Texas · Root-Cause Mental Health
Best Root-Cause Mental Health Clinics in Texas (2026)
Disclosure: Willow & Stone publishes this guide and lists its own practice first. The other practices are independent, and we have no affiliation with them. Their details come from their own websites as of September 2026. Please confirm credentials, fees and availability with each practice directly.
← All guides · By the Willow & Stone team · Updated September 2026
Key Takeaways
- "Root-cause" or integrative psychiatry adds a medical workup (thyroid, nutrients, inflammation, hormones, sleep) to a standard psychiatric evaluation, rather than replacing it.
- Some medical conditions, such as an underactive thyroid or low vitamin B12, can cause symptoms that overlap with depression, such as low mood, fatigue or trouble concentrating, which is why a physical workup can matter.
- Texas root-cause practices differ a lot: some add ketamine, TMS or neurotherapy; some are cash-pay only; some are led by psychiatrists and others by nurse practitioners or PAs.
- Willow & Stone is listed first because we publish this guide. It combines medication management, lab testing and pharmacogenomics, in Arlington or by telehealth, with insurance for Texas patients.
- Supplements and specialty labs are not all backed by the same level of evidence. Ask what each test will change about your care before you pay for it.
Many Texans come to a "root-cause" practice after years of being told their labs are normal and their medication just needs adjusting. The appeal is a longer look: at sleep, diet, hormones, thyroid, inflammation, trauma history and medication response, all at once. Across Texas, that model now shows up in several forms, from Houston clinics that pair functional medicine with ketamine and TMS to Austin practices built around holistic care and statewide telehealth. This guide describes six, beginning with our own, and is clear about where the evidence is strong and where it is still developing.
How we put this list together
This guide is written by Willow & Stone and lists our practice first. It is a self-ranked list, not an independent assessment, and the other five practices are not affiliated with us.
We assembled it in September 2026 from each practice's own website. To qualify, a practice had to describe psychiatric care (evaluation and prescribing where appropriate) combined with a whole-person workup such as lab testing, nutrition or genetics, and it had to serve patients in Texas. Because other Willow & Stone guides cover Dallas and Fort Worth, we favored practices in other Texas cities or with statewide telehealth. We did not use testimonials or outcome claims.
After the first entry, the order reflects how fully each site describes both the psychiatric and the whole-person sides of care. The criteria are listed below so you can apply them yourself.
- The practice's own site describes a psychiatric evaluation and medication management, not only wellness services.
- It describes a whole-person workup: labs, nutrition, hormones, genetics or similar.
- Clinician names and credentials are stated, so you can see who is leading care.
- Payment model is clear (insurance, cash-pay, superbill).
- Location or telehealth coverage in Texas is stated.
At a glance
| Practice | Where / format | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Willow & Stone Integrative Mental Health | Arlington office + telehealth statewide; also NM, FL, AK, AZ, CO | Texans who want a root-cause workup and careful prescribing from one clinician, in Arlington or by telehealth, and who may want to use Texas insurance. |
| 2. YWP Integrative Psychiatry (Your Wellness Practice) | Houston (San Felipe Street) | Houston adults with complex or treatment-resistant symptoms who want functional care and interventional psychiatry together. |
| 3. Integrative Psychiatry Austin | Cedar Park (Austin area); ketamine sister clinic in Bee Cave | Austin-area adults who want a second opinion or a psychotherapy-rich integrative practice, including ketamine-assisted work. |
| 4. Your Functional Health | Austin; integrative psychiatry visits virtual statewide | Adults anywhere in Texas who want a metabolic and functional approach, especially those who prefer to minimize medication. |
| 5. Center for Integrative Psychiatry (CIP-TX) | Telehealth; occasional in-person in Dallas, Austin, Houston or San Antonio | Adults 18 to 60 who want a psychiatrist who also practices psychotherapy and functional medicine, mostly by video. |
| 6. CopeWell Psychiatry & Wellness | Killeen office + telepsychiatry in Texas | Central Texas adults (18 to 64) who want a nurse practitioner-led holistic practice with a local office and weekend times. |
1. Willow & Stone Integrative Mental Health
Arlington office + telehealth statewide; also NM, FL, AK, AZ, CO · Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Willow & Stone describes its model as pro-precision, not anti-medication. Dr. Stacey Forbes, a board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner with a Doctor of Nursing Practice from TCU and a long clinical background at the Dallas VA, begins with a 90-minute integrative psychiatric evaluation that covers psychiatric history alongside sleep, nutrition, stress, hormones and trauma.
Labs are chosen to answer specific questions. The practice's functional testing can look at B vitamins, vitamin D, magnesium, zinc and copper, ferritin, thyroid function, cortisol and sex hormones, and inflammation markers, and pharmacogenomic testing can be added when medication response has been difficult. Results are reviewed in a dedicated 50-minute lab consultation. When medication is used, the stated approach is the minimal effective dose.
