What Transformative Education Associates (the Tea Group) does

Transformative Education Associates (the TEA Group) is a privately held, founder-led organization headquartered in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, that delivers healing-centered education, professional development, and emotional wellness services to under-resourced urban communities in the Greater Philadelphia Tri-State Region and, more recently, to a global consumer base via its TheraMe mobile application. Founded in 2011 by Dr. Fatima Hafiz, who holds an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Urban Education from Temple University, the organization combines three revenue lines: (1) facilitated consulting and 'Conversations by TEA' engagements for schools, human service agencies, healthcare organizations, and justice-related institutions, sourced through a consultative Discovery Call funnel; (2) structured professional development courses, including Discovering the Mentor Within, Evolution of the Facilitator, and The Wise Educator; and (3) the TheraMe app and its tiered subscription plans for individual users, therapists/guides, and organizations, including white-label licensing.

The TheraMe platform, released September 3, 2024, is the company's principal technology asset: a guided emotional journaling mobile app that captures primary emotions, deeper feeling states, body sensations, contextual situations, and identified needs, with pattern review and consent-based sharing to a Guide (therapist or trusted person). The architecture relies on secure databases, privacy-protective design, and user-driven analytics rather than disclosed AI/ML models. Specific pricing, paying user counts, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Operationally, TEA Group remains small (1-10 employees), bootstrapped (no outside funding), and tightly anchored to its founder's expertise and lived experience, with distribution channels spanning direct enterprise sales, mobile app stores, and informal community referral.

Name

Transformative Education Associates (the Tea Group)

Legal name

Transformative Education Associates

Website

https://theteagroup.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TEA Group is a Philadelphia-based, founder-led organization that delivers healing-centered education, professional development courses, and consulting services to under-resourced urban communities, human service professionals, and institutions, and extends its reach globally through the TheraMe guided emotional journaling mobile application launched in September 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healing-Centered Education & Professional Development

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Tutoring + Learning Content Platforms (Curriculum + Tutors) (EDANAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Project- & Inquiry-Based Digital Learning Modules (EDAFACAD), Change Management & Transformation (Org/HR) (BPACAJAD)

Keywords

• Professional development services
• Healing-centered education
• Social conflict transformation
• Emotional wellness coaching
• Community facilitation training

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. TheraMe App Subscriptions: Mobile app subscription plans for individual Journeyers seeking emotional wellness support, as well as scaled plans for therapists managing multiple clients. Organization and institutional licensing plans are also available for agencies, schools, and businesses.
2. Professional Development Courses: Educational programs including 'Discovering the Mentor Within,' 'Evolution of the Facilitator,' and 'The Wise Educator' that support learning new ways to transform lives through healing frameworks.
3. Consulting and Facilitation Services: Customized consulting engagements for organizations seeking to improve community connections, build trust across differences, and implement transformative education approaches. Engagement begins with discovery call and proposal.
4. Workshop and Training Programs: Facilitated workshops and training sessions delivered to schools, agencies, healthcare organizations, and justice-related institutions seeking to support employee mental and emotional well-being.
5. Pilot Program Fees: Pilot programs for organizations, schools, or institutions interested in testing TheraMe or TEA Group methodologies before full implementation.
6. Organizational Licensing and White-Label: Subscription licensing or white-labeling plans for organizations, agencies, institutions, and businesses to support and attend to employee mental and emotional well-being, reduce conflicts, and manage workforce health.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Transformative Education Associates (TEA Group) delivers professional development courses, facilitated dialogues, and customized consulting services for organizations serving under-resourced urban communities, alongside the TheraMe mobile app for guided emotional journaling. Offerings include structured facilitator training courses, "Conversations by TEA" community engagement services, and the TheraMe app with individual, therapist, and organizational subscription tiers.

