About Triad

For 48 years, we've helped clinicians get licensed, stay licensed, and grow their careers.

From a single licensure-prep course in 1976 to a network of 225,000+ behavioral & mental health professionals — Triad has spent five decades building the infrastructure of an entire profession.

48+
Years serving behavioral & mental health
225K+
Professionals in the Triad network
8
Brands under one company
98%
First-attempt licensure pass rate (AATBS)
Our purpose

We help people help people.

Behavioral health is the only field where becoming licensed takes a decade and the work is harder every year. Our job is to make that path easier — at every step, for every person, in every credential.

Our story

Born from a single exam-prep course in 1976.

The Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences — AATBS — opened its doors with one mission: help psychologists pass the EPPP. Four decades later, that same authoring discipline became the engine for an entire family of clinical-education brands.

Today, Triad is the parent of eight brands serving every credential in behavioral and mental health: psychologists, social workers, marriage & family therapists, counselors, behavior analysts (BCBAs and RBTs), addiction counselors, and nurses with mental-health specializations.

We help universities forecast student readiness. We help employers recruit, train, and retain clinicians. We help individual practitioners stay licensed and grow their specialties. And we host the largest behavioral-health-only professional network in the U.S.

Triad team supporting behavioral health professionals
What we do

Three things, repeated across decades.

The structure of our work has been the same since 1976. The scale and reach have multiplied; the discipline hasn't.

Education

Get them licensed.

Best-in-class exam prep authored by clinicians who've taken the exams themselves. AATBS, Academic Review, Gerry Grossman Seminars, and Taylor Study Method — four exam-prep brands across every credential.

Community

Keep them connected.

The Triad Community is the LinkedIn for behavioral health — niche-specific, free for members, the place clinicians actually go for jobs, peer discussion, and continuing education.

Career resources

Grow their practice.

Continuing education to stay licensed. Specialty certifications (EMDR, hypnotherapy) to grow into new modalities. Jobs Marketplace to make career moves. We meet clinicians at every stage.

48 years, in milestones

How we got here.

From a single Bay Area exam-prep classroom to a network spanning every clinical credential in the U.S.

AATBS founded

The Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences opens with EPPP exam prep for psychologists. The standard for licensure-prep authoring is set.

1976

Gerry Grossman Seminars founded

GGS opens in California, focused on BBS-licensed professionals — MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs. White-glove, California-first, personally led by Gerry Grossman, LMFT. Has helped thousands of candidates pass California-specific exams.

1985

The Wellness Institute founded

Family-founded school becomes one of the most respected providers of hypnotherapy certification for Masters and PhD-level professionals — and lays the groundwork for what becomes Triad's specialty-certification arm.

1990

Taylor Study Method developed

Triad's Chief Learning Officer, Graham Taylor, launches a research-based, fully-online learning system for psychology candidates who hadn't found their fit in traditional prep.

2010s

Academic Review joins Triad

Self-study tools for psychologists and social workers — the most affordable, flexible exam-prep option in the family. Triad now operates four exam-prep brands serving every behavioral-health credential.

2010s

Triad Community launches

The LinkedIn for behavioral and mental health. Free for members. Profiles, jobs, content, peer discussion — all niche-specific. Grows to 225,000+ behavioral-health-only professionals.

2020

Behavioral Health Today Podcast

Weekly podcast bringing a behavioral and mental health perspective to current events. Grows to 200K+ downloads across 300+ episodes — one of the most-listened-to BH-clinical podcasts in the U.S.

2021

CE4Less, NurseCE4Less, CEU Creations join

Triad expands its continuing-education footprint. The library grows to 1,000+ CEUs across psychology, social work, MFT, counseling, ABA, and nursing — under one billing relationship.

2022–24

Today

Eight brands. 225,000+ professionals in the network. Hundreds of universities. Enterprise customers from Rula and BetterHelp to OhioGuidestone and Madigan Army Medical Center. One mission, since 1976: help people help people.

2026
The family

Eight brands. One company. Every credential.

Each brand has its own voice and its own audience — but they share authoring discipline, accreditation, and a single billing relationship for our enterprise partners.

AATBS

The Standard since 1976

Comprehensive exam prep and continuing education for psychologists, social workers, MFTs, counselors, and behavior analysts. The benchmark for licensure-prep authoring in behavioral health.

Est. 1976
Gerry Grossman Seminars

California-Centric BBS Prep

Founded by Gerry Grossman, LMFT in 1985. The leading provider for California BBS professionals — California Law & Ethics, MFT California Clinical Exam, and CE for CA-based clinicians.

