Adult psychiatry for the Killeen-Temple region — including Fort Cavazos military, veteran, and family communities — by secure Texas telehealth.
The Killeen-Temple metro is one of the most distinctive parts of Central Texas to practice psychiatry in. Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) is one of the largest U.S. military installations in the world, and a meaningful share of the patients who reach out to us from Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Belton, and Temple are active-duty service members, veterans, military spouses, or adult children of military families. Many have lived through repeated deployments, transitions out of service, and the cumulative weight that a military career places on a family.
Temple is also the regional medical hub. Baylor Scott & White's flagship hospital and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System anchor a healthcare workforce that itself accounts for many of our patients. A careful psychiatric evaluation in this region accounts for the military context explicitly rather than treating symptoms in isolation — and is direct about when active-duty care or VA care is the more appropriate channel.
The region is anchored by Baylor Scott & White Medical Center–Temple and –Hillcrest, AdventHealth Central Texas, Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center on Fort Cavazos, and the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center in Temple. That gives the region stronger acute-care infrastructure than its size would suggest. Outpatient psychiatric supply, however, is limited relative to the demand created by the active-duty, veteran, and dependent populations.
SLS Psychiatry is based in Southlake and treats adults across Texas via secure telehealth, including Bell County. For a patient in Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Belton, or Temple, that means an evaluation can typically be scheduled in days to a couple of weeks rather than months.
A 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 Killeen, in a private space in Harker Heights, or anywhere else in Bell County or Texas. 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.
We work regularly with veterans, military spouses, and adult children of military families in the Killeen-Temple region. Common concerns include depression, generalized anxiety, panic, adult ADHD, insomnia, and trauma-related symptoms tied to deployments, service-related events, or transitions out of the military. Spouses frequently raise their own mental health for the first time after years of carrying the household through deployments and PCS moves.
For active-duty service members, the appropriate care channel is often through Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, behavioral health services on Fort Cavazos, or a TRICARE-affiliated network provider; we are direct about that during scheduling. For veterans, care through the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center is sometimes the right fit, sometimes not — we will help you think through it. We do not represent ourselves as a substitute for VA or military mental health care; we are an option for adults whose situation is a fit for outpatient evaluation and medication management by telehealth.
Beyond military-connected care, common reasons patients in the region reach out include adult depression, generalized anxiety and panic, adult ADHD, insomnia and shift-work-related sleep problems (common in healthcare workers across the Baylor Scott & White system), perinatal and postpartum mood symptoms, and burnout.
We provide thoughtful evaluation and medication management. We do not provide standalone ongoing therapy, and we will refer you to a Killeen-Temple-area therapist or higher level of care when that is what is actually 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.
Killeen-Temple patients are seen by telehealth. Driving to Southlake is roughly 3 hours each way, which is not a reasonable expectation for routine psychiatric care. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 7 PM. We do our best to accommodate Fort Cavazos-connected schedules, healthcare shift workers, and veterans within those hours.
Veterans Crisis Line: dial 988, then press 1, or text 838255 for confidential 24/7 support — relevant to the active-duty and veteran community throughout the region.
Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Belton, Temple, Nolanville, Salado, Fort Cavazos area
For active-duty service members, behavioral health care is generally most appropriately delivered through Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, on-post behavioral health, or a TRICARE-affiliated provider. We will be direct about fit during scheduling. We can be a fit for some military-connected adults — including spouses, dependents, and veterans — depending on the situation.
Some veterans use VA care exclusively, others combine VA care with community-based options. We are happy to help think through fit. We do not represent ourselves as a substitute for VA mental health care.
Please check our insurance page for current accepted plans. We accept UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and Aetna. If TRICARE is your primary coverage, we will be direct during scheduling about whether self-pay or another channel makes more sense.
Yes. Military spouses are seen frequently for evaluation and medication management of depression, anxiety, ADHD, postpartum mood symptoms, and adjustment difficulties tied to deployments and PCS moves.