Behavioral Health M&A & Strategic Advisory

Strategy. Discipline. Meaningful Outcomes.

Strategique Partners advises owners, investors, and operators across behavioral health, from addiction treatment and mental health to psychiatric hospitals, IDD, autism and ABA, and the technology that supports care. One senior-led team for M&A, valuation, development, operations, and growth

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Senior-led advisory Exclusive behavioral health focus Confidential process

Start With Your Objective

Start with your objective.

Owners, buyers, operators, and investors come to Strategique Partners with different goals. Every path begins with a confidential conversation.

Select a pathway

01

Sell or Value

Understand what your business is worth, whether now is the right time, and what options exist beyond a full sale.
Valuation Readiness review Options beyond a full sale Explore Sell-Side & Valuation
02

Buy or Invest

Identify opportunities, evaluate payer mix, licensure, staffing, and operations, and execute acquisitions with sector-specific support.
Proprietary sourcing Payer and licensure underwriting Off-market reach Explore Buy-Side M&A
03

Start or Develop

Validate the market, build the plan, secure licensing and accreditation, and prepare for launch of a company, location, or service line.
De novo and startups Turnkey development Program development Explore Company Development
04

Operate or Grow

Strengthen performance, solve operating and regulatory constraints, and position an existing provider for revenue, marketing, and expansion growth.
Regulatory and compliance Revenue cycle and staffing Digital and growth strategy Explore Operations & Growth

Advisory Services

One partner across behavioral health, exclusively.

Strategique Partners is a specialized behavioral health advisory firm serving owners, investors, and operators across sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, business valuation, company startup and development, licensing and accreditation, program management, operations, capital and real estate strategy, and growth and digital strategy.

Addiction treatment
Mental health
Psychiatric hospitals
IDD
Autism and ABA
Behavioral health technology

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01Sell-Side & Valuation

Considering a sale, or want to know what it's worth?

Run a real process. Reach the right buyers. Close on your terms.

Request Confidential Valuation

02Startup & Development

Building or launching a new program?

From feasibility through to an operating program, sequenced from day one.

Evaluate Your Launch Plan

03Licensing & Operations

Need licensing or regulatory support?

The regulatory and operating infrastructure that drives value.

Request a Licensing Review

04Capital & Real Estate

Raising capital or evaluating real estate?

Financing structure and the property decisions underneath it.

Discuss Financing Options

05Growth & Digital

Ready to grow demand and visibility?

Market development, expansion, and search visibility, built for what comes next

Digital Marketing & SEO

Request a Growth Review

Representative Experience

The work, on record.

Mandates across transactions, development, operations, and growth. Parties stay undisclosed, by design.

TransactionsMulti-Site Behavioral Health PlatformSell-Side M&A + Valuation | Confidential

DevelopmentMulti-State Behavioral Health PlatformLicensing + Market Entry | Confidential

OperationsOutpatient Mental Health OperatorProgram Development + Payer Readiness | Confidential

GrowthSUD ProviderOperational Improvement + Growth Strategy | Confidential

Browse the mandates

01Off-market sourcing mandateBuy-Side 02Outpatient mental health platformSell-Side 03Behavioral health MSO build-outDevelopment 04Multi-facility operational reviewOperations 05Admissions and growth strategyGrowth

Strategique Partners

Off-market sourcing for a psychiatric platform acquirer

Three national platforms / two weeks / LOI

Proprietary buy-side mandate with national reach

Buy-Side

Strategique Partners

Off-market sourcing for a psychiatric platform acquirer

Three national platforms / two weeks / LOI

Proprietary buy-side mandate with national reach

Buy-Side

Strategique Partners

Multi-site outpatient mental health platform

Valuation, buyer positioning, and sale preparation for the ownership group

Sell-Side

Strategique Partners

Behavioral health MSO build-out

Operating model, licensing strategy, payer readiness, and market entry

Development

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Multi-facility behavioral health portfolio

Operational review, licensing support, and revenue cycle improvement across facilities

Operations

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Regional outpatient provider

Admissions strategy, SEO, and digital conversion program

Growth

One partner across the behavioral health business lifecycle

1IdeateMarket research

2BuildStartup + development

3LicenseLicensing + accreditation

4LaunchPayers + staffing

5OperateProgram management

6GrowDigital + expansion

7Buy / SellSell-side + buy-side M&A

Research & Market Intelligence

The research desk, on your desk.

Original research, sector studies, and valuation guides written by the advisors working behavioral health transactions, development, operations, and growth. Sent to subscribers before release.

