Top outpatient mental health clinics in Texas, ranked by ChatGPT answers

Places ChatGPT showed

• UT Southwestern Medical Center - Adult Psychiatry · Psychiatrists
• UT Physicians Interventional Psychiatry Clinic · 4.8★ · Medical clinic
• UT Physicians Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic-BBSB · 4.6★ · Medical clinic
• Baylor Psychiatry Clinic: Wright Robbie J MD · Doctor
• One Behavioral Health · 4.7★ · Psychiatrist
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Alamo Heights · 4.8★ · Mental health clinic
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Central Austin · 4.6★ · Mental health clinic
• Texas Tech Physicians: Psychiatry Clinic · 4.9★ · Medical clinic
• South Texas Mental Health Associates - Edinburg · 4.9★ · Mental health clinic

Texas is a large state, so there isn’t one objectively “best” outpatient clinic. The right choice depends heavily on city, age, diagnosis, insurance, and whether you need ordinary outpatient care vs. intensive outpatient (IOP), TMS, or other specialty treatment.

Based on the current services and specialties I found, these are some Texas clinics worth putting on a shortlist:

• UT Southwestern Medical Center - Adult Psychiatry — Dallas. A major academic psychiatry program with outpatient psychiatry and psychology, specialty programs, medication management, psychotherapy, telehealth, and advanced treatments such as TMS.
• UT Physicians Interventional Psychiatry Clinic — Houston. Particularly relevant when conventional medication/therapy hasn't been sufficient; its specialty services include TMS, esketamine/ketamine therapies, and ECT.
• UT Physicians Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic-BBSB — Houston. Academic outpatient psychiatry for children, adolescents, and adults within UTHealth Houston.
• Baylor Psychiatry Clinic: Wright Robbie J MD — Houston. An academic outpatient psychiatry setting associated with Baylor College of Medicine and its Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
• One Behavioral Health — Houston. Outpatient psychiatry and therapy, including medication management and telehealth.
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Alamo Heights — San Antonio. Integrated therapy and psychiatry, with TMS and an IOP at this location.
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Central Austin — Austin. Therapy and psychiatric care for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, with telehealth and TMS.
• Texas Tech Physicians: Psychiatry Clinic — Amarillo. An academic option serving the Panhandle, with adult, child/adolescent, addiction, and geriatric psychiatry.
• South Texas Mental Health Associates - Edinburg — Edinburg/Rio Grande Valley. Offers outpatient behavioral health care and an adult IOP for people needing more support than conventional weekly therapy.

A particularly notable option: Menninger

The Menninger Clinic is another major Texas option, particularly for complex or persistent psychiatric conditions. Its outpatient offerings include individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatric assessment, TMS, ketamine therapy, ECT, partial hospitalization, and Menninger 360—a community-based program for adults with more severe/chronic mental illness.

If this is for a child or teenager

I'd specifically look at Children's Health/UT Southwestern in Dallas. Their pediatric psychiatry program provides outpatient evaluation and therapy as well as specialized programs for conditions including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, autism, and suicidal thoughts.

If you tell me which Texas city/region you're looking in (e.g., Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, or anywhere in Texas), the patient's age, insurance, and whether you need therapy, psychiatry/medication management, or IOP, I can narrow this to a much more useful shortlist.

Places ChatGPT showed

• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Central Austin · 4.6★ · Mental health clinic
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Alamo Heights · 4.8★ · Mental health clinic
• Essential Mind Psychiatry · 4.9★ · Psychiatrist

Texas is a large state, so there isn't one objectively “best” clinic. For an adult who specifically wants both ongoing therapy and psychiatric medication management, these are strong options based on the services they currently advertise, with different strengths:

