Pelago (formerly Quit Genius): Pelago is a leading virtual substance use disorder treatment platform sold to employers and health plans, combining clinician care with digital CBT and adherence content. It directly competes with CBT4CBT for B2B SUD treatment programs and uses similar digital CBT architecture, but with far stronger capital and commercial reach.
• Pear Therapeutics (reSET / reSET-O): Pear Therapeutics marketed the first FDA-authorized prescription digital therapeutics for SUD (reSET) and opioid use disorder (reSET-O), the closest functional analog to CBT4CBT's clinician-prescribed digital CBT model. Direct product overlap; relevant despite Pear's post-Chapter-11 restructuring as a reference point for the DTx business model in SUD.
• Monument: Monument is a digital alcohol use disorder treatment platform offering online therapy, medication, and recovery support. Directly comparable to CBT4CBT's Alcohol Use Disorder version in target condition, modality, and B2C-via-provider commercial model.

Broad incumbents

• Akili Interactive: Akili is an established prescription digital therapeutics company that pioneered FDA-cleared DTx for ADHD. Operates the same clinician-prescribed digital therapeutic category as CBT4CBT but in a different indication, and represents the broader incumbent commercialization playbook in DTx.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a mental health benefits platform that includes substance use disorder treatment among its employer-sponsored services. While CBT4CBT is provider-facing and Lyra is payer/employer-facing, both compete for the same employer and health-plan budgets allocated to behavioral health.
• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: Hazelden Betty Ford is a large nonprofit addiction treatment provider operating residential and outpatient SUD programs nationally. While much larger and not digital-native, it is a downstream buyer and competitor for the same population of clinicians and patients that CBT4CBT serves.

Emerging players

• Click Therapeutics: Click Therapeutics develops prescription digital therapeutics across indications including depression and has explored substance use, operating the same regulated-software-DTx model as CBT4CBT. Partial product overlap; comparable prescription-DTx commercialization infrastructure.
• Big Health: Big Health commercializes digital CBT-based therapeutics (Sleepio, Daylight) for insomnia and anxiety through employer and payer channels. Uses the same digital CBT + self-guided + dashboards paradigm as CBT4CBT but in non-SUD indications, making it a partial-overlap emerging player.

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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