Institut Mimethys

What Institut Mimethys does

Institut Mimethys is a French professional training institute, founded in 2009 and headquartered within the GINA health-innovation building in Nantes, that designs and delivers continuing-education programs in relational therapy and trauma for healthcare and mental-health practitioners. The institute is co-directed by Dr. Éric Bardot, a psychiatrist and creator of TLMR (Thérapie du Lien et des Mondes Relationnels), and Stéphane Roy, a psychologist. Its core curriculum is built around TLMR, a proprietary therapeutic approach developed over 37 years of clinical practice that integrates hypnosis, systemic approaches, narrative therapy, and experiential pedagogy. The product portfolio spans multi-year TLMR pathways, hypnosis training programs (Hypnose au service du soin, Hypnose conversationnelle), narrative-therapy courses, thematic workshops, clinical supervisions, and Formations INTRA customized for hospital teams, supplemented by a corporate sub-brand (Mimethys Entreprises), webinars, podcasts, publications, and a regular congress series.

The business model is sales-led and tuition-based, with individual enrollment requiring pedagogical committee acceptance and corporate enrollment via training convention at a minimum of 8 participants per cohort and a cap of 18–20 per session. Pricing ranges from €70 per single supervision session to €2,250 for core training programs, with multi-year contracts common for the flagship TLMR pathway and per-module invoicing for corporate clients. Institut Mimethys is VAT-exempt, holds Qualiopi certification and Agence nationale du DPC registration (n°8095), and channels buyer financing through FIFPL and OPCO, which lowers the effective cost of admission for healthcare professionals. Geographic delivery spans four physical sites (Nantes, Paris, Strasbourg, La Réunion) plus on-site intra-company training throughout French hospital and healthcare establishments.

The institute operates as a private SARL with €131,040 share capital, 15 employees, and no disclosed external investors or parent entity. Ownership and creative direction remain founder-led, which concentrates strategic and methodological control but also creates key-person risk centered on Dr. Bardot. The customer base is horizontally diversified across healthcare professionals, healthcare institutions, and corporate organizations, while regulatory credentials (Qualiopi, DPC), ESH affiliation, and continuous congress activity (2016, 2018, 2022, 2023) anchor its credibility within the French therapeutic-training market.

Name

Institut Mimethys

Legal name

Institut Mimethys

Website

https://mimethys.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Institut Mimethys is a French professional training institute that delivers proprietary TLMR (Thérapie du Lien et des Mondes Relationnels) programs and related hypnosis, narrative-therapy, and clinical-supervision courses to healthcare, mental-health, and corporate practitioners across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher Professional Development & In-Service Training Institutes (EDAHAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Staff Training, Coaching & Professional Development (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAL)

Keywords

• Relational therapy training
• Clinical hypnosis courses
• Narrative therapy education
• Trauma therapy workshops
• Healthcare professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Courses: Revenue from professional training programs in TLMR, hypnosis, narrative therapy, thematic workshops, and clinical supervisions. Courses are priced individually ranging from 70€ for single supervision sessions to 2,250€ for comprehensive training programs. Payment by check, bank transfer, or cash with installment plans available.
2. Intra-company Training: Customized training programs built with teams close to field realities, supporting relational posture, cooperation, and practice adjustment in healthcare and accompaniment settings.
3. Mimethys Entreprises: Organizational accompaniment centered on relational intelligence for working where real transformations occur: in the quality of links, frameworks, and interactions.
4. Publications and Books: Sales of clinical and pedagogical works including 'Le pouvoir caché des liens', 'Illustrations cliniques et pratiques en TLMR', and 'La Résilience du Phœnix' novels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Institut Mimethys is a French professional training institute that delivers multi-year and short-format courses in its proprietary TLMR (Thérapie du Lien et des Mondes Relationnels) approach, hypnosis in care settings, conversational hypnosis, narrative therapy, and clinical supervision. It trains healthcare and mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, nurses, midwives, paramedics) and also delivers customized intra-company programs to hospitals and organizations under the Mimethys Entreprises brand. Training is delivered at physical sites in Nantes, Paris, Strasbourg, and La Réunion, with on-site programs available throughout France.

Product overview

Institut Mimethys is a training institute offering a unified portfolio of therapeutic and relational training programs centered on its proprietary TLMR (Thérapie du Lien et des Mondes Relationnels) approach. The core offerings include TLMR, hypnosis-based trainings (hypnose au service du soin, hypnose conversationnelle), narrative therapy, thematic workshops, and clinical supervisions—all unified by the same relational and experiential vision of care. Additional offerings include intra-company custom training (Formations INTRA), corporate services (Mimethys Entreprises), and supplementary resources such as webcasts, publications, books, and annual conferences. The institute operates primarily in France with locations in Nantes, Paris, Strasbourg, and La Réunion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 3-year progressive training pathway in TLMR leading to transformed clinical posture and relational security
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Society of Hypnosis (ESH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitut Mimethys maintains connection with the European Society of Hypnosis (ESH), positioning its training within an international professional network and ensuring its approaches align with European standards and developments in hypnosis and relational therapies.
• GINA - Innovation Santé Nantes MétropolecoreOthersInstitut Mimethys is headquartered within GINA, the flagship health innovation building at the foot of the new CHU de Nantes. This location places the institute at the heart of an ecosystem combining research, care, and innovation.
• FIFPL (Fonds Interprofessionnel de Formation des Professions Libérales)minorOthersTraining financing option available to eligible professionals through FIFPL for continuing professional development.
• OPCO (Opérateurs de Compétences)minorOthersTraining financing option available through OPCO for companies and healthcare establishments seeking professional development for their staff.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Association Française de Thérapie Familiale (AFTF): Long-standing French professional society for family and systemic therapy practitioners running training, certification, and congresses. Comparable audience (French-speaking systemic/relational clinicians) and association-driven training model.

Others

• Doctolib: Dominant French digital health platform serving patients and practitioners. Comparable as a channel/infrastructure for therapist client acquisition, but not a training provider; relevant for understanding how practitioners distribute and grow their practices.

Direct peers

• Institut Gregory Bateson: Lyon-based institute offering systemic and family therapy training to clinicians. Highly comparable in target audience (therapists/psychologists), French training institute structure, and emphasis on relational/clinical supervision.
• EMDR France: French EMDR training and certification organization for psychotherapists and physicians. Comparable as a continuing-education training body serving mental health practitioners with proprietary methodology, structured curriculum, and ongoing supervision.
• Institut Milton Erickson de France: Major French institute delivering hypnosis training to healthcare professionals with multi-year curricula, supervision, and congresses. Highly comparable to Mimethys in pedagogy, audience, and revenue model (one-off course + supervision).

Emerging players

• Dulwich Centre: Australian center founded by Michael White originating narrative therapy training and dissemination. Directly comparable on the narrative therapy curriculum Mimethys offers and shares the same model of high-engagement workshops and intensive practitioner training.
• Formation Psy: Aggregator of continuing-education training for French psychologists and therapists. Comparable as a discovery and enrollment surface for the same buyer persona Mimethys targets in hypnosis and trauma training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@InstitutMimethys
• Facebookfacebook.com/institut.mimethys
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/institut-mimethys
• Instagraminstagram.com/mimethys

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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