Riverstone Associates
Denver, COEst. 2012 · 71 clinicians
Dr. Kari Sandoz
Two-and-a-half-times revenue growth, majority founder ownership retained.
Growth partner since 2022
Read the full story →Practice Spotlights · The ecosystem
The practices behind
the Continuum.
The founders, clinicians, and teams who make Kindwell what it is. Some have joined. Some are partners. Some are in the room. All of them shape what this firm is becoming.
Featured spotlight
- Founded
- 1998
- Team
- 28 clinicians · 6 admin
- City
- Boston, MA
- Status
- Joined Kindwell · 2024
Beacon Mental Health
Laurel Thornton, LICSW
Beacon Mental Health was started in a one-room office above a bakery in Brookline. Twenty-five years later it serves three Boston neighborhoods, runs a training program for early-career clinicians, and quietly anchors a referral network the city has come to rely on.
Laurel spent two years saying no to acquirers before she said yes. The diligence that finally won her was the one that started with the clinical model and ended with the cap table — not the other way around.
A year after the close, the name on the door is the same. The supervision rhythm is the same. The leadership team that built the practice still runs it.
“Kindwell was the first conversation that did not ask me to give up what I had spent twenty-five years building.”
- Clinicians retained, year one
- 27 of 28
- Avg. clinician tenure
- 7.4 yrs
- Wait-list reduction, year one
- −42%
- Brand changes
- None
The ecosystemPractices in the room,
Practices in the room,
across the Continuum.
Halo Mental Health
Seattle, WAEst. 2009 · 44 clinicians · 9 admin
Dr. Maya Park
Founder transitioned to Clinical Director role twelve months post-close.
Joined Kindwell · 2022
Blue Oak Therapy
Portland, OREst. 2007 · 19 clinicians
Dr. Andrew Chen
Built the leadership team needed before considering a partnership.
Residency cohort · 2023
Cedar Counseling
Madison, WIEst. 2014 · 23 clinicians
Dr. Jonah Ellis
Promoted three clinicians into operating roles inside the cohort year.
Residency cohort · 2022
Cypress Health
Atlanta, GAEst. 2011 · 38 clinicians
Dr. Devon Wright
Founder-to-CEO transition in progress; first clinical director hired in 2023.
In conversation
Anchor Therapy
Brooklyn, NYEst. 2016 · 15 clinicians
Dr. Sara Kim
Building the intake and supervision systems she'd want from day one.
Waiting Room community
Northbay Behavioral
San Mateo, CAEst. 2008 · 52 clinicians
Dr. Priya Anand
Running the practice on a system, not on instinct — twelve months later.
Residency · 2023 · In conversation
Aspen Behavioral
Denver, COEst. 2010 · 33 clinicians
Dr. Rachel Vance
Most recent addition. Partnership announced this quarter.
Joined Kindwell · 2026
Where we are17 practices,
17 practices,
across five regions.
Kindwell prefers density to footprint — we want the practices in a region to know each other before we ever talk about a transaction.
- West5practices in conversation, partnership, or joined.
- Mountain3practices in conversation, partnership, or joined.
- Midwest2practices in conversation, partnership, or joined.
- South3practices in conversation, partnership, or joined.
- Northeast4practices in conversation, partnership, or joined.
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Most of the practices on this page met Kindwell years before anything changed hands. Quiet, private, no pitch.