• UT Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas/Plano. A major academic psychiatry program offering adult outpatient psychiatry, psychotherapy, medication management, CBT, group/family therapy, intensive outpatient treatment, TMS, ECT, and esketamine. It also has specialty expertise for conditions such as bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, trauma, eating disorders, and perinatal mental health.
  Particularly relevant if: you want academically oriented/specialty psychiatric care or may need more advanced treatment later.
• Baylor Medicine — Houston. Offers adult outpatient psychiatric evaluation, medication management and psychotherapy in the same system, including CBT, DBT, group/family therapy, telepsychiatry, and specialty programs for OCD, mood/anxiety disorders, treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders, and women's mental health.
  Particularly relevant if: you want an academic medical center with substantial subspecialty options.
• The Menninger Clinic — Houston. Its adult outpatient program provides individual, group, marital and family psychotherapy and treats conditions including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders and substance-use problems. It also has psychiatrists, medication management, PHP/IOP-type programs, and specialized services such as TMS and ketamine.
  Particularly relevant if: your symptoms are complex, longstanding, or haven't responded adequately to ordinary outpatient treatment.
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Central Austin — Austin. Provides therapy and psychiatry/medication management within the same practice, with in-person and telehealth options and TMS.
  Particularly relevant if: convenience and coordinated therapy + medication care are priorities.
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Alamo Heights — San Antonio. Offers integrated therapy, psychiatric evaluation/medication management and TMS, with telehealth and in-person appointments.
  Particularly relevant if: you're in the San Antonio area and want both services under one roof.
• Essential Mind Psychiatry — Plano/North Dallas. An outpatient practice combining psychiatry/medication management with psychotherapy and offering in-person and virtual care.
  Particularly relevant if: you prefer a smaller outpatient practice rather than a large hospital system.

How I'd narrow the choice

For an adult seeking ordinary ongoing therapy + medication management, I'd compare clinics on these practical factors rather than assuming a “best” ranking:

1. Does the psychiatrist and therapist coordinate care?
2. Can you see the same clinicians long-term, rather than being transferred frequently?
3. Does the clinic have experience with your particular issue—e.g., ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, PTSD, depression, anxiety, or substance use?
4. Insurance and total out-of-pocket cost.
5. New-patient wait time.
6. In-person vs. telehealth availability.
7. Whether medication management is done by a psychiatrist, psychiatric NP, or another prescriber, and how frequently follow-ups occur.

If you tell me which Texas city/region you're in (Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, etc.), your insurance, and whether you're looking for treatment for something specific such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, bipolar disorder, or PTSD, I can narrow this to a more useful local shortlist and compare insurance, specialties, telehealth, and current patient-access information.

Places ChatGPT showed

• Center for Integrative Psychiatry in Texas. · 3.4★ · Mental health clinic
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Westover Hills · 4.8★ · Mental health clinic
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Stone Oak · 4.8★ · Mental Hospital
• Alamo Premier Mental Health · 4.9★ · Mental health clinic
• Health 210 Psychiatry · 4.9★ · Mental health service
• One Behavioral Health · 4.7★ · Psychiatrist
• PsychPlus Clearlake Clinic - Psychiatrist and Therapist · 4.7★ · Psychiatrist
• PsychPlus The Woodlands Clinic - Psychiatrist and Therapist · 4.7★ · Psychiatrist
• The PsyClinic · 2.1★ · Mental health clinic
• Texas Advance Behavioral Health: Mental Health · 4.5★ · Mental health clinic
• Premier Psychiatric & Sleep Medicine Associates · 3.2★ · Psychiatric hospital
• East Texas Psychiatry and Counseling · 5.0★ · Psychiatrist

Yes. I found outpatient clinics across Texas that explicitly offer psychiatric evaluation plus ongoing medication management. Availability, insurance participation, and age limits vary, so it’s worth confirming those before scheduling.

Clinics serving multiple Texas areas

• Center for Integrative Psychiatry in Texas — Coppell/North Dallas, with secure telehealth statewide. Offers psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and therapy; the clinic says it does not accept Medicaid.
• Lyte Psychiatry — In-person in the DFW/Pantego area and telehealth throughout Texas. Offers psychiatric evaluations and medication management through psychiatrists and psychiatric NPs. It lists several major commercial insurers.
• Texas A&M Health Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Care Clinic — Bryan. Provides outpatient psychiatry, medication management, and therapy for adults, older adults, children, and adolescents. A PCP referral is required for new patients.
• South Texas Mental Health Associates — San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Edinburg, with telehealth. Offers medication management for conditions including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and PTSD.

San Antonio area

• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Westover Hills — Psychiatry/medication management plus therapy; serves children through older adults.
• Family Care Center Therapy & Psychiatry - Stone Oak — Integrated psychiatry and therapy, including medication management and telehealth.
• Alamo Premier Mental Health — Psychiatric evaluation and medication management for children, teens, adults, and seniors, including telepsychiatry.
• Health 210 Psychiatry — Psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management, primarily for adults and adolescents.

