Sentido

What Sentido does

Sentido, legally registered as Centro Peruano de Suicidiología y Prevención del Suicidio, is a private mental health center headquartered in Lima, Peru, focused on suicide prevention and the treatment of depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, trauma, and suicidal ideation. The organization applies evidence-based therapeutic approaches including DBT (standard, advanced, DBT-EP, DBT-TCA), EMDR, and trauma-informed and neurodivergence-informed care, with an affirmative stance toward LGTBIQA+ clients. It was founded and is directed by Álvaro Valdivia, a clinical psychologist with a Master's in Public Health specializing in mental health promotion and suicide prevention, with Fiorella Roa as partner and sub-director.

The company's product portfolio spans four service lines: individual psychotherapy (Terapia Psicológica), the Escuela de Formación en Suicidología (a professional training school offering diplomas, gatekeeper training, and crisis intervention workshops), a grief support group for suicide loss survivors (Grupo de Apoyo en el Duelo por Suicidio), and corporate consulting covering workplace suicide prevention program design and employee-facing tools. Additional offerings include educational talks and academic/research materials. There is no technology platform, mobile app, or software product; distribution is entirely via direct appointment scheduling and in-person service delivery from the Lima office, supplemented by educational content marketing through a blog.

The business model is professional-services-based: revenue is generated from individual therapy session fees, tuition for diplomas and workshops, and customized B2B consulting fees from corporate clients. Marketing is content-driven, with an extensive Spanish-language blog on suicide prevention and mental health functioning as top-of-funnel demand generation that converts into therapy appointments, course enrollments, and corporate engagements. The company is independently owned, with no disclosed external investors, parent entity, or subsidiary structure, and operates exclusively in Peru.

Name

Sentido

Legal name

Centro Peruano de Suicidiología y Prevención del Suicidio

Website

https://sentido.pe

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sentido is a private Lima-based mental health center specializing in suicide prevention, delivering evidence-based individual therapy, professional training, grief support groups, and corporate consulting across Peru.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN)

Keywords

• Suicide prevention services
• Psychotherapy and counseling
• Clinical psychology training
• Suicidology education programs
• Workplace mental health consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Miraflores

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Psychotherapy and clinical services: Direct fees from individual therapy sessions, psychological services, and therapeutic accompaniment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sentido (Centro Peruano de Suicidiología y Prevención del Suicidio) is a private psychology practice that delivers individual psychotherapy based on evidence-based, trauma-informed and neurodivergence-affirming approaches, with a specialized focus on suicidology. The center also runs a professional training school (Escuela de Formación) offering diplomas, courses, and workshops on suicide prevention, alongside corporate consulting and workplace suicide prevention programs, and support groups for survivors of suicide loss.

Product overview

Sentido (Centro Peruano de Suicidiología y Prevención del Suicidio) is a mental health center providing a unified portfolio of psychological services focused on suicide prevention and mental well-being. The core offering is individual Psychotherapy (Terapia Psicológica), complemented by a Training School (Escuela de Formación) offering diplomas and specialized courses, and Support Groups for suicide loss survivors. Additional services include workplace suicide prevention consulting, crisis intervention workshops, and educational talks. The organization does not operate as a technology platform but as a direct service provider in clinical psychology and suicidology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Terapia Psicológica
• Escuela de Formación en Suicidología y Prevención del Suicidio
• Grupo de Apoyo en el Duelo por Suicidio
• Diplomado de Preparación y Autocuidado del Psicólogo
• Diplomado en Trauma, Disociación y Suicidio
• Taller Intervención en Crisis
• Consultorías en Prevención del Suicidio: Diseño e Implementación de Programas Personalizados
• Prevención del suicidio en el entorno laboral: Herramientas para colaboradores
• Talleres y Charlas
• Material académico y de investigación

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• BetterHelp: BetterHelp is the largest online therapy platform globally, offering individual, couples, and teen therapy via subscription. Comparable to Sentido because both deliver individual psychotherapy as their core service and serve Spanish-speaking consumers, though BetterHelp operates at massive scale while Sentido is a boutique specialist clinic.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a US-based mental health benefits platform serving enterprise clients with therapy, coaching, and medication management. Comparable to Sentido because both offer corporate workplace mental health and suicide prevention/EAP-style programming, though Lyra operates as a scaled benefits platform while Sentido is a specialist consultancy.
• Modern Health: Modern Health is a global mental health platform combining therapy, coaching, and wellness content for employees and their families. Comparable to Sentido because both deliver corporate mental health programming with a focus on evidence-based care, though Modern Health operates at enterprise scale across multiple geographies while Sentido is Peru-based.

Emerging players

• Calma: Calma is a digital mental health platform serving Spanish-speaking markets with subscriptions for therapy and wellness content. Comparable to Sentido because both target Spanish-speaking mental health consumers with a hybrid of therapy and educational content, though Calma operates digitally while Sentido is in-person.
• Wantu: Wantu is a Latin American digital mental health platform offering online therapy sessions with licensed psychologists. Comparable to Sentido as a Spanish-language mental health provider, with both focusing on making therapy accessible in markets where mental health services are underdeveloped.

Regional players

• 1DOC3: 1DOC3 is a Colombian telemedicine and mental health platform serving Latin America with on-demand access to psychologists and psychiatrists. Comparable as a LatAm mental health provider targeting individual consumers seeking therapy, though Sentido specializes in suicidology while 1DOC3 offers general mental health access.
• Policlínica Peruano Japonés: Policlínica Peruano Japonés is a Lima-based private health facility offering specialty medical and mental health services. Comparable to Sentido as a Peru-based private outpatient mental health provider serving individual and corporate patients, though it is a generalist facility while Sentido is suicidology-focused.
• Samaritans: Samaritans is a UK-based suicide prevention charity operating a 24/7 helpline and providing training and outreach. Comparable to Sentido because both address suicide prevention as a core mission and offer professional training and survivor support, though Samaritans operates helpline-based support rather than clinical psychotherapy.

Others

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): AFSP is a US-based voluntary health organization dedicated to suicide prevention through research, education, advocacy, and survivor support. Comparable to Sentido because both focus on suicide prevention as their mission, deliver professional training and survivor support groups, and engage in public awareness — though AFSP is a large nonprofit while Sentido is a private clinical practice.
• Centro de Salud Mental Comunitario (Peru): Centro de Salud Mental Comunitario refers to Peru's public community mental health centers operated under the Ministry of Health, providing outpatient mental health services nationwide. Comparable to Sentido because both serve Peruvian patients seeking outpatient mental health care, though the public centers offer generalist services free of charge while Sentido is a private specialist clinic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sentidoperu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sentido_prevenciondelsuicidio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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