Inner Science Institute, Llc

What Inner Science Institute, Llc does

Inner Science Institute, LLC (operating as InSci) is a privately held, Berkeley/Oakland, California-based online education company founded in 2019 that delivers mindfulness-based and inner-development training for licensed mental health professionals. Its core product is the 6-month Core Skills for the Relational Therapist Certificate Program (24 CEs), which integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, relational mindfulness, and interpersonal neurobiology through multimedia self-study modules paired with individual video consultations. The portfolio is supplemented by monthly consultation groups, live cohort classes such as the 5-week RAIN Meditation for Difficult Emotions, a library of self-paced individual courses (Therapeutic Presence, When the World is Anxious, Holding Both, Unconscious Relational Dynamics), and the free Awakening Therapists Sangha community.

The business operates on a direct-to-consumer go-to-market with courses delivered through a Thinkific-powered learning management system at courses.innerscience.net, live events registered via Eventbrite, and consultations conducted over Zoom. Revenue comes from sliding-scale certificate program fees ($539-779 single payment or $89-129/month for 6 months), individual course sales, meditation class fees, and recurring consultation group subscriptions. CAMFT provider approval (#147142) enables CE credits for California LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs, which is the primary regulated purchase trigger for the core customer segment. The company is co-founded and operated by Tamara Thebert (CEO) and Deborah Yarock, with clinical consultant Susan "Quasi" King, and has explicitly transitioned from a volunteer-based model to a sustainable small business structure.

Name

Inner Science Institute, Llc

Legal name

Inner Science Institute

Website

https://innerscience.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inner Science Institute is a privately held, Berkeley, California-based online education company that delivers mindfulness-based certificate programs, live meditation classes, and clinical consultation groups to licensed mental health professionals, with CAMFT-accredited continuing education courses for California clinicians.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Continuing Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Guided Meditation Instruction (1:1 & Group) (HSADAJAA)

Keywords

• Continuing education
• Mental health training
• Mindfulness meditation
• Relational therapy
• Professional certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Certificate Program Fees: Core Skills for the Relational Therapist Certificate Program - 6-month hybrid program with sliding scale pricing. Single payment option ranging $539-779 or monthly payments of $89-129/month for 6 months. Includes multimedia self-study curriculum, individual video consultations, and certificate of completion.
2. Individual Course Sales: Self-paced on-demand online courses for continuing education credits including topics like therapeutic presence, navigating difficult circumstances, holding both challenge and support. Priced individually with sliding scale options.
3. Meditation Class Fees: Live online meditation classes (e.g., RAIN Meditation for Difficult Emotions) offered at sliding scale with CE credits available. 5-week programs meeting weekly for 90-minute sessions.
4. Consultation Services: Monthly Video Consultation Group for Relational Therapists and individual clinical consultation services provided by instructors via Zoom or phone.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Inner Science Institute provides online continuing education and training programs for licensed mental health professionals, primarily California LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs, as well as lifelong learners. Its core offering is the 6-month Core Skills for the Relational Therapist Certificate Program (24 CEs), supplemented by self-paced multimedia courses, a Monthly Video Consultation Group, and meditation classes such as RAIN for Difficult Emotions, with all programs accredited by CAMFT (Provider #147142).

Product overview

Inner Science Institute operates as a training and education company offering mental health professionals a portfolio of continuing education products and programs. The core offering is the 6-month Core Skills for the Relational Therapist Certificate Program, which integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, relational mindfulness, and interpersonal neurobiology. This is supplemented by a Monthly Video Consultation Group, standalone self-study courses (including therapeutic presence, anxiety navigation, and relational dynamics topics), meditation offerings like RAIN Meditation for Difficult Emotions, and the free Awakening Therapists Sangha. All courses are accredited by CAMFT for CE credits for California LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. The company positions its curriculum as emphasizing inner development, self-awareness, and therapeutic presence alongside clinical skill building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core Skills for the Relational Therapist Certificate Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 24 continuing education credits for California-licensed mental health professionals
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Tara Brach: Well-known meditation teacher whose RAIN practice is explicitly taught inside Inner Science Institute's curriculum; highly comparable as a mindfulness teacher with clinician-facing content and CE-eligible programs.
• Sounds True: Publisher and online learning platform for mindfulness and personal transformation content, often co-led by clinician-adjacent teachers (e.g., Tara Brach); comparable as a mindfulness content + course business with self-paced delivery.

Direct peers

• IFS Institute: Provides Internal Family Systems training and continuing education for mental health professionals with a clear modality + mindfulness-adjacent curriculum, serving a similar clinician segment via online certification programs.
• NICABM (National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine): A long-running provider of continuing education for behavioral health and mental health clinicians; directly comparable as a CE-issuing online training platform serving LMFTs/LCSWs/LPCs.
• CE4Less: Online continuing education provider for mental health professionals (LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCs), offering self-paced accredited courses; comparable business model and target buyer with a more generalist catalog.
• Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP): Nonprofit offering psychotherapy-focused meditation/mindfulness training and CE for clinicians; highly comparable given the direct overlap of psychotherapy + mindfulness curriculum aimed at licensed therapists.
• Center for Mindful Self-Compassion: Provides mindfulness and self-compassion training programs for clinicians and the public with CE offerings; comparable as a mindfulness training organization offering structured online programming to licensed professionals.

Regional players

• Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Bay Area-based mindfulness center offering teacher training and clinician-focused programs; comparable mission/content, primarily serving the same California/San Francisco Bay Area clinician community.

Broad incumbents

• Psychotherapy Networker / PD Resources: Major psychotherapy media and CE provider serving the same licensed clinician audience with online courses, webinars, and CE; comparable in target buyer and CE-issuing function but at significantly greater scale.
• PESI (Psychotherapy & Social Work Continuing Education): Large incumbent CE provider for mental health and social work professionals with national accreditation and a much broader catalog; comparable in mission (CE for clinicians) but vastly larger in scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/InnerScienceInstitute
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inner-science-institute

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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