Houston area

• One Behavioral Health — Houston Medical Center area; psychiatry, medication management, therapy, and telehealth.
• PsychPlus Clearlake Clinic - Psychiatrist and Therapist — Psychiatry, ongoing medication management, psychotherapy, and virtual appointments.
• PsychPlus The Woodlands Clinic - Psychiatrist and Therapist — Psychiatry and therapy with in-person and virtual appointments.
• The PsyClinic — Psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, and children.

DFW / North Texas

• Texas Advance Behavioral Health: Mental Health — Arlington; outpatient psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychotherapy, and telepsychiatry for children, adolescents, and adults.
• Premier Psychiatric & Sleep Medicine Associates — Allen/Sherman area; psychiatric evaluation, medication management, therapy, and telemedicine.
• East Texas Psychiatry and Counseling — Tyler, with telepsychiatry available to Texas residents; offers psychiatric evaluation and medication management.

If you're looking specifically for a community mental health center

Texas also has publicly funded/community behavioral-health providers that can provide psychiatric medication assessment and monitoring, sometimes with eligibility based on county, income, insurance, or diagnosis. Texas DSHS specifically includes psychiatric medication assessment, prescription, monitoring, and psychotropic medication management among allowable outpatient mental-health services.

If you tell me what Texas city/ZIP you're looking around, whether this is for an adult or child, and whether you need Medicaid/Medicare or private insurance, I can narrow this to clinics that match those requirements and include contact/website information.

Places ChatGPT showed

• Succor Urgent Psychiatric Care · 4.7★ · Medical clinic
• Freedom Behavioral Health Solutions · 5.0★ · Mental health clinic

If you're looking around San Antonio/Bexar County, several clinics currently advertise unusually fast access for new outpatient patients. I can't see each clinic's live appointment calendar, so the exact first opening needs to be confirmed when you call.

Fastest options I found

• Succor Urgent Psychiatric Care — specifically geared toward urgent psychiatric needs and advertises timely care, with in-person and telepsychiatry. 210-761-7700.
• Freedom Behavioral Health Solutions — outpatient psychiatry and therapy for adults; 210-646-1570.
• Psych Dimensions — explicitly says most new patients are seen within a few days of contacting them. They offer psychiatry, medication management, and therapy and accept several major insurers plus Medicare. 210-858-5553.
• Savant Care — advertises same-week appointments, with most new patients seen within 5–7 days; offers psychiatry and therapy, including telehealth. 726-727-9997.
• Deep Centered Mental Health — advertises same-week availability, no waitlist, and occasional same-day appointments for urgent situations. It offers therapy and psychiatric services, including telehealth. 512-956-6463.
• UT Health San Antonio Behavioral Health NOW — a dedicated rapid-access outpatient program offering psychiatric medication management, individual/group counseling, and care coordination for Bexar County residents. 210-450-7222.
• Transitional Care Clinic (UT Health San Antonio) — particularly relevant if you currently don't have outpatient mental-health care. Intake (“Access”) occurs every weekday, and patients are generally scheduled with a psychiatrist 1–3 weeks after intake. It accepts most major insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and CareLink. 210-450-6450.

If speed is the only priority

I'd start by calling Succor, Psych Dimensions, Savant Care, and Deep Centered and asking:

> “I'm a new patient looking for the earliest available outpatient appointment. Do you have anything this week, including cancellations or telehealth?”

That approach is more likely to uncover a cancellation than simply asking for the clinic's standard new-patient wait time.

If you tell me (1) adult or child, (2) therapy vs. psychiatry/medication vs. either, (3) insurance/self-pay, and (4) how far you're willing to travel in Texas, I can narrow this to clinics that are the most relevant and give you their contact/booking information.

Places ChatGPT showed

• Geode in partnership with Baylor Scott & White Health · 4.7★ · Mental health clinic
• Brightstar Psychiatry · 4.9★ · Mental health service
• Bienstar Counseling Services · 4.8★ · Psychotherapist

If by “reliable” you mean established clinical programs, qualified psychiatric/therapy staff, broad services, and a track record of institutional oversight, I’d start with the following rather than relying solely on online star ratings.

