Conditions We Treat · Houston
Conditions We Treat in Houston
Adult mental health, substance use, trauma, dual diagnosis, and behavioral addictions, treated together by master’s-level clinicians and customized around the person. Learn the warning signs, the therapies we use, and how the ASAM Criteria match you to the right level of care. Private pay, with superbills for out-of-network reimbursement.
01Master’s-Level Clinicians
02Dual Diagnosis-Forward
03ASAM-Guided Matching
04Private Pay · Superbills
One Team, The Whole Person
Care that treats everything together
Mental health and addiction rarely travel alone: roughly half of people with a substance use disorder also live with a mental health condition, and untreated trauma sits underneath much of both. Rather than send you to separate providers, we treat co-occurring conditions in one coordinated, customized plan, guided by the ASAM Criteria and delivered in a calm, private setting in the Houston Heights. Explore each condition below, or call and we will help you find where to start.
What We Treat
The conditions we treat
Every condition below has its own dedicated page with warning signs, therapies, and levels of care. Every one of them is treated here by the same team, in the same plan, so nothing falls through the cracks between providers.
Mental Health
Mental Health Treatment
Anxiety, depression, mood disorders, burnout, and emotional dysregulation, treated with evidence-based, individualized care across every level of intensity.
Substance Use
Substance Use Treatment
Outpatient treatment for alcohol, stimulants, opioids, benzodiazepines, and cannabis that addresses the substance and what drives it. Detox coordinated by referral.
Co-Occurring
Dual Diagnosis
When mental health and addiction occur together, treating one without the other rarely holds. We treat both at once, with one team and one plan.
Trauma & PTSD
Trauma & PTSD Treatment
PTSD, complex trauma, and childhood trauma treated at the root, not around it, with CPT, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and neurofeedback, always at your pace.
Behavioral
Process Addictions
Gambling, technology and gaming, and compulsive behaviors that hijack the same reward circuitry as substances, treated with specialized, shame-aware care.
CSAT-Led
Sex & Love Addiction
Confidential, CSAT-led treatment for compulsive sexual and relational patterns, with clinically guided disclosure and dedicated support for betrayed partners.
When It Is Time
Warning signs, and what they mean
Most people wait years longer than they need to, because the signs creep in gradually and life keeps functioning on the surface. These patterns do not mean you are broken; they mean something treatable is asking for attention. If several feel familiar, that is reason enough to call.
Mental Health
Signs of a mental health condition
Weeks of low mood or flatness, worry that will not switch off, sleep and appetite changes, withdrawing from people you love, irritability that surprises you, or losing interest in things that used to matter. These are symptoms of treatable conditions like anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, not personal weakness, and they respond to evidence-based care.
Substance Use
Signs of a substance use problem
Needing more to get the same effect, drinking or using earlier or alone, hiding amounts, failed attempts to cut back, and irritability when you cannot use. These are signs of tolerance and dependence, the brain adapting to the substance, and the earlier they are treated, the easier recovery is.
Trauma
Signs of unresolved trauma
Feeling constantly on edge or numb, nightmares or intrusive memories, avoiding places and reminders, startling easily, or feeling detached from yourself and others. This is a nervous system stuck in survival mode after trauma, and specialized therapies like EMDR and CPT help it finally stand down.
Behavioral
Signs of a process addiction
A behavior, gambling, gaming, scrolling, sex, or spending, that keeps escalating, gets hidden from loved ones, resists every attempt to stop, and costs money, relationships, or self-respect. Behavioral addictions run on the same reward circuitry as substances and respond to the same structured treatment.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
You do not need the right label to call.
Most people arrive with several of these at once. One confidential conversation and an ASAM-guided assessment sort out what is going on and where to begin. No pressure, no obligation.
How We Treat
The therapies behind every plan
Whatever the condition, your plan is assembled from the same deep bench of evidence-based therapies, matched and combined around you in individual therapy and group work.
Foundations
CBT & DBT
Cognitive behavioral therapy rebuilds the thoughts and habits that keep symptoms spinning; dialectical behavior therapy adds distress tolerance and emotion regulation, the skills to ride out urges and hard moments.
Trauma Processing
CPT & EMDR
Cognitive Processing Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing are gold-standard trauma treatments that help the brain reprocess what happened so the past stops driving the present.
Body-Based
Somatic Experiencing
Trauma and chronic stress live in the nervous system, not just the mind. Somatic work releases stored survival stress and builds real regulation, so calm stops being something you have to force.
Brain Training
Neurofeedback
Non-invasive brain training that helps calm overactive patterns, supporting steadier focus, better sleep, and a regulated mood while the deeper therapeutic work takes hold.
Connection
Group & Experiential Therapy
Clinician-led process and skills groups plus experiential work, equine, art, mindfulness, and trauma-informed yoga, that make recovery less isolating and reach what talk alone cannot.
The Family System
Family Therapy & Support
Conditions affect whole households. We involve family when it helps, coach communication and boundaries, and host evening open family meetings where loved ones learn and find support.
