THE ADOLESCENT CENTER AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, PLLC

What THE ADOLESCENT CENTER AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, PLLC does

The Adolescent Center and Mental Health Services, PLLC is a privately held, multidisciplinary mental health practice headquartered at River Oaks Tower in Houston, Texas, founded in 2015 by Dr. Valerie D. Jackson, a Clinical Psychologist with 25+ years of experience in the child welfare system. The practice delivers therapy, autism/ADHD evaluations, developmental and psychological testing, CANS assessments, therapeutic and support groups, an Intensive Outpatient Program, psychiatric consultation, case management, and home-based services to adolescents, children, adults, couples, and families, with a particular emphasis on adolescents and CPS-involved youth. It operates a multi-modal delivery model spanning in-person visits at its Houston office, in-home visits across Houston suburbs, and TeleHealth sessions across Texas, supported by the MyTheranest client portal and an Enguard staff portal.

The business model is primarily fee-for-service clinical care reimbursed through 14+ major insurance networks (including Aetna, BCBS Texas, Cigna, Medicare, Tricare, and United Healthcare), supplemented by competitive cash-pay rates for uninsured clients. Patient acquisition relies on direct scheduling via the company's bilingual English/Spanish website and phone intake, supplemented by community referrals from CPS, schools, residential treatment centers, Montrose Center, and Bering Omega Community Services, with no requirement for external referrals. The practice is tightly coupled to its founder, who simultaneously leads two affiliated entities — Monarch Family Services and Policy to People — pointing to a founder-controlled, multi-entity platform without institutional capital, external M&A activity, or disclosed funding.

Name

THE ADOLESCENT CENTER AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, PLLC

Legal name

The Adolescent Center and Mental Health Services, PLLC

Website

https://theadolescentcenter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Adolescent Center and Mental Health Services is a Houston-based, multidisciplinary mental health practice delivering therapy, psychological evaluations, IOP, and CPS-involved youth services to adolescents, children, adults, couples, and families across Texas via in-person, in-home, and TeleHealth modalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Teletherapy Platforms (HLALAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral & Social-Emotional Support (ABA, PBIS, Counseling) (EDAJAKAE)

Keywords

• Adolescent mental health services
• Psychological evaluations
• Individual therapy
• Family counseling
• Telehealth mental health

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston, Texas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Insurance-Based Session Fees: The practice accepts multiple major insurance plans including Aetna, Amerigroup, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Cenpatico, Cigna, Community Cares, Humana Military, Medicare, Optum, Superior Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan, TMHP, Tricare, and United Healthcare. Sessions are billed through insurance for covered clients.
2. Cash Pay/Self-Pay: Competitive cash rates are offered for sessions with Psychologists and Master Level Clinicians for clients without insurance coverage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Adolescent Center and Mental Health Services, PLLC is a multidisciplinary mental health practice that provides evidence-based clinical care for adolescents, children, adults, couples, and families. Core offerings include individual therapy, autism and ADHD evaluations, psychological testing, CANS assessments, therapeutic and support groups, an Intensive Outpatient Program, and case management support, delivered in-person at a Houston office, via TeleHealth, and through in-home visits across Houston suburbs.

Product overview

The Adolescent Center and Mental Health Services is a multidisciplinary mental health practice offering a comprehensive suite of clinical services for adolescents, children, adults, couples, and families. The core offerings include individual therapy, psychological testing and evaluations (including Autism/ADHD assessments and CANS assessments for CPS cases), group therapy (therapeutic groups, skills groups, support groups, sobriety groups), and intensive outpatient programming. The practice also provides specialized services such as LGBTQ+ peer support, CPS psychological services, psychiatric consultation, and home-based visits. All services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, and licensed chemical dependency counselors, with additional support from practicum students and doctoral interns in training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Psychological evaluation reports delivered within 14 days after session

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Monarch Family ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonarch Family Services is an affiliated company under the same founder and CEO, Dr. Valerie D. Jackson. Both organizations share leadership and operate in complementary areas of family and adolescent mental health services. Dr. Jackson serves as Founder and CEO of Monarch Family Services, The Adolescent Center and Mental Health Services, and Policy to People, focusing on transformative work in compassionate care, research-driven innovation, and meaningful policy reform for children and families.
• Montrose CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMontrose Center is referenced as a community partner providing LGBTQ+ support group resources. The Adolescent Center works with Montrose Center to connect LGBTQ+ clients with appropriate peer support groups and community resources.
• Bering Omega Community ServicesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBering Omega Community Services is referenced as a community resource for LGBTQ+ youth. The Adolescent Center partners with Bering Omega to provide comprehensive support services to LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Charlie Health: Virtual intensive outpatient and mental health programs specifically for adolescents and young adults, closely mirroring the practice's adolescent IOP and TeleHealth delivery model.
• SonderMind: Therapist network offering in-person and virtual mental health services across multiple states; comparable on clinician-led, multi-modal mental health service delivery.
• Mantra Health: Telehealth mental health provider purpose-built for adolescents and college-aged populations, directly overlapping on child/adolescent behavioral health teletherapy.
• Hazel Health: School-based and pediatric mental health provider; directly comparable on the K–12 / adolescent behavioral-health support axis the practice serves.
• Cerebral: Telehealth mental health and medication management platform serving adolescents and adults; overlaps with the practice's therapy-plus-psychiatric-consultation offering.
• Two Chairs: Hybrid in-person and TeleHealth therapy practice with a strong focus on quality clinician matching; comparable multi-modal delivery to the subject practice's in-person/TeleHealth/in-home mix.

Broad incumbents

• Lyra Health: Employer-sponsored mental health platform with adolescent/family therapy offerings; broader enterprise distribution model but overlapping clinical population.
• BetterHelp: Largest consumer online therapy platform; broader portfolio than the subject practice but competes for the same adolescent/family TeleHealth demand.
• Talkspace: Online therapy platform serving adolescents, adults, couples, and families through insurance and direct pay; comparable multi-segment TeleHealth mental health model.

Emerging players

• Brightside Health: Telehealth mental health provider combining therapy and medication for anxiety/depression; intersects with the practice's therapy and psychiatric consultation services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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