SageMind Psychology

What SageMind Psychology does

SageMind Psychology is a private, founder-led group psychology practice operating in Brooklyn Heights and Syosset, New York, with telehealth delivery across more than 40 states under PSYPACT. The practice provides evidence-based therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families, with a clinical core centered on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), supplemented by Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and neurodiversity-affirming approaches. Service modalities span individual therapy, group therapy, parent coaching, family and couples therapy, psychological assessments, and higher-intensity programming including an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), a combined DBT+EMDR Trauma Track, and a specialized DBT for School Refusal (DBT-SR) program that includes phone-based morning coaching and school collaboration. The clinical team is structured around a collaborative care model with ongoing consultation, supervision, and case conceptualization led by Founder and Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Kason, a licensed clinical psychologist trained in adolescent DBT under Jill Rathus at LIU Post.

The practice differentiates on clinical specialization rather than technology. Its competitive positioning rests on structured DBT protocols (including DBT-SR for school refusal), intensive programming unavailable at most outpatient practices, neurodiversity-affirming treatment frameworks, and team-based supervision. The underlying technology stack is conventional: a secure HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform for virtual sessions and a client portal for scheduling, intake, billing, and documentation. No AI, ML, or proprietary software products are disclosed.

SageMind operates on a fee-for-service, out-of-network commercial model. Session fees range from $230 to $350 for 45-minute individual therapy (varying by clinician training level), $125 per 60-minute group session, and $370 for intake appointments; the practice does not bill insurance directly but supports out-of-network reimbursement through superbills and a partnership with Reimbursify. Customer acquisition is primarily direct-to-consumer (complimentary consultations, self-serve online booking, SEO-driven website) supplemented by a professional referral network of schools, psychiatrists, pediatricians, college counseling centers, educational consultants, and complementary specialty practices. The firm is independently owned with no disclosed external investment.

Name

SageMind Psychology

Legal name

SageMind Psychology

Website

https://sagemindpsychology.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SageMind Psychology is a private, founder-led group psychology practice in Brooklyn Heights and Syosset, NY, delivering evidence-based DBT, CBT, ERP, and EMDR therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families, with telehealth across 40+ states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Outpatient Therapy Services: Individual therapy sessions for children, adolescents, adults, and families delivered in-person or via secure telehealth. Session fees vary by clinician training level (LMSW $230, LCSW $260, Licensed Clinical Psychologists $275, Clinical Director $350 for 45-minute sessions). Intake appointments are $370. Payment collected at time of booking for intake, day of service for ongoing sessions.
2. Group Therapy and DBT Skills Groups: DBT skills groups and group therapy sessions offered at $125 per 60-minute session, providing skills-based therapy in emotional regulation, mindfulness, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
3. Intensive Outpatient Programs: Higher-frequency treatment programming for clients requiring more support than traditional once-weekly therapy, including DBT-intensive programs for children, adolescents, and adults, and combined DBT+EMDR trauma track programs.
4. Parent Coaching Services: Individualized parent coaching to help parents support their child's emotional and behavioral needs, typically integrated into comprehensive treatment plans.
5. Psychological Assessments: Neuropsychological and psychological assessment services for children, adolescents, and adults to evaluate cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and learning differences.
6. Out-of-Network Insurance Reimbursement: Practice is out-of-network with insurance. They verify benefits, provide superbills and receipts for reimbursement. Partner with Reimbursify for easy claim submission. Many clients receive 50-100% reimbursement through out-of-network mental health benefits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SageMind Psychology is an evidence-based psychotherapy practice that delivers individual therapy, group skills training, psychological assessments, and specialized intensive programs to children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. It operates two in-person offices in Brooklyn Heights and Syosset, New York, and provides telehealth services across 40+ U.S. states, with a flagship focus on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and adjunct modalities including CBT, ERP, EMDR, and play therapy.

