about 5,000 airmen and their families · Abilene, TX
Psychiatry & therapy for Dyess AFB families
Dyess is the home of the B-1 bomber fleet, set in a West Texas city where church, work, and family run close together. That closeness is a real support system, and it can also make it harder to tell anyone you are struggling. Seeing a provider by video, from your own living room, with nobody’s truck parked outside a clinic, removes the most human barrier there is.
When the clinic on post is booked out
The clinic on base handles active duty care first, as it should. For spouses, kids, and retirees around Abilene, the civilian network is the practical route, and the shortage of psychiatric providers in this part of Texas is well documented; Taylor County sits inside the region our access report flags as critically underserved. TRICARE covers network telehealth, and we confirm your plan’s rules before you book.
Installation resource: 7th Medical Group. If you are in crisis right now, call or text 988 and press 1 for the Veterans and Military Crisis Line, any time.
TRICARE, referrals, and what a visit costs
We are in network with TRICARE, along with BlueCross, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, and Aetna for families with commercial coverage. Most insured patients pay between zero and thirty dollars a visit, and we quote the exact number before your first appointment.
Plan details live on our TRICARE page, and the official rules are at tricare.mil.
How visits work for Dyess AFB families
Video appointments reach Abilene, Tye, and Clyde without anyone driving to Dallas. Deployment stretches for aircrew families, shift work on the flight line, and the particular quiet of a West Texas winter all show up in our intake conversations; none of it surprises us. Kids and teens ages six and up can be seen too, which matters for families living a long way from grandparents.
Not sure what you are dealing with yet? Take the free 2-minute PTSD screen, depression screen, or anxiety screen, the same instruments we score at every visit. You can also read about mental health care in Abilene or our broader veterans and military care.
Orders move fast. So do we.
Most new patients are seen within 1 to 2 business days. For family members the copay is often zero. Care follows every PCS across Texas.
Book an appointmentOr call (469) 733-0848, a real person answers.