Est. 1985
The Wellness Institute

Hypnotherapy & Specialty Certs

One of the oldest and most respected providers of hypnotherapy certification for Masters and PhD-level professionals. Family-founded, internationally recognized, focused on alternative treatment modalities.

35+ years
Academic Review

Affordable Self-Study

Cutting-edge exam-prep materials for psychologists and social workers, distilled into easy-to-use self-study programs. The most flexible, affordable option in the Triad family.

Self-study leader
Taylor Study Method

A Different Approach

A research-based, integrated learning system for psychology exam candidates — designed for those who hadn't found success with traditional test prep. Developed by Triad's CLO, Graham Taylor.

Online-native
CE4LessContinuing Education

1,000+ CEUs

One of the largest continuing-education libraries in behavioral health. Pay-per-course or subscription, accepted by APA, NBCC, ASWB, NASW, BACB, CAMFT.

Joined 2022
NurseCE4LessFor Nurses

Nursing CE

ANCC-accredited continuing education for nurses, including those with mental-health specializations. The companion brand to CE4Less, sharing the same authoring discipline.

Joined 2022
CEU CreationsCustom CE Production

Custom-Built CE

Custom CE content production for partner organizations. Distribute your educational content through Triad's network — co-marketed, accredited, and ready to launch.

Joined 2024
Triad

The parent — and the platform.

Triad is more than a holding company. The Triad Community at hellotriad.com is the LinkedIn for behavioral and mental health professionals — 225,000+ members, free for clinicians, the connective tissue across all eight brands.

Our experts

The people who make the curriculum.

Every Triad course is authored by clinicians licensed in the credential they teach. These are a few of the instructors and content developers who shape the curriculum — and there are dozens more.

Gerry Grossman, LMFT

Gerry Grossman, LMFT

Founder, GGS · Since 1985

Has trained thousands of California exam candidates. Clear, incisive, humorous, empathic — the standard-setter for BBS prep.

Mitchell M. Handelsman, Ph.D.

Mitchell M. Handelsman, Ph.D.

CU Denver · President's Teaching Scholar

Professor of psychology at the University of Colorado Denver since 1982. Curriculum authority for the EPPP and ethics content.

V. Marie Fox, Ph.D.

V. Marie Fox, Ph.D.

EPPP Lead Instructor · 26 years

26 years developing live lectures, tutorials, online workshops, and private consultation for EPPP candidates across the U.S. and Canada.

Dani Pizzella, BCBA-D

Dani Pizzella, BCBA-D

Behavior Analysis Lead

Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral level. Ph.D. in Education with emphasis on Teaching and Learning Processes — leads BCBA prep curriculum.

Kaynor Heineck, M.S.

Kaynor Heineck, M.S.

Coaching Lead · 20+ years

20+ years coaching licensing-exam candidates. Has helped thousands of candidates prepare for and pass their exams.

Lanaya Ethington, Ph.D.

Lanaya Ethington, Ph.D.

EPPP & Counseling Curriculum

Licensed psychologist in Iowa City. Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Indiana University, an APA-accredited program.

Stephanie Harris, PsyD

Stephanie Harris, PsyD

Licensed CA + FL · 20 years

California and Florida licensed psychologist with close to 20 years of clinical experience. Certified Healing Touch Practitioner.

Natalie Liberman, LCSW, LMFT

Natalie Liberman, LCSW, LMFT

Multi-lingual · Social Work + MFT

Multi-lingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker — dual-credentialed across two distinct prep tracks.

And dozens more. Triad maintains a faculty roster of 30+ active instructors and coaches across all credentials — every one of them clinically licensed in the field they teach.

Behavioral Health Today Podcast

The conversation that shapes the field — every week.

Behavioral Health Today brings a clinical perspective to the events shaping the world. New episodes weekly. 300+ episodes in the catalog. 200,000+ downloads and counting — one of the most-listened-to BH-clinical podcasts in the U.S.

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Downloads
300+
Episodes
Weekly
Cadence
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Behavioral Health Today Podcast
Where to next

Built for the people who build the field.

Pick the path that fits your role.

For Universities

Improve your students' first-attempt licensure pass rates with Integrated Testing, AATBS exam prep, and post-graduation CE for alumni.

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For Employers

Recruit, train, and retain behavioral and mental health clinicians. Cut onboarding time in half. Sponsor specialty certifications like EMDR.

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For Partners

Reach 225,000+ behavioral health professionals through Triad's network. Co-branded marketing, jobs marketplace, podcast advertising, revenue share.

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