Strong DFW options

• UT Southwestern Medical Center — Psychiatry
• One of the area's major academic psychiatry programs, with board-certified psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapy, medication management, intensive outpatient treatment, TMS, ECT, and specialty programs.
• Has outpatient locations in Dallas and Richardson/Plano, with specialty care for adults, children/adolescents, older adults, substance use, eating disorders, trauma, and other conditions.
• Particularly worth considering for: complicated or treatment-resistant conditions, diagnostic uncertainty, multiple psychiatric diagnoses, or when you want access to subspecialists and academic medicine.
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• Geode in partnership with Baylor Scott & White Health
• Provides outpatient psychiatry, medication management, psychotherapy, and counseling, with in-person and telehealth options. The Fort Worth location also lists advanced treatments such as TMS.
• This can be a practical choice if you want therapy and psychiatric medication management coordinated through one practice.
• There are Geode locations elsewhere in DFW as well, including Dallas and Mansfield.
• Brightstar Psychiatry
• A multidisciplinary outpatient practice serving children, adolescents, adults, and families, with psychiatry plus psychotherapy/counseling.
• Its Bedford location has a substantial number of local reviews, but I would treat reviews as supplementary rather than as evidence of clinical quality.
• Bienstar Counseling Services
• Offers both therapy and psychiatric services for children, adolescents, adults, older adults, couples, and families.
• Particularly notable if Spanish/English bilingual care is important.

How I'd narrow it down

One important distinction: “outpatient mental health clinic” can mean very different levels of care. If you're looking for ordinary weekly therapy, a psychiatrist for medication management, an intensive outpatient program (IOP), or treatment such as TMS/ketamine, the appropriate list changes considerably.

If you tell me (1) adult or child, (2) Dallas vs. Fort Worth vs. a particular suburb, (3) therapy, psychiatry, or both, and (4) your insurance/self-pay, I can narrow this to 5–7 clinics and check their current services, insurance participation, and access.

Places ChatGPT showed

• UT Physicians Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic-BBSB · 4.6★ · Medical clinic
• One Behavioral Health · 4.7★ · Psychiatrist
• Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Houston · 4.8★ · Counselor
• LifeStance Therapists & Psychiatrists Houston · 4.5★ · Mental health clinic
• Deep Centered Mental Health (DCMH) - Houston · 4.5★ · Counselor
• Houston Mind & Brain · 4.7★ · Psychiatrist

If by “best” you mean strong outpatient options with established clinical programs, broad services, or strong local access, I’d look at these Houston-area choices. There isn’t a reliable objective “#1” clinic, and the right fit depends heavily on whether you need therapy, medication management, intensive outpatient care, specialty treatment, or lower-cost services.

Strong options to consider

• UT Physicians Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic-BBSB — Texas Medical Center. Part of UTHealth/McGovern Medical School, with outpatient psychiatric care for adults and children and specialty services. UTHealth has multiple outpatient psychiatry locations around Greater Houston.
  Particularly worth considering: complex psychiatric conditions, specialty evaluation, or care through an academic medical center.
• One Behavioral Health — Medical Center. Offers psychiatry, medication management, therapy, and child/adolescent services. It also has locations throughout the Houston area.
• Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Houston — Montrose/central Houston. Offers both therapy and psychiatry, including adult, teen, couples, and family services, with in-person and telehealth options.
• LifeStance Therapists & Psychiatrists Houston — West Houston/Katy Freeway. A larger outpatient network offering psychiatry, psychotherapy, and child/adolescent services, including telehealth.
• Deep Centered Mental Health (DCMH) - Houston — Montrose. Provides therapy and psychiatric services for adults, children, teens, couples, and families, with both in-person and telehealth care. TMS is also offered.
• Houston Mind & Brain — Memorial/Katy Freeway area. More oriented toward psychiatry and interventional psychiatry, including treatment options such as TMS and Spravato, which can be relevant when conventional treatment hasn't provided enough relief.

For more complex or intensive needs

Houston Methodist Psychiatry and Behavioral Health is worth investigating if the situation is complicated or involves significant medical/psychiatric comorbidity. It offers outpatient and virtual programs as well as higher levels of care, and its outpatient programs include therapies such as DBT, CBT-based approaches, family therapy, TMS and ECT.

UTHealth Houston is another particularly important option for complex cases. Its psychiatric department provides outpatient services across Greater Houston, while the affiliated Harris County Psychiatric Center handles acute inpatient psychiatric care.

If cost or insurance is a major consideration

The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD provides adult outpatient services through community clinics, including medication management, counseling, therapy, employment support and psychosocial rehabilitation. Eligibility for many services is assessed at the initial visit, with low- or no-cost services available to eligible patients.

