Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing

What Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing does

Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing is a UK-registered cooperative (Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing Co-operative Ltd, Company No: 16129891) operating a multi-modality therapy practice from Wood Street Mill, 45 Pickford Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Founded in 2010 by Hayley Merron Stevens and Owen Stevens, the practice provides psychotherapy, counselling, and complementary therapies to children, young people, adults, couples, and families across Cheshire and North West England. Its service portfolio spans body psychotherapy, art psychotherapy, person-centred counselling, couples and family therapy, child and adolescent therapy, EMDR, clinical hypnotherapy, process-oriented therapy, shiatsu, naturopathic nutritional therapy, clinical reflexology, biodynamic massage, homeopathy, and Zhan Zhuang Chi Kung, supplemented by online self-assessment tools (Shame Questionnaire, DES, EMDR Worksheet).

The operating model is a cooperative of approximately eight independent sole practitioners, each carrying their own professional indemnity insurance and setting their own session fees. Disclosed pricing for nutritional therapy ranges from £65 for a 45-minute follow-up to £140 for a 2-hour complex case consultation, with initial consultations at £95; most other therapists do not publish rates publicly. Revenue mechanics are therefore a fee-for-service professional services model where each practitioner bills clients directly, with the practice providing rooms, reception (via Real Time Reception Ltd), referrals, and shared brand rather than taking a commission on therapy fees.

Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via the silkhousetherapypractice.co.uk website, email newsletter, GP/Consultant referrals, and The Wellbeing Space events site (thewellbeingspace.org). There is no proprietary technology platform, app, or AI capability; the underlying infrastructure consists of four physical therapy rooms and a content website. The practice occupies a local niche rather than a scalable technology or platform position.

Name

Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing

Legal name

Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing Co-operative Ltd

Website

https://silkhousetherapypractice.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health and Complementary Therapy Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112), Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Spa & Massage Services (Day Spas, Massage Studios, Treatment Packages) (THAJAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Shiatsu & Thai Massage (Eastern Modalities) (HSADAHAJ)

Keywords

• Psychotherapy services
• Counselling services
• Complementary therapies
• Mental health support
• Wellbeing therapies

Headquarters

HQ city

Macclesfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Therapy Services: Fee-for-service model where individual therapists charge clients for therapy sessions. Each therapist sets their own rates. The practice takes no explicit commission mentioned in sources - therapists are independent sole practitioners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing is a cooperative therapy practice in Macclesfield, Cheshire that delivers psychotherapy, counselling, and complementary therapies through a roster of independent practitioners. The practice offers psychological therapies such as body psychotherapy, EMDR, hypnotherapy, art psychotherapy, person-centred counselling, process-oriented therapy, and child and adolescent therapy, alongside complementary therapies including shiatsu, nutritional therapy, clinical reflexology, biodynamic massage, homeopathy, and Zhan Zhuang Chi Kung for individuals, couples, families, children and young people.

Product overview

Silk House Therapy & Wellbeing is a cooperative therapy practice offering a comprehensive range of psychological therapies, counselling, and complementary therapies for adults, children, young people, couples and families. The core offering includes psychotherapy and counselling services such as Body Psychotherapy, Art Psychotherapy, Person Centred Counselling, Couples & Family Therapy, Child & Adolescent Therapy, EMDR Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, and Process Oriented Therapy. Complementary services include Shiatsu, Nutritional Therapy, Clinical Reflexology, Biodynamic Massage, Homeopathy, and Zhan Zhuang. The practice also provides assessment tools including a Shame Questionnaire, DES Questionnaire (Dissociative Experience Scale), and EMDR Worksheet. All services are delivered by independent qualified practitioners with their own professional indemnity insurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Psychotherapy and Counselling

Quantifiable outcome

• Therapy rooms available for independent therapists

Segments3 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 moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• BetterHelp: Global online therapy platform matching users with licensed therapists for remote counselling. Comparable as a psychotherapy/counselling provider targeting overlapping demand for talk therapy; competes with Silk House via digital delivery and scale.
• Headspace: Digital mental wellness platform offering therapy, meditation and wellbeing content via app. Comparable as an emerging digital player addressing the same mental and emotional wellbeing needs Silk House serves, with much greater reach and lower marginal cost.

Direct peers

• Mary Allen Practice: London psychotherapy practice offering integrative therapy, body psychotherapy, EMDR, and complementary therapies from a stable of independent practitioners. Comparable model to Silk House of independent therapists sharing rooms and cross-referring in a multi-modality setting.
• Cambridge Counselling & Psychotherapy (CCP): Cambridge-based independent practice offering counselling, psychotherapy and complementary therapies with multiple practitioners. Comparable as an independent, multi-practitioner therapy practice in a similar UK regional/semi-regional setting.
• The Awareness Centre: London-based independent therapy practice offering a broad range of psychotherapy, counselling, and complementary therapies from multiple practitioners under one roof. Directly comparable to Silk House as a multi-modality independent therapy practice, though operating at larger scale in a major city.
• Chelmsford Therapy Centre: Independent therapy centre in Essex offering counselling, psychotherapy and complementary therapies under one roof from multiple independent practitioners. Closely comparable independent UK therapy practice business model to Silk House.
• Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling:

Broad incumbents

• Mind (National Association for Mental Health): Largest UK mental health charity offering counselling, therapy referrals, and wellbeing services nationally with significant brand recognition. A broader incumbent in the same mental health services space with much larger scale and reach than Silk House.
• Priory Group: UK's largest independent mental health provider operating inpatient and outpatient services nationwide. Comparable as a broad incumbent in UK mental health and wellbeing, though at vastly larger scale and with a different (largely inpatient) model than Silk House.
• Bupa Health Clinics: Major UK private healthcare provider offering mental health services, counselling and therapy as part of broader health insurance and clinic portfolio. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping mental health and complementary therapy services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/silk-house-therapy-practice

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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