Adult psychiatric care for Houston patients without the I-10 or 610 commute — secure Texas telehealth from SLS Psychiatry.
Houston is the largest city in Texas and one of the most demographically diverse metros in the country. The patients who come to us from Houston are doing many different kinds of work — energy and refining, healthcare in the Texas Medical Center, oil and gas engineering, port logistics, hospitality, education, the arts. What that means in practice is that the mental health pressures look different from one Houston neighborhood to the next.
Shift work and overnight scheduling come up a lot, especially with healthcare workers and refinery operators, and that pattern interacts directly with mood, anxiety, and sleep. Hurricane seasons and the cumulative stress of recovery from major weather events also surface during evaluations more often than people expect. A careful psychiatric assessment takes those realities into account rather than treating symptoms in isolation.
Houston has world-class medical infrastructure. The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical complex in the world; Memorial Hermann, Houston Methodist, MD Anderson, Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, and Ben Taub General Hospital each anchor major service lines. Houston's outpatient psychiatric capacity is substantial but unevenly distributed, and access can be tight in suburbs to the west, north, and far southeast.
SLS Psychiatry is based in Southlake and treats adults across Texas via secure telehealth, which means a Houston patient can be evaluated from home, from a private office near the Galleria, or from a quiet space anywhere in greater Harris County without losing two hours to traffic. We are happy to coordinate with a Houston primary care physician, OB-GYN, or sleep specialist when that supports the plan.
A Houston 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, which is a licensing requirement — that is the case whether you are at home in The Heights, in a private space near your office in Midtown, or working from Memorial. Initial evaluations are 60–75 minutes and 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 Houston-based referral is the appropriate next step.
Common reasons Houston patients reach out include adult depression, generalized anxiety and panic disorder, adult ADHD, insomnia and shift-work-related sleep problems, perinatal and postpartum mood symptoms, and trauma-related symptoms following weather events or workplace incidents.
We provide thoughtful psychiatric evaluation and medication management for these concerns and refer out for ongoing therapy or specialty care when that is what someone really needs. 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.
Houston patients are almost always seen by telehealth. Driving from inside the 610 loop to our Southlake office is a 4-to-5-hour round trip, which is not a reasonable use of anyone's time for routine psychiatric care. Telehealth solves that problem entirely. 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 car 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 Houston healthcare workers and shift workers within those hours, and we are honest when our schedule cannot match what someone needs — in those cases a Houston-based practice may be the better fit.
The Heights, Montrose, River Oaks, Memorial, Galleria, Midtown, Energy Corridor, Sugar Land
Yes. Many Houston patients complete their initial evaluation and ongoing follow-ups by secure video without ever traveling to the Southlake office, 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 healthcare workers on rotating or evening shifts. All appointments are by booking.
We see new mothers from Houston for evaluation and medication management of postpartum mood and anxiety symptoms. Brief mood changes commonly resolve within two weeks; if symptoms persist or worsen, request an evaluation.