The practice also runs 1 to 3 day intensive trauma therapy programs that combine EMDR, somatic work and ego-state therapy (currently waitlist-based). Insurance is accepted for Texas patients; in other states, care is direct-pay with a superbill.
- 90-minute integrative evaluation; 25 to 50 minute follow-ups
- Functional labs (nutrients, thyroid, hormones, inflammation) and pharmacogenomics
- Medication management at the lowest effective dose
- Intensive trauma therapy (1 to 3 days, waitlist)
- Texas insurance: Aetna, BCBS, United Healthcare, UMR, Cigna
Best for: Texans who want a root-cause workup and careful prescribing from one clinician, in Arlington or by telehealth, and who may want to use Texas insurance.
Worth knowing: No ketamine, TMS or IV therapies; in-person visits only in Arlington. Some specialty labs may not be covered; ask first.
2. YWP Integrative Psychiatry (Your Wellness Practice)
Houston (San Felipe Street) · Kriste Babbitt, M.D.; Carla Bejjani, M.D.; Megan Vardeman, PA-C
YWP Integrative Psychiatry is a Houston practice at 4295 San Felipe Street co-founded by Dr. Kriste Babbitt, M.D., its medical director, who completed her psychiatry residency at Baylor College of Medicine and the Integrative Psychiatry Institute's certified integrative psychiatric provider program, and Megan Vardeman, PA-C, a functional medicine provider certified in nutritional psychiatry. Dr. Carla Bejjani, M.D., an interventional psychiatrist, evaluates patients for TMS and Spravato.
Its site describes comprehensive psychiatry and functional medicine together: carefully chosen medications, aligned psychotherapy, and functional supports such as nutrition, sleep, genetic testing and targeted labs for hormones, inflammation and gut health. It also offers ketamine infusions and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, Spravato, TMS (which it says insurance covers for major depression and OCD), EEG brain mapping and neurotherapy, and IV and injection therapies.
This is the broadest menu on the list, and it suits people whose depression has been hard to treat and who want interventional options in the same place as a functional workup.
- Psychiatry plus functional medicine and targeted labs
- Ketamine infusions and KAP; Spravato
- TMS; EEG brain mapping and neurotherapy
- IV and injection therapies
Best for: Houston adults with complex or treatment-resistant symptoms who want functional care and interventional psychiatry together.
Worth knowing: In-person in Houston. Several services (IV, neurotherapy, ketamine) may be self-pay; ask which are covered.
3. Integrative Psychiatry Austin
Cedar Park (Austin area); ketamine sister clinic in Bee Cave · Qazi Javed, M.D., FAPA, ABIHM; two PA-Cs; LPC therapists
Integrative Psychiatry Austin is a physician-owned practice led by Dr. Qazi Javed, M.D., FAPA, ABIHM, with two physician assistants and several licensed professional counselors. Its main office is at 13625 Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Cedar Park, and its sister clinic, Blossom Ketamine, is in Bee Cave.
The practice lists psychiatric evaluation and medication management, integrative and holistic psychiatry that blends conventional care with functional medicine and herbal support, individual psychotherapy, and second-opinion intensives: multi-hour sessions that end with written recommendations and care coordination. It also offers ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in several formats, Spravato, and what it calls spiritual medicine for people exploring non-ordinary states or spiritual emergence.
It publishes fee schedules on its site and offers a $150 consultation option for people who want to explore fit before committing.
- Psychiatric evaluation and medication management
- Integrative psychiatry with functional and herbal medicine
- Second-opinion intensives with written recommendations
- Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy; Spravato
Best for: Austin-area adults who want a second opinion or a psychotherapy-rich integrative practice, including ketamine-assisted work.
Worth knowing: The spiritual and psychedelic-adjacent offerings will not suit everyone. Check the fee schedule and insurance before booking.
4. Your Functional Health
Austin; integrative psychiatry visits virtual statewide · Xenia Kempf, FNP-C (family nurse practitioner)
Your Functional Health is an Austin practice led by Xenia Kempf, FNP-C, a family nurse practitioner, that runs a metabolic and integrative psychiatry program alongside functional medicine and primary care. Its psychiatry page says integrative psychiatry visits are fully virtual and available anywhere in Texas, and it also lists an in-person location on Austin Center Boulevard.
The program uses advanced testing covering neurotransmitters, hormones, inflammation, genetics, gut health and nutrient status, plus nutraceuticals and supplements customized to lab results, mind-body practices, and medication when appropriate at the lowest effective dose for the shortest necessary time.
On payment, the site says it takes commercially insured United Healthcare patients for traditional psychiatric assessment and medication management for anxiety, depression and ADHD (non-stimulants only), offers integrative psychiatry at a discounted rate for commercially insured patients, and provides a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement. It does not accept Medicare or Medicaid.
- Virtual integrative psychiatry across Texas
- Neurotransmitter, hormone, gut, genetic and nutrient testing
- Nutraceutical protocols
- Non-stimulant ADHD treatment only
Best for: Adults anywhere in Texas who want a metabolic and functional approach, especially those who prefer to minimize medication.
