about 53,000 students · Austin, TX
Psychiatry & therapy for UT Austin students
The Forty Acres runs on ambition, and the mental health math of a campus this size is unforgiving. CMHC does real work, but by its own published policy, psychiatric care there runs about four to six appointments per semester. If your treatment needs to outlast a semester, and most treatment does, you need a plan for appointment seven.
When campus counseling runs out of sessions
CMHC limits psychiatric visits to roughly 4 to 6 per semester and refers students out for longer-term care. We are one of the places that referral can land: same provider every visit, care that continues through winter break, summer in Houston, or a semester abroad exchange back home anywhere in Texas.
Campus resource: UT Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC). If you are in crisis right now, call or text 988 any time.
Insurance, for students and the parents reading this
Most UT students are still on a parent's plan, and we are in-network with the big ones: BlueCross, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Aetna. If you carry the UT System student plan (AcademicBlue, administered through BlueCross of Texas), send us your card and we will verify it before you book anything.
How visits actually work at UT Austin
Video visits fit between classes, from a West Campus apartment or a PCL study room with headphones. Prescriptions route to the pharmacies students actually use along Guadalupe or near Riverside, and refills keep working when you go home for break.
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 Austin 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.