STRATEGIQUE PARTNERS

Addiction Treatment

Report2025–2026

Addiction Treatment M&A Report

Read the Report

STRATEGIQUE PARTNERS

M&A & Valuation Guide

Guide2026

Mental Health Outpatient

Read the Guide

STRATEGIQUE PARTNERS

Compliance Checklist

Annual Edition2026

Behavioral Health EHR

Download the Checklist

How we work

Every engagement runs a discipline. Ours runs senior-led and sector-exclusive, across the full lifecycle.

Understand

Define the objectiveEconomics, constraints, market, and risk, understood before any plan is built.

Design

Build the strategyA workplan, resource plan, and success measures built around your objective.

Execute

Own the workCoordinate specialists and drive implementation, from outreach to licensing to launch.

Measure

Track outcomesAdapt the plan and remain accountable through close, launch, or the next milestone.

Selling, buying, building, or growing, it starts with one conversation.

Selling

A confidential valuation and readiness review before you commit to any process.

Request Valuation

Buying

Tell us the thesis. We map the sector and bring you qualified, often off-market targets.

Building

Programs, MSOs, and new markets, built on an operator-informed plan.

Evaluate Your Launch Plan

Growing

Operations, licensing, revenue, and digital strategy, strengthened for what comes next.

Request a Growth Review

The Firm

More institutional than a broker. More hands-on than a bank.

Sector-exclusive

Behavioral health only, across every service line and care setting we advise.

Senior-led

The advisor you meet is the advisor who runs your process to closing.

National reach

Proprietary coverage of buyers and platforms across the country.

RK A note from the Managing Director OpenClose

From the Managing Director

Behavioral health businesses fail for reasons generalist advisors never see: a payer mix that will not survive diligence, a license that does not transfer cleanly, an operating model built for the wrong level of care. We built Strategique Partners to catch those problems before the market does, wherever you are in the business lifecycle.

Every engagement here is senior-led and sector-exclusive. You work with advisors who have sat on the operator side, the investor side, and the board side of this industry, and who run your process personally from the first conversation to the outcome.

If you are weighing a sale, an acquisition, a launch, or a way to improve what you already run, start with a confidential conversation. You will leave it knowing more about your position than when you arrived.

Ryan Kaczka Managing Director
Strategique Partners

Confidential Review

Thinking about
selling?

Looking to
acquire?

Building, launching, or developing?

Ready to operate and grow?

Thirty minutes with a senior advisor. Your numbers, your market, your timeline.

Your side of the table

01What your platform is worthAn honest read on value and what drives it in today's behavioral health market.

02Who is buying, and whyA current view of active buyers in your service line and what they are paying for.

03The clearest path to closeTiming, process, and what to fix before you ever go to market.

01Where the real targets areOff-market platforms that fit your thesis, not what is left over from auctions.

02What a winning offer looks likeStructure and pricing that clears diligence and still wins the deal.

03How to actually get to closeFinancing, diligence, and integration pitfalls mapped before they cost you.

01Will it work in your marketFeasibility first: demand, payer mix, licensing, and the numbers before you commit capital.

02The fastest route to openDe novo launches and turnkey development, sequenced so capital is not burned on guesswork.

03What it will be worthHow the market would price the platform you are building toward.

01What is actually holding you backOperational, regulatory, or revenue-cycle constraints, diagnosed honestly.

02A plan to fix itProgram management, staffing, and compliance support sequenced to your priorities.

03A path to real growthDigital strategy and market expansion built once the operating foundation is solid.

Confidential
No obligation
Senior-led

Start the conversation

Tell us where you stand. A senior advisor responds within one business day.

Selling Buying Building Growing

Everything you share stays confidential, whether or not we ever work together.

Strategy. Discipline. Meaningful Outcomes.

Start with your objective.

Start with what it is worth.

Start with the thesis.

Start with the foundation.

Start with what you have built.

Sell or Value

Buy or Invest

Start or Develop

Operate or Grow

One partner across behavioral health, exclusively.

Considering a sale, or want to know what it's worth?

Building or launching a new program?

Need licensing or regulatory support?

Raising capital or evaluating real estate?

Ready to grow demand and visibility?

The work, on record.

One partner across the behavioral health business lifecycle

The research desk, on your desk.

Every engagement runs a discipline. Ours runs senior-led and sector-exclusive, across the full lifecycle.

Understand

Design

Execute

Measure

More institutional than a broker. More hands-on than a bank.

Get early access to select behavioral health opportunities.