Sacred Space

What Sacred Space does

Sacred Space, LLC is a private, solo-practitioner therapy and healing practice founded in 2020 and operated by Arielle Mesa, LICSW, from Gaithersburg, Maryland. The practice delivers trauma-informed somatic therapy, complex trauma therapy, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems (IFS), decolonial therapy, ancestral healing, and therapy for highly sensitive people, alongside psychedelic preparation, facilitation, and integration coaching and shamanic healing sessions that blend Western clinical modalities with Curanderismo and other Indigenous ceremonial traditions. Service delivery is primarily direct-to-consumer via virtual sessions in California, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC, with in-person offerings in Maryland and the greater Washington DC region and destination retreats including a 5-day event at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

The business is structured as a Maryland LLC with no external institutional investment, no parent company, and no disclosed funding rounds. Revenue is generated through monthly subscription-billed therapy sessions on a three-tier trust-based pricing model (ROOT, SPROUT, SEED), out-of-network superbills for PPO insurance reimbursement, group retreats and ceremonial events (one-time event revenue), and professional clinical mentorship and supervision for therapists and healing practitioners. Go-to-market is organic and lean: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, a Wix-hosted content website, an email newsletter, and a Calendly free-consultation funnel. Customer segments include adults navigating complex trauma and C-PTSD, highly sensitive persons, individuals affected by systemic oppression, those preparing for or integrating psychedelic experiences, and a secondary B2B segment of therapists seeking clinical mentorship.

Operationally, the practice runs on a single billable practitioner with stated headcount of 1, supported by external co-facilitators for group retreats. The technology stack is non-technical, comprising standard telehealth video, a Wix website, Calendly scheduling, and email/newsletter tooling. There are no patents, trademarks, certifications, regulatory actions, partnerships, or acquisitions disclosed; all intellectual property is held in the founder's personal brand, credentials, and integrative methodology.

Name

Sacred Space

Legal name

Sacred Space, LLC

Website

https://ofsacredspace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sacred Space is a private, solo-practitioner therapy and healing LLC founded by Arielle Mesa, LICSW, delivering trauma-informed somatic therapy, psychedelic preparation and integration, shamanic healing, retreats, and clinical mentorship to individuals and therapists in Maryland, DC, Virginia, California, and Guatemala.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Meditation Retreats, Workshops & Immersive Programs (HSADAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Holistic & Alternative Therapy Retreats (Naturopathy, Energy Work) (THAGAMAI)

Keywords

• Trauma-informed therapy
• Somatic therapy services
• Psychedelic integration coaching
• Shamanic healing sessions
• Clinical mentorship training

Headquarters

HQ city

Gaithersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Therapy Services: Individual therapy sessions including trauma-informed somatic therapy, complex trauma therapy, brainspotting, IFS therapy, decolonial therapy, ancestral healing, and therapy for highly sensitive individuals. Offered virtually with out-of-network insurance reimbursement through superbills for PPO plans.
2. Retreats and Events: Healing retreats and ceremonial events including shamanic drum journeys, fire and cacao ceremonies, sound healing, and multi-day immersive retreats (e.g., Back to the Roots Retreat in Guatemala, Soul Reset, Release Reset and Bloom Retreat). Both in-person and virtual formats.
3. Psychedelic Preparation and Integration: Multicultural psychedelic ceremonial preparation, facilitation, and integration services bridging earth-based ritual with trauma-sensitive somatic practices.
4. Clinical Mentorship and Supervision: For therapists and space holders seeking to deepen clinical skill set and space holding capacities through trauma-sensitive, somatic, and earth-based education, training, and supervision.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sacred Space is a solo-practitioner therapy and healing practice delivering trauma-informed somatic therapy, psychedelic preparation and integration coaching, shamanic healing sessions, clinical mentorship for therapists, and in-person healing retreats. Services are offered virtually across California, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC, with in-person ceremonial support in the Mid-Atlantic and multi-day retreats in Guatemala, using a community-supported ROOT/SPROUT/SEED pricing model with monthly superbills for out-of-network PPO reimbursement.

Product overview

Sacred Space is an educational organization offering trauma-informed, integrative healing services through a solo practitioner model led by Arielle Mesa, LICSW. The core offerings include Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy, Psychedelic Ceremony & Coaching, Shamanic Healing Sessions, Clinical Education & Mentorship, and Group Events & Retreats. These are complemented by specific therapeutic modalities such as Brainspotting Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Complex Trauma Therapy, Decolonial Therapy, Ancestral Healing Therapy, and Therapy for Extra-Sensitives. Additional support services include Psychedelic Preparation & Integration and Psychedelic Sitting. The practice utilizes a trust-based, community-supported pricing model with ROOT, SPROUT, and SEED pricing tiers, and does not directly bill insurance but provides superbills for out-of-network reimbursement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Third Wave: Third Wave is a psychedelic education and integration platform serving individuals preparing for or returning from plant medicine experiences. Highly comparable to Sacred Space's psychedelic preparation and integration coaching arm and targets a similar microdose/ceremony-aware audience.
• Fluence: Fluence trains licensed mental health professionals in psychedelic therapy and integration — directly paralleling Sacred Space's clinical education and supervision arm. Both serve therapists seeking trauma-informed, psychedelic-literate continuing education.
• Mindbloom: Mindbloom is a ketamine-assisted therapy platform that combines supervised ketamine sessions with integration coaching. Overlaps directly with Sacred Space's psychedelic preparation and integration work, though Mindbloom uses ketamine specifically and is venture-funded.

Broad incumbents

• Field Trip Health: Field Trip Health (and its successor entities) operated ketamine-assisted therapy clinics across North America paired with integration support. Comparable to Sacred Space's ceremonial preparation and integration model but at a clinic scale rather than solo practitioner scale.
• Esalen Institute: Esalen is a Big Sur-based retreat center with a 60+ year history of somatic, body-based, and human-potential workshops. Comparable to Sacred Space's somatic therapy retreats and earth-based ceremonial gatherings.
• BetterHelp: BetterHelp is the largest virtual therapy platform in the U.S., offering individual therapy subscriptions across many states. It shares Sacred Space's virtual therapy delivery model and individual-customer GTM, but operates at vastly different scale and without trauma-specialization or somatic/shamanic integration.
• Omega Institute for Holistic Studies: Omega is a long-running holistic education and retreat center in Rhinebeck, NY offering workshops and multi-day immersions across wellness, somatic, and spiritual topics. Comparable to Sacred Space's group events and retreats, especially the workshop and immersive retreat format.
• Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health: Kripalu is a large yoga, meditation, and holistic health retreat center in the Berkshires running multi-day immersive programs. Highly comparable to Sacred Space's retreat and events arm, particularly the multi-day immersive wellness retreats.

Others

• EMDR Institute: EMDR Institute is a primary certifier and training organization for EMDR trauma therapy. Comparable to Sacred Space's clinical mentorship arm in that both train therapists in established trauma modalities and serve as continuing-education hubs for the trauma clinician community.
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute trains clinicians in body-oriented trauma treatment — closely aligned with the Brainspotting and somatic modalities Sacred Space practices. Both organizations provide trauma-sensitive somatic training for licensed clinicians.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ofsacredspace
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ofsacredspace
• Instagraminstagram.com/ofsacredspace

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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