Blake P. Mitchell & Associates

What Blake P. Mitchell & Associates does

Blake P. Mitchell & Associates (BM&A) is a Texas-based group practice of independent licensed psychologists and counselors founded by Dr. Blake P. Mitchell in June 2006, following his service as a U.S. Navy psychologist. The practice provides clinical mental health counseling for individuals, couples, and families, alongside a specialized forensic and legal services division that delivers child custody evaluations (approximately 30-page court reports), court-ordered therapy, parenting coordination and facilitation, psychological testing, and expert witness testimony. Core service lines are Individual Counseling, Couple/Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling, Substance Abuse and Addiction Counseling, and Forensic & Legal Services, with team members holding differentiated credentials across clinical psychology, forensic assessment, play therapy supervision, and substance abuse evaluation.

The firm operates on a fee-for-service revenue model requiring full payment at time of service; it does not accept insurance but provides itemized receipts that clients can submit for out-of-network reimbursement. Go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven: clients reach the practice primarily through the website (mitchellphd.com), phone (214-436-4910), and email, with attorney and court referrals generating demand for the forensic practice. There is no proprietary technology platform, no digital product, no online scheduling, and no AI tooling—services are delivered in-person across two offices in Frisco and North Dallas, Texas. The team comprises Dr. Blake P. Mitchell, Dr. Victoria T. Harvey, Sharon C. Lopez (LPC), Guy R. Chandler (M.A., D.Phil., LPC), Dr. Emily Van Pelt, and Shannon Bradshaw (MS, LPC-S), collectively advertising over 100 years of combined clinical experience.

The business is organized as a loose affiliation of independent practitioners, several of whom maintain their own PLLC or LLC entities (e.g., Emily Van Pelt, Ph.D., PLLC; Victoria Harvey, LLC) while operating under the BM&A brand. The practice is privately held by its founder with no external investors, no funding events, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed revenue. Operations are confined to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Texas.

Name

Blake P. Mitchell & Associates

Legal name

Blake P. Mitchell & Associates

Website

https://mitchellphd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blake P. Mitchell & Associates is a Texas-based group practice of licensed psychologists and counselors offering clinical and forensic psychology services—including child custody evaluations and expert witness testimony—for individuals, couples, and families in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical and Forensic Psychology Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFACAA

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Behavioral Health & Substance Use Treatment

SECONDARYHLAFACAM

Forensic & Correctional Behavioral Health Services

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Behavioral Health & Substance Use Treatment

SECONDARYBPAIAFAG

Specialty & Problem-Solving Courts (Drug, Mental Health, Veterans, Family)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPAHALAG

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Research, Analytics & Expert Services

Keywords

• Clinical psychology services
• Forensic psychology evaluations
• Family counseling therapy
• Substance abuse counseling
• Child custody evaluations

Headquarters

HQ city

Frisco, Texas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Counseling Services: Fee-for-service professional psychological and counseling services delivered in-office. Full payment expected at time of service. Does not accept insurance payments but provides itemized receipts for clients to submit to insurance providers for reimbursement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Blake P. Mitchell & Associates delivers fee-for-service mental health counseling and forensic psychological evaluation services through a team of six Texas-licensed psychologists and counselors across two North Texas offices. The practice's core offerings include individual, couple/marriage, and family counseling; substance abuse and addiction counseling with referrals to inpatient/outpatient programs; and a forensic/legal division providing child custody evaluations, psychological testing, parenting coordination, and expert witness testimony for courts and legal teams.

Product overview

Blake P. Mitchell & Associates is a group of independent psychologists and counselors providing a comprehensive range of mental health services for individuals and families in North Dallas and Frisco, Texas. The practice operates as a unified counseling service with multiple service lines including individual, couple, marriage, and family counseling, substance abuse counseling, and forensic/psychological evaluation services. The core offerings consist of Individual Counseling, Couple and Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling, Substance Abuse and Addiction Counseling, and a specialized Forensic and Legal Services division that provides child custody evaluations, psychological testing, expert witness testimony, and parenting coordination services. The practice serves both general mental health needs and forensic legal matters including court-ordered therapy, custody evaluations, and consultation for litigation purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Counseling
• Couple and Marriage Counseling
• Family Counseling
• Substance Abuse and Addiction Counseling
• Forensic and Legal Services
• Psychological Evaluation
• Child Custody Evaluation
• Parenting Coordination and Facilitation

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Two Chairs: Group mental health practice with multiple office locations offering individual and couples therapy with a matched-therapist model. Comparable as a multi-location group therapy practice competing for the same client segment, though with significantly more scale and a heavier technology layer.
• Alma: Network platform that helps licensed therapists launch and operate independent practices, including insurance billing support. Comparable because it is an alternative affiliation model for the same independent licensed clinicians (LCSWs, LMFTs, psychologists) that BM&A's team represents.
• Grow Therapy: Network-based platform that supports independent therapists running group practices with insurance billing and back-office infrastructure. Comparable because it is competing for the same independent licensed clinicians that BM&A's team members represent, and offers a structural alternative for solo practitioners considering whether to affiliate with BM&A.
• SonderMind: Network of licensed therapists providing in-person and virtual mental health services. Comparable because it aggregates licensed clinicians under a shared brand to deliver counseling and assessment services to clients, competing with BM&A for both therapists and end patients.
• Thriving Center of Psychology: Multi-location group psychology practice providing individual, couples, and family counseling with assessment services. Comparable to BM&A as a similarly structured group psychology practice with multiple offices and licensed psychologists; differs in geographic focus and absence of BM&A's forensic specialization.

Broad incumbents

• Talkspace: National telehealth and online therapy platform offering individual, couples, and teen therapy with insurance acceptance. Comparable as an outpatient mental health services provider targeting similar client segments, but operating at very different scale and via a digital rather than in-person model.
• BetterHelp: Large online therapy platform offering individual, couples, and teen counseling via subscription. Comparable in serving the same individual and couples counseling demand that BM&A addresses, but with a fully digital delivery model and subscription pricing that BM&A cannot match.
• LifeStance Health: Large national outpatient mental health platform operating clinics that offer individual, couples, family, and substance abuse counseling plus psychiatric services. Comparable because it competes in the same outpatient mental health counseling space as BM&A, but at vastly greater scale with insurance contracts and digital infrastructure.

Regional players

• Dr.心理咨询 / Psychological Assessment Services (national forensic psychology firms): Specialized forensic psychology evaluation and expert testimony providers (e.g., regional forensic psychology consultancies) competing in the same child custody evaluation and expert witness market as BM&A's Forensic and Legal Services division, but operating in different geographies.
• Dallas Therapy Collective: Regional DFW-area group therapy practice offering individual, couples, and family counseling with multiple licensed clinicians. Comparable as a directly competing group counseling practice in the same Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex geographic market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blake-p.-mitchell-&-associates

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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