Adult psychiatry for Lubbock and South Plains patients — secure Texas telehealth that closes the distance between you and a steady psychiatrist.
Lubbock is the regional hub of the South Plains. For a lot of patients in West Texas, Lubbock is where serious medicine happens — and that is doubly true for psychiatry. Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center anchor a large student, faculty, and clinical workforce; cotton, agribusiness, energy, and healthcare fill out the rest. We see Lubbock patients across all of those sectors, plus a meaningful number of patients in surrounding counties — Hale, Hockley, Lynn, Crosby, Terry — who treat Lubbock as their nearest mid-sized city for medical care.
Rural West Texas adds a real layer of stress that does not always show up on a symptom checklist. Drought cycles, commodity prices, equipment costs, and the isolation of farms and ranches that sit miles from the nearest town all compound the more familiar pressures of work and family. A good psychiatric evaluation takes those realities into account.
Lubbock's hospital landscape is anchored by University Medical Center, Covenant Medical Center, Covenant Children's Hospital, and the Texas Tech Physicians clinics tied to the medical school. That gives the city a stronger acute-care backbone than most of West Texas. Outpatient psychiatric supply is real but limited — and for adults in surrounding counties, even getting to Lubbock for a routine visit can mean a one- to two-hour drive each way.
SLS Psychiatry is based in Southlake but treats adults across Texas via secure telehealth, including Lubbock and the broader South Plains. For a patient in Lubbock proper, that means a careful initial evaluation can typically be scheduled in days rather than months. For a patient in Levelland, Brownfield, Plainview, or Post, it means routine follow-up does not require a half-day round trip.
A Lubbock 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 Tech Terrace, in a private space at the medical school, or on a farm anywhere in the South Plains. Initial evaluations are 60–75 minutes; follow-ups are typically 20–50.
Visits run in your browser; no install. A stable internet connection helps; if your home connection is limited, a friend's office, a quiet space at the public library, or a parked car with a strong cell signal can work. We do not prescribe controlled substances by telehealth without a careful evaluation, and we will be direct about when an in-person visit or a referral closer to home is the better option.
Common reasons Lubbock and South Plains patients reach out include adult depression and persistent low mood, generalized anxiety and panic, adult ADHD, insomnia and shift-work-related sleep problems (common in healthcare and emergency services), perinatal and postpartum mood symptoms, and trauma-related symptoms — including in agricultural workers, healthcare workers, and first responders.
We provide thoughtful evaluation and medication management. We do not provide standalone ongoing therapy, and we will refer you to a Lubbock-based therapist or to a 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.
Lubbock patients are essentially always seen by telehealth. Driving to the Southlake office is a 5-to-6-hour trip each way, which is not a reasonable expectation for routine psychiatric care. Telehealth solves that problem entirely. We ask that you be in a private, quiet space with a stable connection during the visit; a parked vehicle with a good cell signal is fine in a pinch.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 7 PM Central. We do our best to accommodate Lubbock-area healthcare workers, agricultural workers with seasonal demands, and Tech students within those hours, and we are honest when our schedule cannot match what someone needs — in those cases, a Lubbock- or Texas Tech-affiliated practice may be the better fit. We are also direct about cases where in-person care closer to home would serve you better than telehealth ever could.
Tech Terrace, Overton, Wolfforth (adjacent), South Lubbock, Shadow Hills, North Overton, West Lubbock
Yes. Lubbock patients are typically seen entirely by secure video without traveling to the Southlake office, as long as they are physically located in Texas at the time of each visit.
We work with patients on this regularly. A stable cell connection from a parked vehicle, a friend's office, or a public library can work; we will adjust if the connection drops. We are also direct when telehealth is not the right fit and an in-person referral closer to home would serve you better.
We accept UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and Aetna. See our insurance page for current details and self-pay options.
Yes. With your written consent we are happy to share clinical updates with a Lubbock- or Texas Tech-affiliated primary care, OB-GYN, or sleep medicine provider when that improves your care.