Product overview

SageMind Psychology is an evidence-based group psychology practice offering a comprehensive suite of mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, and families. The practice operates a multi-level care model centered on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), supplemented by specialized programs including ERP for OCD, EMDR for trauma, neurodiversity-affirming care, and school refusal intervention. Services span individual therapy, family/couples therapy, parent coaching, group therapy, and intensive outpatient programs (IOP), delivered both in-person at Brooklyn Heights and Syosset locations and via secure telehealth across 40+ states. The practice emphasizes structured, skills-based treatment with measurable outcomes and family involvement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Therapy One-on-one psychotherapy using evidence-based modalities such as DBT, CBT, ERP, and EMDR, available to adults, adolescents, and children in person at the NY offices and via telehealth across 40+ states.
• Child & Adolescent Therapy Evidence-based therapy for children and adolescents with emotional dysregulation, anxiety, OCD, school refusal, and trauma, including DBT, CBT, ERP, and play therapy, delivered in person and via telehealth.
• Family & Couples Therapy Therapy for couples and families — including DBT family skills work — to address conflict, communication, school refusal, and the impact of one member's dysregulation on the system, delivered in person and via telehealth.
• EMDR Therapy & Intensives Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and focused EMDR intensives for trauma and PTSD, available as a standalone service and embedded within the DBT + EMDR Trauma Track IOP.
• Psychological Assessments Comprehensive psychological evaluations and assessments provided on a fee-for-service basis, typically initiated with an intake fee and used to inform diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Play Therapy Developmentally appropriate play therapy for young children to address emotional and behavioral concerns in a modality matched to their age.
• DBT Program (Adult) Comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program for adults combining individual DBT therapy, DBT skills group, telephone coaching, and team-based clinician consultation; the practice's flagship clinical program.
• DBT Skills Groups Group-based DBT skills training covering mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, delivered weekly as part of the standard DBT program.
• Child & Adolescent DBT Program DBT program adapted for children and adolescents, including family skills components and parent involvement, addressing self-harm, suicidal ideation, and emotional dysregulation in younger clients.
• School Refusal Program (DBT-SR) Specialized program combining DBT skills, family therapy, and exposure-based return-to-school support for children and adolescents unable to attend school due to anxiety and emotional dysregulation.
• Intensive Outpatient DBT Program (IOP) Higher-intensity Intensive Outpatient DBT program providing multiple weekly contact hours for clients requiring more support than standard outpatient, often used as a step-down from higher levels of care.
• DBT + EMDR Trauma Track IOP Intensive Outpatient program integrating DBT skills with EMDR trauma processing for clients with co-occurring emotional dysregulation and PTSD/trauma, delivered at IOP frequency.
• Group Therapy Therapy groups beyond DBT skills, including process and topic-specific groups, delivered for adults, adolescents, or families depending on group focus.
• Parent Coaching Structured coaching sessions for parents of children or adolescents in treatment, focused on applying DBT and behavioral principles at home and coordinating with the child's therapist.
• Neurodivergent-Informed Therapy Therapy services for autistic, ADHD, and otherwise neurodivergent clients delivered with neurodiversity-affirming, sensory- and executive-function-aware clinical approach, applied across modalities.
• LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy Identity-affirming therapy, parent support, and family work for LGBTQIA+ adults, adolescents, and families, integrated across the practice's individual, group, and family offerings.
• College Readiness Program Structured program preparing transition-age adolescents for college, addressing executive functioning, emotion regulation, and independence skills in addition to therapeutic support.
• Telehealth Therapy Secure video-based therapy, group, and assessment services delivered via HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform to clients across 40+ U.S. states.
• Therapist Backup Coverage Backup and overflow clinical coverage for other private therapy practices needing specialty or capacity support, particularly for DBT cases.
• Private Practice Consulting One-on-one consulting and mentorship for therapists and practice owners, drawing on SageMind's DBT specialty and operating model.

