VC Concierge · Private Family Advisory

For families who can't afforda public search.

The private family advisory arm of Venus City®. Retainer-based and referral-only, serving high-functioning families across the Treasure Valley, Sun Valley, Park City and the Bay Area. No insurance. No public records. Depth over volume.

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The practice

Five pillars. One family system.

Succession, illness, performance, transitions: the parts of family life that need discretion and depth.

01

Legacy & Lifestyle Architecture

Family transitions · Values continuity · Long-term wellbeing strategy

Every family runs on an unwritten architecture: the values, agreements and emotional infrastructure that hold it together. Wealth transfers, kids launch, patriarchs pass, illness arrives, and that architecture gets tested. We name it, strengthen it and protect it for the next generation.

02

Crisis Stabilization & Mental Health Protection

Confidential family support during high-risk periods

A teen facing a diagnosis. A spouse in recovery. A parent in cognitive decline. A public exposure event. The family needs discreet, credentialed support that never shows up in an insurance record or a public database.

03

Education & Youth Development Advisory

IEPs · Academic transitions · Neurodivergent support · Athlete balance

Kids in high-achieving families carry pressure no school counselor is built for. Neurodivergence gets missed, misdiagnosed or over-medicated. We advise on IEP strategy, placement, cognitive load and the protection elite-track children need.

04

Emotional Wealth & Vitality

Mind-body resilience · Stress regulation · Sustainable performance

Wealth without vitality is a shortened life. You built the capital and often paid for it with your nervous system, your marriage and your body. Sustaining it takes a different operating system than the one that built it.

05

Performance Psychology & Mental Conditioning

Athletes · Artists · High-stakes environments

Elite performance needs elite mental infrastructure. For athletes, artists, executives and public-facing family members: mental conditioning, performance recovery and high-stakes decision-making.

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Capacity is deliberately limited

Built for depth,not volume.

Engagement

Three annual retainers.

Tier One

Advisory

$5,000 – $12,000
Per year · up to 4 clients
  • Quarterly 90-minute strategy sessions
  • Monthly 30-minute check-in call
  • Email and text access for guidance
  • Referral network activation
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Tier Two

Full Concierge

$18,000 – $36,000
Per year · 5–7 clients
  • Monthly 2-hour sessions, in person or private virtual
  • Bi-weekly touchpoints
  • Family, spouse and child sessions as appropriate
  • Crisis stabilization access
  • Priority scheduling
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Tier Three

Household Retainer

$36,000 – $60,000+
Per year · 3–5 clients maximum
  • Bi-weekly deep sessions
  • 24/7 discreet text access
  • Full family ecosystem support
  • Concierge referral network activation
  • Regional travel-with-you availability
  • Emergency in-person response
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À la carte

Intensives & add-on engagements.

Available to retainer clients and, selectively, by referral.

The Reclamation™

Three-day private intensive. A full-system reset (clinical, somatic and integrative) built around one person and one outcome.

$15,000 – $25,000

VC Confidential™

Psilocybin-assisted work at a licensed service center in Bend, Oregon. Preparation, journey and integration, facilitated by a certified practitioner.

$15,000 – $20,000

Family Systems Intensive

Multi-day, off-site. The whole family system in one room: the architecture named, tested and rebuilt.

$25,000 – $50,000

Ongoing Advisory

Extended engagement for families in transition, succession or sustained high-exposure seasons.

By arrangement
The practitioner

Michelle Méndez, LCSW

Twenty-five years of integrative clinical practice. Founder of Balance Point Collaborative. National consultant to treatment centers and private families. Licensed clinical depth combined with integrative and consciousness-based training.

Measurement-based careFifteen-plus years tracking client outcomes with validated instruments. Progress is measured, not assumed.

Clinical
  • LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (active)
  • LCSW Approved Clinical Supervisor (active)
  • Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS)
  • Trauma & CPTSD Specialist
  • Certified: Neurodivergent & ADHD populations
Integrative
  • EMDR, trained Levels I & II
  • Clinical Hypnosis, trained Levels I & II
  • Certified Psilocybin-Assisted Facilitator (2024)
  • Certified HeartMath Practitioner
  • RYT-230 · Usui Reiki Master
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Boise · Sun Valley · Park City · Bay Area

Serving the fewwho shape the many.

A quiet morning by the window — the life behind the work

Begin with a private conversation.

No intake forms, no records, no obligation. If the fit is right, we proceed. If it isn't, you leave with a referral to someone who is.