about 11,000 students · Nacogdoches, TX
Psychiatry & therapy for SFA students
Here is a number that should be better known: in the CDC's latest city-level data, Nacogdoches posts the highest adult depression prevalence of the 186 Texas and New Mexico cities we analyzed, at 26 percent, and the highest frequent mental distress rate too. SFA students live inside that statistic, in a deep East Texas county where the off-campus referral options round to zero. Many Lumberjacks are also first-generation students carrying family expectations with no family playbook for any of this.
When campus counseling runs out of sessions
SFA's counseling staff serve the whole campus from inside the same regional shortage. We are the off-campus psychiatric option that does not require a drive to Tyler or Houston: evaluations, medication management, and therapy by video, usually within the week.
Campus resource: SFA Counseling Services. If you are in crisis right now, call or text 988 any time.
Insurance, for students and the parents reading this
Parents' plans from Houston and DFW, plus students working their way through on marketplace coverage. We take the majors and verify everything else before you commit to a visit.
How visits actually work at SFA
Care built for the Piney Woods reality: evening slots after work-study shifts, prescriptions to the pharmacies on North Street, and treatment that follows you home to wherever home is when the semester ends.
Wondering about ADHD medication rules for students? Read exactly how we handle stimulants and evaluations. Not sure what you are dealing with yet? Take the free 2-minute depression screen or anxiety screen, the same instruments we score at every visit. You can also read about mental health care in Nacogdoches or our broader college student care.
By video, wherever you are between classes
Most new patients are seen within 1 to 2 business days. Most insured students pay a $0 to $30 copay. Care continues through breaks and past graduation.
Book an appointmentOr call (469) 733-0848, a real person answers.