Mindpath Health acquires Acacia Counseling and Wellness to expand mental health services to college students in the United States

Grounded in community spirit and a dedication to collective well-being, Acacia was founded by renowned psychologists and former academic advisors Dr. Keith Higginbotham and dr. Brett Donnelly in 2014. Acacia Counseling and Wellness provides traditional counseling and psychotherapy, and offers workshops, sessions with therapy animals, wellness activities, and more. The founders of Acacia will bring this commitment and these principles to their work with Mindpath Health.

“We wanted to expand our services to serve university students nationwide,” said Dr. Keith Higginbotham, CEO of Acacia Counseling and Wellness. “Mindpath Health shares the same mission and long-term goals and we look forward to continuing our work with university students as part of the Mindpath Health team.”

According to a recent report, Under Pressure: At the Heart of the College Mental Health Crisis published by APM Reports, “Colleges have seen a substantial increase in the number of students with depression seeking mental health services over the past decade. Large numbers of students are reporting depression, anxiety and consider suicide, and those numbers have been rising. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds surveyed said they had seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days.”

Mindpath Health has deep expertise in mental health care; its providers build close working relationships with primary care physicians to ensure patients receive coordinated, high-quality care. With a focus on clinical excellence, providers can offer patients a range of treatments and modalities, including psychiatry, medication management, psychotherapy/counselling, family therapy/counselling, counseling relationship/marital therapy, group therapy, psychological testing and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy.

About Mindpath Health

Mindpath Health is a leading, independent, US-based provider of high-quality, outpatient behavioral health services that blends human connection and science-based care, to help guide people through their mental health journey and uplift the communities around them. . With a team of over 650 mental health clinicians, Mindpath Health provides a wide range of psychiatric services, including psychotherapy and TMS, to over 97,400 patients each year. We offer telehealth and in-person visits and coordinate care with primary care physicians and referring providers to ensure a focus on overall health. Mindpath Health is networked with most major health insurance providers and has over 100 locations across California, North Carolina, Caroline from the south, Florida, Texas, Ohio, Arizona and growing. Please visit mindpath.com to learn more.

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SOURCE Mindpath Health