Worth knowing: Led by a family nurse practitioner rather than a psychiatric specialist; no stimulant prescribing. No Medicare or Medicaid.
5. Center for Integrative Psychiatry (CIP-TX)
Telehealth; occasional in-person in Dallas, Austin, Houston or San Antonio · Patrick Sassoon, M.D., M.S. (psychiatrist)
The Center for Integrative Psychiatry's Texas practice is led by Dr. Patrick Sassoon, M.D., M.S., a psychiatrist who first earned a master's degree in counseling and worked as a therapist before medical training. His background spans Gestalt, family systems, DBT, ACT, mindfulness and functional medicine.
The practice combines psychiatric evaluation with medication and supplement management, psychotherapy, lifestyle and nutrition work, and precision medicine testing. Follow-up medication and supplementation visits are 30 minutes. Care happens mainly by video, with occasional in-person appointments once or twice a year at locations in Dallas, Austin, Houston or San Antonio, and there is a free initial phone consultation.
CIP-TX is cash-pay only by credit or debit card and takes no insurance, Medicare or Medicaid; it provides a superbill you can submit for possible reimbursement. It treats adults aged 18 to 60 only.
- Psychiatric evaluation; medication and supplement management
- Psychotherapy (CBT, ACT, psychodynamic, Gestalt)
- Precision medicine testing
- Free initial phone consultation
Best for: Adults 18 to 60 who want a psychiatrist who also practices psychotherapy and functional medicine, mostly by video.
Worth knowing: Cash-pay only; no insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. Adults 18 to 60 only.
6. CopeWell Psychiatry & Wellness
Killeen office + telepsychiatry in Texas · Udo Chukwuocha, DNP (psychiatric and family nurse practitioner)
CopeWell Psychiatry & Wellness is led by Dr. Udo Chukwuocha, DNP, who is both a psychiatric and a family nurse practitioner. The office is at 1711 East Central Texas Expressway in Killeen, and telepsychiatry is offered in Texas as well as Oregon and Washington.
Its holistic model blends medication management with supplements and nutraceuticals, lifestyle coaching and habit formation, nutrition counseling, lab and pharmacogenetic testing, and therapy and mind-body approaches. The practice sees adults aged 18 to 64, takes insurance and offers self-pay, and has Saturday hours for both telehealth and in-person visits.
For Central Texas, including the Fort Cavazos and Killeen-Temple area, it is one of the few practices that describes this combined approach with a local office.
- Medication management
- Lab and pharmacogenetic testing
- Nutrition counseling and lifestyle coaching
- Saturday hours
Best for: Central Texas adults (18 to 64) who want a nurse practitioner-led holistic practice with a local office and weekend times.
Worth knowing: Adults 18 to 64 only; confirm which insurance plans are accepted.
How to judge a root-cause practice
A good root-cause practice still does the basics well: a careful psychiatric history, a safety assessment, and a clear diagnosis. The medical workup is added on top. MedlinePlus lists depression among the symptoms of an underactive thyroid, and MedlinePlus lists fatigue, irritability and problems concentrating among the symptoms of low vitamin B12, so checking for these is ordinary good medicine rather than an alternative to it.
Where practices differ is in how far past those basics they go. Specialty tests for neurotransmitters, gut function or detox pathways, and many supplements, have less research behind them than standard labs. Before ordering anything, ask: What will this result change about my treatment? What does it cost? Is there a standard test that answers the same question?
Also ask who leads care. The practices here are led by psychiatrists (MD), psychiatric nurse practitioners, family nurse practitioners and PAs. All can be appropriate, but you should know whose judgment you are relying on, and whether they can manage the medications you may need.
Common Questions
What does "root-cause" psychiatry actually mean?
It means looking for physical and lifestyle contributors to symptoms, such as thyroid function, nutrient levels, sleep, inflammation and stress, alongside a standard psychiatric evaluation. Read more in why a root-cause approach to medication matters.
Is a root-cause practice anti-medication?
It should not be. Willow & Stone describes its approach as pro-precision: medication when it helps, at the lowest effective dose, alongside the rest of the plan. Several practices on this list prescribe routinely.
Which lab tests are most useful for mental health?
Standard tests such as thyroid function, vitamin B12, vitamin D and iron studies are widely used. Our guide to functional lab testing explains what else may be checked and why.
Can I use insurance for integrative psychiatry in Texas?
Sometimes. Willow & Stone takes several major plans for Texas patients, and some others on this list do too. CIP-TX is cash-pay only with a superbill. See what a superbill is.
Will this approach work for me?
No practice can promise that. A thorough workup can find things a quick visit misses, and sometimes it does not. A good clinician will tell you what they are looking for and how you will both judge progress.
Sources
- NIMH: Depression
- MedlinePlus: Hypothyroidism
- MedlinePlus: Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
- NIMH: Psychotherapies
- MedlinePlus Genetics: What is pharmacogenomics?
- YWP Integrative Psychiatry: Our Team
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