Quantifiable outcome

• Children typically transition to standard DBT program once attending school 3 out of 5 days per week
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Levy Educational AdvocacycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between SageMind Psychology and Levy Educational Advocacy provides coordinated care for families navigating both educational advocacy and therapeutic support. Levy Educational Advocacy brings clarity to the academic journey while SageMind provides emotional and therapeutic support, ensuring consistent communication between school and therapy, shared goals and aligned interventions, and clear strategies for immediate use at home.
• Michal Goldman, LCSWminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichal Goldman, LCSW, a couples and relationship therapist specializing in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and discernment counseling, collaborates with SageMind Psychology to provide comprehensive family support including couples therapy, family therapy, and co-parenting support services. SageMind refers clients requiring couples/relationship therapy while providing child and adolescent mental health services.
• Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Associates (BHBA) / Dr. Belinda BelletcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between SageMind Psychology (Dr. Rebecca Kason) and Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Associates (Dr. Belinda Bellet, board-certified in DBT) for high-acuity cases. Both practices share commitment to evidence-based care and the 'Full Model' DBT approach. When referring families or collaborating, clients receive consistent level of clinical integrity and comprehensive DBT programming.
• New Frontiers Executive Functioning CoachingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShared mission partnership between SageMind Psychology and New Frontiers Executive Functioning Coaching. Both organizations help individuals develop emotional and executive skills needed to thrive. New Frontiers provides executive functioning coaching while SageMind provides therapeutic insight and treatment, offering families a whole-person approach to learning, growth, and resilience.
• Hudson Valley Holistic Therapy / Steph BayanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between SageMind Psychology (Dr. Rebecca Kason) and Hudson Valley Holistic Therapy (Steph Bayan) addressing the intersection of grief and parenting. Steph provides grief-focused therapeutic support while Dr. Kason provides skills-based DBT work, helping parents understand and process what they're carrying while learning to respond in real time.
• Dr. KC Bugg & AssociatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between SageMind Psychology and Dr. KC Bugg & Associates for neuropsychological assessment and treatment. Dr. KC Bugg & Associates provides comprehensive neuropsychological and psychoeducational evaluations while SageMind provides evidence-based therapy services, bridging the gap between diagnostic understanding and collaborative, actionable treatment.
• ReimbursifyminorOthersSageMind Psychology partners with Reimbursify to provide fast and accessible claim submission from smartphones for out-of-network insurance reimbursement. Reimbursify is integrated into the practice's billing workflow to reduce administrative stress for families.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Talkspace: Talkspace is a publicly traded online therapy platform offering asynchronous messaging and live sessions nationally. As a scaled telehealth incumbent, it competes for OON-leaning virtual therapy customers while serving a much broader and less specialized population than SageMind.
• LifeStance Health: LifeStance Health operates one of the largest outpatient mental health clinic networks in the U.S., spanning psychiatric and therapy services. It represents a large, scaled incumbent offering similar outpatient talk-therapy services but with in-network payer focus rather than specialty OON positioning.
• Cerebral: Cerebral is a digital mental health company providing therapy and medication management virtually across many states. While it targets similar therapy customers with evidence-based modalities, it operates at a national scale rather than SageMind's boutique clinical specialization.

Direct peers

• Two Chairs: Two Chairs is a group therapy practice combining in-person clinics with telehealth care, using matched-therapist models and evidence-based modalities. Both are modern, deliberately designed outpatient therapy brands emphasizing clinical quality, matching, and multi-state reach.
• Brightside Health: Brightside Health is a telehealth psychiatry and therapy provider focused on evidence-based treatment for anxiety and depression. Like SageMind, it packages research-backed modalities (CBT, ERP-style work) and serves patients via secure virtual platforms across multiple states.
• Charlie Health: Charlie Health operates virtual intensive outpatient programs for adolescents and young adults with mental health and substance use conditions. Both practices deliver higher-frequency structured therapy (DBT and related modalities) to similar acuity populations.
• Equip Health: Equip provides virtual intensive outpatient and family-based treatment programs primarily for adolescents, expanding beyond eating disorders into broader mental health conditions. The evidence-based, family-involved intensive model overlaps directly with SageMind's IOP approach for teens and young adults.

Others

• Alma: Alma is a clinician network and insurance-credentialing platform for therapists providing back-office and payer-credentialing infrastructure. It competes with SageMind's out-of-network approach by making it easier for individual therapists to go in-network and grow caseloads.
• Behavioral Tech (Linehan Institute): Behavioral Tech, founded by Dr. Marsha Linehan, certifies and trains clinicians in DBT. As a DBT credentialing body, it shapes the supply of qualified DBT clinicians that specialty practices like SageMind hire from and compete for.
• Headway: Headway runs an insurance-network and billing platform that helps independent therapy practices accept in-network coverage at scale. It is an enabling competitor shaping how OON-only private practices like SageMind compete against increasingly in-network online therapy supply.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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