Sage Hill Counseling

What Sage Hill Counseling does

Sage Hill Counseling is a privately held, fee-for-service counseling practice headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 2014 and operating from a single office at 2416 21st Ave South. The practice serves individuals, couples, and groups in the Nashville metropolitan area through one-on-one therapy, couples counseling, facilitated group sessions, intensives, workshops, and a recurring schedule of five weekly process groups (women's, men's, and three co-ed). Its clinical methodology integrates evidence-based counseling with two proprietary frameworks — the Eight Feelings Framework and the Spiritual Root System, originally developed by Dr. Chip Dodd — that synthesize counseling psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, Christian theology, and the arts to address emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

The practice monetizes through unit-priced therapy sessions ranging from $95 (graduate-level interns under supervision) to $195 (experienced fully licensed LMFT/LPC-MHSP/PhD clinicians), billed at time of service with superbills provided for client-initiated insurance reimbursement. Sage Hill does not bill insurance directly, maintaining a cash-pay model. Supporting revenue and brand-building assets include the Live Fully Podcast, a free Navigating Feelings Webinar, an extensive blog library spanning 11 topic categories produced continuously since 2014, and structured workshops. Go-to-market is community-led and direct-to-consumer: prospective clients connect via phone intake with a Client Care Coordinator or via SMS, and top-of-funnel awareness is driven by free educational content and recurring group programming that doubles as both service delivery and referral infrastructure.

Sage Hill employs approximately 16-17 people, including three owner-therapists (Beth Christenberry, Cresson Haugland PhD, Sarah Norris) who collectively serve as founders, nine licensed therapists, three graduate-level interns, and a Client Care & Operations Coordinator. The practice carries no institutional investment, no parent company, and no identified private-equity backing. Its core technology consists of HIPAA-compliant client data systems and a Webflow-hosted website; no AI/ML capabilities are evidenced. The firm operates exclusively in the U.S. domestic market with no disclosed geographic expansion plans, partnerships, or acquisition activity.

Name

Sage Hill Counseling

Legal name

Sage Hill Counseling

Website

https://sagehill.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sage Hill Counseling is a Nashville-based private therapy practice providing individual, couples, group, and intensive counseling using the proprietary Eight Feelings and Spiritual Root System frameworks, serving fee-for-service clients across the Nashville metropolitan area since 2014.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counseling Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFACAN

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services

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

SECONDARYEDAJALAL

Student Mentoring & Peer Support Programs

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Educational Support Services (Tutoring & Counseling)

Keywords

• Individual therapy services
• Couples counseling services
• Group counseling sessions
• Mental health counseling
• Therapy intensives workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual, Couples, and Group Counseling Sessions: Fee-for-service therapy sessions billed at time of service. Session fees vary by therapist experience level. Clients receive superbills for insurance reimbursement submission.
2. Intensive Short-Term Therapy: Concentrated therapeutic support with targeted interventions for accelerated progress, billed as premium session offerings.
3. Workshops and Educational Programs: Fee-based workshops and the free Navigating Feelings webinar for community education and lead generation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sage Hill Counseling is a Nashville-based therapy practice providing individual, couples, and group counseling services grounded in the proprietary Spiritual Root System and Eight Feelings frameworks. The practice also offers intensives (short-term concentrated therapy), workshops, weekly process groups, the Live Fully Podcast, and a free Navigating Feelings webinar as part of its community- and education-driven service portfolio.

Product overview

Sage Hill Counseling is a social impact organization providing relationship-focused, evidence-based counseling services. The core service portfolio includes five primary offerings: Individual Counseling, Couples Counseling, Group Counseling, Intensives (short-term concentrated therapy), and Workshops. These services are supported by supplementary content offerings including the Live Fully Podcast and a free Navigating Feelings Webinar. Weekly Process Groups form a structured component of ongoing group programming, with sessions for women, men, and co-ed participants scheduled throughout the week. Together, these offerings aim to help individuals, couples, and families disrupt unhelpful patterns and learn to live fully.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Counseling One-on-one therapeutic counseling helping individuals address personal challenges, break unhelpful patterns, and work toward living fully when life isn't working. For adults facing life challenges, emotional difficulties, mental health concerns, or seeking personal growth in Nashville.
• Couples Counseling

Quantifiable outcome

• Free webinar on Navigating Feelings helps participants identify the core Eight Feelings and learn new language to express emotions

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Talkspace: Public online therapy platform offering individual and couples therapy, often via insurance and employer benefits. Comparable as a direct-to-consumer therapy provider, but at a national scale and with insurance billing that Sage Hill does not offer.
• Headspace: Digital mental wellness platform offering therapy, coaching, and self-guided content. Comparable content-and-wellness positioning to Sage Hill's podcast and webinar ecosystem, but serving a much broader self-help and therapy market.
• BetterHelp: Largest online counseling platform offering individual, couples, and teen therapy on a subscription basis. Comparable to Sage Hill as a direct-to-consumer therapy provider, but operating at massive scale via a virtual delivery model that Sage Hill does not currently use.
• Lyra Health: Enterprise mental health platform offering therapy, coaching, and medication management to employer-sponsored clients. Comparable as a therapy provider, but accessing the market through employer contracts rather than direct-to-consumer.

Emerging players

• Grow Therapy: Therapist network platform enabling licensed clinicians to run in-person and virtual practices with insurance billing support. Comparable as a private-practice therapy channel, but operating as a marketplace/platform rather than a single practice.
• Charlie Health: Provider of intensive outpatient and virtual mental health programs for adolescents and young adults. Comparable in the intensive-therapy service line and group modality, though focused on a younger demographic and acute acuity.
• Alma: Provider network and practice-management platform for independent therapists, including insurance billing and credentialing. Comparable as a support infrastructure for therapists in private practice, though operating as a platform rather than a direct practice.
• Brightside Health: Tele-mental-health provider combining therapy and medication management with an emphasis on clinical outcomes. Comparable to Sage Hill as a therapy provider, but adds a tele-health and pharmacology layer that Sage Hill does not currently offer.

Direct peers

• Two Chairs: Multi-clinic therapy practice operating in-person and virtual services with a focus on matching clients to therapists. Closely comparable to Sage Hill in model (in-person clinics + matching-driven intake), with similar emphasis on a curated client-therapist fit.
• Octave: Therapy practice operating physical clinics in multiple metros with individual, couples, and group services. Directly comparable to Sage Hill in service mix (individual, couples, group) and in-person clinic delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sagehillcounseling
• Instagraminstagram.com/sagehillcounseling
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sage-hill-counseling

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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