Adult psychiatric care for Austin patients via secure Texas telehealth — thoughtful evaluation, medication management, and follow-up.
Austin's growth has changed what life looks like for people who live there. The patients we see from Austin tend to talk about a few common pressures: a tech sector that runs on long hours and frequent reorgs, a housing market that has reshaped where people live and how long they commute, and a city that grew faster than its mental health infrastructure could keep up with.
We see a lot of high-functioning adults whose anxiety, attention difficulties, or sleep have quietly worsened during a stretch of demanding work — engineers shipping under deadline, designers in fast-cycle product orgs, founders who cannot remember the last time they took a real day off. Treating that well means understanding what the patient is actually doing during the week, not just what they are feeling on the day of the visit.
Austin's hospital landscape has matured quickly. Dell Seton Medical Center, Ascension Seton Medical Center, St. David's Medical Center, and the Dell Medical School now anchor a much stronger acute-care system than the city had ten years ago. Outpatient psychiatric supply, however, has not scaled at the same rate, and waitlists for new evaluations can stretch for months.
SLS Psychiatry is based in Southlake and works with adults statewide via secure telehealth. For an Austin patient, that means a careful initial evaluation can typically be scheduled in days rather than months, with follow-up at a steady cadence rather than at whatever interval a tightly booked local practice can manage. We coordinate with Austin primary care or sleep medicine when that improves the plan.
A telehealth visit is a secure video call from anywhere in Texas. The licensure requirement is the only firm one — you must be physically located in Texas at the time of the visit, whether you are at home in Hyde Park, in a quiet space in Mueller, or at a friend's apartment in Cedar Park. Initial evaluations run 60–75 minutes and follow-ups are typically 20–50.
There is nothing to install. We will not prescribe controlled substances by telehealth without a careful evaluation, and we are direct about when an in-person visit or an Austin-based referral is more appropriate.
What comes up most often from Austin is adult ADHD (frequently surfaced during a stretch of sustained pressure at work), generalized anxiety, depression, insomnia and disrupted sleep tied to long screens and late-night work, and burnout that overlaps clinically with depression but is not identical to it.
We provide thoughtful evaluation and medication management. We do not provide standalone ongoing therapy, and we are honest about referring you to an Austin therapist or higher-acuity service when that is the right move. No medication is prescribed without a clinical evaluation, treatment recommendations are made only after clinical evaluation, and no specific medication is guaranteed. Telehealth visits require that you be physically located in Texas at the time of the visit.
A lot of the friction Austin patients experience with mental health care comes from scheduling. Tightly booked local practices often offer next appointments months out and follow-ups at intervals dictated by their backlog rather than by the clinical situation. We deliberately keep our follow-up cadence flexible — every 1 to 3 months once stable, sooner during a medication change or a rough patch. Initial evaluations are typically scheduled within 1 to 2 weeks of intake.
We also write thoughtful clinical notes and are happy to share an update with an Austin-based primary care or sleep medicine provider when that supports the plan, with your written consent. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 7 PM. Lunch-break visits work well for Austin tech workers; a quiet corner of an office or a parked car is fine as long as you have a stable connection and you are physically located in Texas at the time of the visit.
South Congress, East Austin, Hyde Park, Mueller, Westlake, Cedar Park, Round Rock, Pflugerville
Yes. We see Austin patients entirely by secure telehealth. The only firm requirement is that you must be physically located in Texas at the time of each visit.
We accept UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and Aetna. See our insurance page for current details and self-pay information.
Yes. We routinely evaluate adults whose work in tech, design, engineering, healthcare, or hospitality is part of the clinical picture. The history we gather includes how you actually spend your week, not just symptom checklists.
We will be straightforward about referring you to an Austin therapist when ongoing therapy is what would actually help. We focus on evaluation and medication management.