ARC Health, a Thurston Group portfolio company, has announced the acquisition of the Lilac Center, an integrated mental health care provider group with four locations in Kansas and Missouri.
ARC Health enters the Kansas and Missouri markets with the acquisition. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 2000 by Amy Tibbitts, LSCSW, and Tony Tibbitts, the Lilac Center offers psychological services with a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) focus. It serves the greater Kansas City metro and surrounding areas. The Lilac Center helps those who suffer from childhood trauma, PTSD, suicidal thoughts, addictions and relationship issues as well as those who are diagnosed with borderline personality disorder
Dialectical behavior therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapy that began with efforts to treat personality disorders and interpersonal conflicts. Evidence suggests that DBT can be useful in treating mood disorders and suicidal ideation, as well as for changing behavioral patterns such as self-harm and substance use.
ARC Health is a mental health specialty services organization supporting psychiatry, psychology and therapy providers in multiple locations throughout the U.S. ARC was formed in 2021 in partnership with outpatient mental health provider Advanced Recovery Concepts. The company has more than 320 providers throughout its partner locations nationwide.
According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this acquisition marks the second Behavioral Health Care (BHC) transaction of 2023. There were 108 BHC transactions announced during 2022.