Product overview

TEA Group operates as a unified portfolio combining an emotional wellness mobile application (TheraMe) with professional development and consulting services. The core TheraMe app serves individual journeyers with guided emotional journaling, while specialized tiers provide therapist support tools and organizational licensing. The education arm offers courses (Discovering the Mentor Within, Evolution of the Facilitator, The Wise Educator) and Conversations by TEA consulting services, all grounded in a healing framework for under-resourced communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TheraMe: A guided emotional journaling and mindfulness mobile application designed to help individuals track emotions, gain insights, and build emotional resilience.

Products and services

• TheraMe Mobile App A guided emotional journaling and mindfulness mobile application for individual Journeyers to log emotions, track patterns, identify physical sensations, and securely share entries with therapists or trusted guides. Available on iOS and Android.
• Conversations by TEA Professional engagement services that cultivate meaningful conversations to heal communities, bridging communication gaps between organizations and the communities they serve and building trust across differences through transformative education.
• Discovering the Mentor Within A foundational course guiding individuals to discover their gifts and develop as guides for others, introducing the healing culture that is the foundation of TEA.
• Evolution of the Facilitator An advanced course for facilitators deepening their development in guiding emotionally volatile conversations and sharpening their facilitation skills.
• The Wise Educator A course guiding facilitators to utilize their prior development and experience to access and share their wisdom with others in educational settings.

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Northern Illinois RecoveryminorOthersNorthern Illinois Recovery's comprehensive treatment resource page has been added to the TEA Group's website resources section, offering information on addiction treatment and recovery services for individuals and families seeking support in their recovery journey. This is a content/resource sharing partnership where TEA Group provides visibility to Northern Illinois Recovery services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Waking Up: Waking Up is a consumer mindfulness and emotional well-being app with guided journaling and reflective practices. Comparable to TheraMe's guided emotional journaling, body sensation mapping, and pattern recognition features, though Waking Up focuses on a more secular, philosophy-oriented audience.
• Calm: Calm is a leading consumer mental wellness app with guided meditation, sleep, and emotional well-being features. Comparable to TheraMe's mobile-first emotional wellness subscription offering, with broader content library and stronger brand.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health provides mental health benefits and coaching for employees through employer partnerships. Directly comparable to TEA Group's organizational licensing tier for TheraMe, though Lyra serves a broader corporate market with deeper clinical backing.
• BetterHelp: BetterHelp operates a marketplace connecting individuals with licensed therapists for online counseling, with subscription plans and organization partnerships. Directly comparable to TheraMe's therapist-tier subscription model for managing multiple clients remotely.
• Crossroads Antiracism: Crossroads provides organizational consulting, training, and dialogue facilitation around racial equity and cultural transformation. Directly comparable to TEA Group's 'Conversations by TEA' consulting, facilitation, and 'Evolution of the Facilitator' course offerings.
• Center for Courage & Renewal: Center for Courage & Renewal offers retreats, professional development, and facilitator training for educators and leaders. Comparable to TEA Group's professional development courses ('Discovering the Mentor Within,' 'The Wise Educator') and facilitator capacity-building model.
• Talkspace: Talkspace offers online therapy subscriptions connecting individuals and organizations with licensed therapists via messaging and video. Comparable to TheraMe's therapist subscription tier with secure sharing and emotional trend tracking capabilities.
• Headspace: Headspace offers a consumer mental wellness app with employer/partner channels and content-led approach to emotional well-being. Directly comparable to TheraMe's guided journaling and mindfulness positioning, though at much larger scale and broader audience.

Emerging players

• Spring Health: Spring Health provides mental health benefits and care navigation for employers, with a focus on diverse workforce needs. Comparable to TEA Group's organizational licensing and white-labeling strategy for employee mental and emotional well-being, though with deeper clinical infrastructure.
• Sondermind: Sondermind provides in-person and virtual mental health services with a clinician network and employer partnerships. Comparable to TEA Group's therapist/Guide subscription model and institutional licensing approach, though Sondermind focuses on clinical services rather than emotional journaling.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teagroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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