Mental Health America of Greater Houston also maintains a searchable provider directory that lets you filter by insurance, diagnosis, therapy, medication management, intensive outpatient treatment, age, and other criteria.

How I'd narrow it down

The most useful distinction is what kind of outpatient care you need:

• Routine therapy + medication: UT Physicians, One Behavioral, LifeStance, or Thriveworks
• Complex psychiatric diagnosis: UTHealth or Houston Methodist
• Treatment-resistant depression / TMS / Spravato: Houston Mind & Brain or Houston Methodist
• Child or adolescent: UT Physicians, One Behavioral, LifeStance, or Houston Methodist
• Intensive outpatient / partial hospitalization: Houston Methodist, Meadows, Heights Treatment, or similar programs
• Lower-cost/public services: The Harris Center

If you tell me (1) adult vs. child, (2) therapy vs. psychiatry/medication vs. both, (3) insurance/self-pay, and (4) roughly what part of Houston, I can narrow this to 3–5 clinics that fit those criteria, including current insurance and contact information.

Places ChatGPT showed

• Lone Star Circle of Care at Round Rock Health Clinic – Behavioral Health · 4.6★ · Mental health clinic
• Lone Star Circle Of Care Behavioral Health At Harker Heights · Psychiatrists
• Avicenna (Ibn Sina) Mental Health Community Clinic - Psychiatrists & Therapists · 4.3★ · Mental health service
• Metrocare Hillside Adult Mental Health Clinic & Pharmacy · 3.8★ · Mental health service
• Metrocare Grand Prairie Family Mental Health Clinic & Pharmacy · 3.7★ · Mental health clinic
• Hill Country MHDD Centers - Scheib Mental Health Clinic · 3.9★ · Mental health clinic
• The Harris Center Southwest Community Service Center · 3.7★ · Mental health clinic
• Get Out Of Your Head Therapy & Psychiatry Waco · 5.0★ · Mental health clinic

Yes. In Texas, the most affordable outpatient options are often community mental-health centers and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) because they may accept insurance while also offering income-based discounts. Texas says FQHCs can serve insured and uninsured patients and may use sliding-fee scales.

A few examples:

• Lone Star Circle of Care at Round Rock Health Clinic – Behavioral Health — Round Rock. Accepts Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP and many commercial plans; a sliding-fee program is available for qualifying patients.
• Lone Star Circle Of Care Behavioral Health At Harker Heights — Harker Heights. Outpatient behavioral health with insurance and affordability programs.
• Avicenna (Ibn Sina) Mental Health Community Clinic - Psychiatrists & Therapists — Houston. Offers therapy and psychiatry and reports accepting Medicaid, Medicare and many major commercial insurers.
• Metrocare Hillside Adult Mental Health Clinic & Pharmacy — Dallas. Community outpatient mental-health care for adults, including services for people who are uninsured or underinsured.
• Metrocare Grand Prairie Family Mental Health Clinic & Pharmacy — Grand Prairie. Serves children, teens and adults with outpatient mental-health services.
• Hill Country MHDD Centers - Scheib Mental Health Clinic — San Marcos/Hays County. Public community mental-health provider with outpatient services.
• The Harris Center Southwest Community Service Center — Houston/Harris County. Public behavioral-health system with outpatient counseling, medication management and other services.
• Get Out Of Your Head Therapy & Psychiatry Waco — Waco/telehealth statewide. Reports 30+ insurance plans and also offers self-pay, sliding-scale and potentially pro-bono options.

Texana Center is another particularly useful option in the Houston-area counties it serves: its outpatient mental-health charges are based on ability to pay, and it accepts Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP and private insurance.

Texas also has 37 Local Mental Health Authorities and 2 Local Behavioral Health Authorities. Your county or ZIP code determines which one serves you, and their referral lines provide confidential assistance.

I can narrow this down substantially

Tell me your Texas city or ZIP code, insurance company/plan (e.g., BCBS, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicaid), and whether you need therapy, psychiatry/medication management, or both. I can then find nearby clinics and compare their insurance acceptance, self-pay/sliding-scale costs, and contact information.

