The Marriage and Family Institute

What The Marriage and Family Institute does

The Marriage and Family Institute is a private Ohio counseling practice founded in 2016. It serves individuals, couples, families, children, and teens through individual therapy, couples and family counseling, child and adolescent therapy, parent coaching, co-parenting counseling, Christian counseling, and structured Teen DBT and Teen TF-CBT groups. Its clinicians use modalities including the Gottman Method, EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, play and sand play therapy, and Structural Family Systems therapy. Primary

The practice lists service points in Worthington, German Village in Columbus, and Grove City, with HIPAA-compliant telehealth across Ohio. Its operational technology includes Simple Practice for scheduling and client access, online booking, a current-client portal, and Google reCAPTCHA; no proprietary app, public API, or AI system is disclosed. Revenue comes from therapy services, primarily through self-pay or out-of-network billing, Ohio Healthy acceptance for individual services, and courtesy out-of-network claim submission; the $50-per-session Teen DBT group is the only explicit price disclosed. Its direct-to-consumer go-to-market model uses a service website, educational content, SEO, social media, online booking, phone and contact-form inquiries, and free 15-minute consultations. Primary.

Name

The Marriage and Family Institute

Legal name

Agape Counseling And Consultation Services, LLC

Website

https://marriageandfamilyinstitute.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Marriage and Family Institute is an Ohio counseling practice serving individuals, couples, families, children, and teens through in-person and HIPAA-compliant telehealth therapy, including relationship, trauma, and specialized adolescent group services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marriage and Family Therapy Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLALAEAG

Couples & Family Therapy Teletherapy Platforms

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Telehealth Platforms/Behavioral & Mental Health Teletherapy Platforms

SECONDARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

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

Keywords

• Marriage counseling services
• Family therapy practice
• Couples counseling
• Individual mental health therapy
• Telehealth therapy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus, Ohio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Therapy Sessions: Individual therapy sessions for children, teens, adults, couples, and families. Many clinicians operate on self-pay or out-of-network billing basis.
2. Group Therapy Programs: Structured group therapy programs including Teen DBT Group ($50/session) and Teen TF-CBT Group for trauma, running 8-week sessions
3. Insurance Billing: Accepts Ohio Healthy for individual services; offers courtesy out-of-network claim submission for most other insurance plans

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Marriage and Family Institute is an Ohio-based counseling private practice that delivers in-person and telehealth therapy for individuals, couples, families, children, and teens. Services are grounded in evidence-based modalities such as Gottman Method, EFT, DBT, EMDR, CBT, ACT, Play Therapy, and Structural Family Systems, with specialized group programs including Teen DBT and Teen TF-CBT. The practice operates under Agape Counseling And Consultation Services, LLC across offices in Worthington, German Village (Columbus), and Grove City, and serves all of Ohio via HIPAA-compliant online therapy.

Product overview

The Marriage and Family Institute is a counseling practice offering a comprehensive portfolio of therapy services for individuals, couples, families, children, and teens. The core offerings include individual therapy, couples/couples counseling, family therapy, adolescent/teen therapy, child therapy (including play therapy and sand play therapy), parent coaching, and Christian counseling. The practice also offers specialized group therapy programs including Teen DBT Group Therapy (8-week program for ages 13-16) and Teen TF-CBT Group Therapy (8-week trauma-focused program for ages 13-16). Therapy is available both in-person at their Worthington, German Village, and Grove City locations, as well as via HIPAA-compliant online/telehealth sessions across Ohio. The practice employs various evidence-based therapy modalities including Gottman Method, EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Structural Family Systems Therapy, among others. The practice operates under Agape Counseling And Consultation Services, LLC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Therapy

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• SimplePractice: Practice-management and EHR platform used by The Marriage and Family Institute for client scheduling and portal. Listed as an OTHERS peer because it is a vendor/infrastructure provider that enables the practice rather than a direct therapy competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Lyra Health: Enterprise mental-health benefit platform providing therapy (including couples/family) to employees of large companies. Comparable because it competes for the same therapeutic relationships work and family/relationship counseling demand, with a much larger B2B distribution engine.
• Talkspace: Public telehealth therapy company providing individual, couples, and teen therapy via subscription model, plus partnerships with insurers and employers. Directly comparable business model (recurring subscription therapy sessions) and overlapping service portfolio including family/couples work.
• BetterHelp: Large-scale, national direct-to-consumer online therapy platform offering individual, couples (via Regain), teen, and family therapy. Comparable because it competes with The Marriage and Family Institute for the same Ohio telehealth demand with a much broader geographic footprint and marketing budget.

Direct peers

• Octave: Multi-clinician therapy practice operating in several U.S. metros with in-person and virtual care, including couples and family therapy delivered by licensed therapists. Closely comparable hybrid private-practice-plus-telehealth model with diverse specialty therapists.
• Two Chairs: Therapy practice combining in-person clinics with telehealth across multiple states, focused on matching clients with specialized therapists. Comparable premium multi-modality private practice model with growth ambitions.
• Alma: Therapist-focused platform that helps independent clinicians (including MFTs and social workers) build in-person and telehealth practices with insurance billing support. Directly comparable to The Marriage and Family Institute's positioning as a multi-clinician private practice using insurance/billing infrastructure.
• Regain (by BetterHelp): BetterHelp's couples therapy-focused vertical, dedicated exclusively to relationship counseling. Most direct peer to The Marriage and Family Institute's couples counseling offering, competing head-to-head for Ohio couples seeking online therapy.
• Grow Therapy: Online therapy platform connecting clients with licensed therapists for individual, couples, family, and child therapy across multiple states with insurance accepted. Comparable hybrid in-person/telehealth model and similar service breadth (including group therapy).

Emerging players

• Headway: Therapist enablement platform that handles insurance credentialing, billing, and client matching for independent practices. Comparable as an emerging player building infrastructure for the same independent MFT/social-worker practices The Marriage and Family Institute operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61566338913388
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marriageandfamilyinstituteofohio
• Instagraminstagram.com/sarah.cordonnier.5/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3gKkPOVgDxy7FIL1mkPSmBNxLAjIaHls3af-CQCtr6aPyCWI8ULhO93qE_aem_UcfGzXNuVDh-bU8O9yLsPw

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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