Adult psychiatry for Corpus Christi and Coastal Bend patients — secure Texas telehealth, steady follow-up, no Coastal Bend-to-DFW road trip.
Corpus Christi is the economic anchor of the Coastal Bend, and the patients who come to us from the area work across a recognizable mix of industries: refining and petrochemicals along the ship channel, the Port of Corpus Christi and its logistics workforce, the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and Coast Guard presence, healthcare across the Christus Spohn system, and a steadily growing Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi student and faculty population on Ward Island.
The Coastal Bend also shares the rest of the Gulf Coast's experience with hurricane seasons. Recovery from major weather events is rarely linear, and the cumulative stress of evacuation, property damage, and disrupted work shows up in psychiatric evaluations more often than people expect. A careful assessment takes those realities into account.
Corpus Christi's hospital landscape is anchored by Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi–Shoreline, Christus Spohn Hospital South, Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial, Driscoll Children's Hospital, and Bay Area Hospital. Outpatient psychiatric supply, however, has historically been limited for the size of the metro and the surrounding region. Patients in surrounding counties — Aransas, San Patricio, Nueces, Kleberg — frequently treat Corpus Christi as their nearest larger city for medical care, which intensifies pressure on local capacity.
SLS Psychiatry is based in Southlake and treats adults across Texas via secure telehealth. For a Corpus Christi patient, that means an evaluation can typically be scheduled within days to a couple of weeks rather than months, with steady follow-up cadence afterward.
A Corpus Christi telehealth visit is a secure video call. You receive a link in advance. You must be physically located in Texas at the time of the visit — at home in Calallen, Flour Bluff, on the island, or anywhere in the Coastal Bend. Initial evaluations are 60–75 minutes; follow-ups are typically 20–50.
Visits run in your browser; no install. We do not prescribe controlled substances by telehealth without a careful clinical evaluation, and we will tell you up front when an in-person visit or a Corpus Christi-based referral is the better fit.
Common reasons Corpus Christi and Coastal Bend patients reach out include adult depression, generalized anxiety and panic, adult ADHD, insomnia and shift-work-related sleep problems (common in refining, port, and healthcare workers), perinatal and postpartum mood symptoms, and trauma-related symptoms — including following hurricanes, workplace incidents, or service-related events.
We provide thoughtful evaluation and medication management. We do not provide standalone ongoing therapy, and we will refer you to a Corpus Christi-area therapist or higher level of care when that is what is needed. 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.
Corpus Christi patients are seen entirely by telehealth. Driving to Southlake is a 7-to-8-hour trip each way, which is not a reasonable expectation for routine psychiatric care. The video link works on any modern browser on a laptop, tablet, or phone, and there is nothing to install.
We ask that you be in a private, quiet space with a stable connection during the visit; a parked vehicle works in a pinch. ID and insurance information should be on file before the first visit so we can confirm Texas residency and verify benefits. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 7 PM. We do our best to accommodate Coastal Bend healthcare workers and shift workers within those hours, and we are direct when a Corpus Christi-based practice would be the better fit.
Downtown, Southside, Calallen, Flour Bluff, Padre Island, North Beach, Annaville, Ward Island / TAMU-CC
Yes. Coastal Bend patients are seen entirely by secure video, as long as they are 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 options.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 7 PM. We do our best to accommodate non-traditional schedules, including refining, port, and healthcare shift workers. All appointments are by booking.
We see Coastal Bend patients regularly for trauma-related symptoms following hurricanes, workplace events, or service-related events. A careful evaluation accounts for the cumulative stress of recovery, not just the immediate symptoms.