Places ChatGPT showed

• Premier Mental Health & Wellness · 4.6★ · Psychiatrist
• Baobab Psychiatric Services Round Rock · 4.6★ · Psychiatrist
• Alamo Premier Mental Health · 4.9★ · Mental health clinic
• Healing Souls Psychiatry · 4.8★ · Psychiatrist
• HarmonyVille Mental Health Services | Mansfield, TX · 4.8★ · Mental health clinic
• Harmonyville Mental Health Services | McKinney, Texas · 4.8★ · Mental health clinic
• Bienstar Counseling Services · 4.8★ · Psychotherapist
• East Texas Psychiatry and Counseling · 5.0★ · Psychiatrist

Yes. I’d focus on independent/founder-led practices with a meaningful body of patient feedback, rather than assuming a large hospital system is more trusted. I found several Texas clinics that fit that profile, although “trusted” is necessarily subjective and online reviews are only one signal.

Family-owned / independently owned clinics worth researching

• Premier Mental Health & Wellness — Gun Barrel City / Cedar Creek Lake area. The practice explicitly describes itself as independently owned and operated by Lauren Hughes, APRN, PMHNP-BC. It provides psychiatry and counseling, including individual and family therapy, and has a 4.6/5 rating from 34 reviews in the business data I found.
• Baobab Psychiatric Services Round Rock — Round Rock. Founder-led by Jean-Marie Kokou-Abi, DNP, PMHNP, with psychiatry and counseling and a relatively substantial review base (4.6/5, 152 reviews). It also offers a concierge-psychiatry model.
• Alamo Premier Mental Health — San Antonio. A local outpatient practice providing psychiatric services for children, teens, adults and seniors, with both in-person and statewide telepsychiatry. It currently has a 4.9/5 rating from 240 reviews in the business results.
• Healing Souls Psychiatry — Garland / Dallas area. Independent outpatient psychiatric/behavioral-health practice with in-person and telepsychiatry care. The business listing shows 4.8/5 from 296 reviews, giving it one of the larger patient-review samples among the independent practices I found.
• HarmonyVille Mental Health Services | Mansfield, TX — Mansfield. Particularly relevant if you're looking for children, adolescents and families. The clinic offers psychiatry, therapy, medication management and psychological testing. The business listing shows 4.8/5 from 96 reviews.
• Harmonyville Mental Health Services | McKinney, Texas — McKinney. Same practice's North Texas location, serving children, adolescents and adults with therapy, psychiatric evaluation and medication management. It has a 4.8/5 rating from 51 reviews in the business data. Patient reviews on Zocdoc also specifically mention positive experiences involving children, teens, family participation and providers who listen carefully.
• Bienstar Counseling Services — Dallas. A bilingual Spanish/English outpatient practice serving children, adolescents, adults, older adults, couples and families. Services include family/couples therapy and psychiatry. The business listing shows 4.8/5 from 91 reviews.
• East Texas Psychiatry and Counseling — Tyler. Local outpatient practice offering psychiatry and counseling, including child/adolescent psychiatric care with a family-centered approach. It currently shows 5.0/5 from 24 reviews.

A couple of other strong independent-practice signals

North Texas Behavioral Clinic is another local-looking option with offices in Arlington, Waxahachie, Midlothian, Irving and Waco. Its own site prominently features multiple patient testimonials describing feeling heard, helpful staff, and positive experiences with children.

New Horizons Center for Healing in McKinney also stands out for family/child care. It has psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, marriage/family therapists and play therapists under one roof. Zocdoc shows 4.57/5 across 162 verified patient reviews, including multiple reviews from parents discussing their children's care.

How I'd interpret "trusted"

I wouldn't treat a 4.9-star rating by itself as proof of clinical quality. For a mental-health clinic, I'd look for four things together:

1. A substantial number of patient reviews, not just 5–10.
2. Reviews specifically mentioning listening, continuity, family communication and treatment planning.
3. Evidence that the practice is genuinely independent/founder-led, rather than simply having a local office belonging to a national company.
4. The clinic's clinical scope matches the person's needs—ordinary outpatient therapy/psychiatry is quite different from an IOP/PHP, substance-use treatment, or crisis care.

For example, Everhealth says it has treated more than 5,000 patients across four Texas locations and features a long-term patient review describing care for both the reviewer and their sons.

If you tell me which Texas metro/region you're interested in (Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, East Texas, etc.) and whether this is for an adult, teenager, or child, I can narrow this to perhaps 5–8 locally/family-owned clinics with the strongest combination of patient reviews, clinician credentials, family involvement, insurance acceptance, and outpatient services.