The ASAM Criteria
How we decide the right level of care
The ASAM Criteria, published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, are the most widely used standard in the country for matching a person to the right intensity of treatment. Instead of guessing, a licensed clinician assesses six dimensions of your life and health. Together they answer two questions: how much support do you need right now, and what kind.
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Dimension One
Withdrawal Potential
Acute intoxication and withdrawal risk: whether stopping a substance could be physically dangerous. High risk here means medical detox first, which we coordinate by referral before care continues with us.
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Dimension Two
Physical Health
Biomedical conditions and complications: chronic illness, pain, sleep, and anything medical that treatment has to work around or address alongside the behavioral health care.
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Dimension Three
Mental Health
Emotional, behavioral, and cognitive conditions: depression, anxiety, trauma, and co-occurring diagnoses. This dimension is why our care is dual diagnosis-forward from the first conversation.
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Dimension Four
Readiness to Change
How ready you actually are, from not sure this is a problem to fully committed. Care meets you where you are, with motivational work built in rather than assumed.
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Dimension Five
Relapse Potential
The likelihood of relapse or continued use, based on history, cravings, and past attempts. Higher risk points to more structure and containment early on.
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Dimension Six
Living Environment
Your recovery environment: home, relationships, work, and stressors. A supportive environment allows lighter care; a high-risk one calls for more structure and real-world support like mentoring.
ASAM Levels of Care
What the numbers mean
The assessment maps to a numbered continuum of care, from 0.5 to 4.0. The higher the number, the more intensive the setting. Heights Behavioral Health provides the outpatient span, levels 1.0 through 2.5, and coordinates trusted referrals when a higher level is clinically necessary, then continues your care when you step down.
0.5
Early Intervention
Education & Early Help
For people at risk who do not yet meet criteria for a disorder: assessment, education, and early support before a pattern becomes a diagnosis.
1.0
Outpatient · We Provide
Outpatient Services
Fewer than nine hours of care per week: individual therapy, group therapy, and family work on a weekly cadence. The long-term home of most recovery.
2.1
IOP · We Provide
Intensive Outpatient
Nine or more hours per week of structured programming while living at home, on five-day, three-day, or evening schedules that protect work and family life.
2.5
PHP · We Provide
Partial Hospitalization
Twenty or more hours per week: full-day clinical structure while living at home. Our most intensive standard level, alongside our flagship Individualized Intensive Program.
3.1-3.7
Residential · We Refer
Residential & Inpatient
Live-in treatment settings, from low-intensity residential to medically monitored care. When this is what safety requires, we coordinate a trusted referral and continue your care when you return.
4.0
Hospital · We Refer
Medically Managed Inpatient
Twenty-four-hour hospital-based care for acute medical or psychiatric needs, including complicated withdrawal. We refer immediately when this level is needed, and remain your team afterward.
Where You Land With Us
Our levels of care
Within the outpatient span, these are the programs your ASAM assessment maps to, and intensity steps down as you stabilize, with the same team throughout. See the full continuum of clinical services.
Flagship
Individualized Intensive Program
Created for process addictions and complex mental health: three structured phases, fully customized, with mentoring stepping up as clinical steps down.
ASAM 2.5
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
Full-day clinical structure while living at home, for when symptoms or the crisis around them need serious containment.
ASAM 2.1
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Structured programming on five-day or three-day schedules, deep enough for real change while life keeps running.
ASAM 2.1 · Evenings
Evening IOP
Full IOP intensity after work hours, built for professionals and students who need discretion and a protected schedule.
Start Confidentially
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Common Questions
Conditions and care, answered
If you do not see your question here, call our admissions team at (877) 549-5102 and we will walk you through it.
Do you take insurance?
We are private pay and also work with out-of-network benefits. We provide detailed superbills you can submit to your insurer, and we will explain costs and verify your specific benefits before you commit to anything.
What conditions does Heights Behavioral Health treat?
We treat adult mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, substance use, trauma and PTSD, dual diagnosis, and behavioral addictions including gambling, technology and gaming, and sex and love addiction, all within one coordinated practice in Houston.
Do you treat mental health and addiction together?
Yes. Our care is dual diagnosis-forward: co-occurring mental health and substance use or behavioral addiction are treated together, by one team, in one individualized plan, because treating them separately is what tends to fail.
What are the ASAM Criteria?
The ASAM Criteria, published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, are the national standard for matching a person to the right intensity of treatment. A licensed clinician assesses six dimensions, withdrawal potential, physical health, mental health, readiness to change, relapse potential, and living environment, to recommend a level of care.
What do the ASAM level numbers mean?
The numbers describe treatment intensity: 0.5 is early intervention, 1.0 is standard outpatient therapy, 2.1 is intensive outpatient (IOP), 2.5 is partial hospitalization (PHP), 3.1 through 3.7 are residential settings, and 4.0 is medically managed hospital care. Heights provides levels 1.0 through 2.5 and coordinates referrals for higher levels.
How do I know which condition page fits me?
You do not need to know. Most people arrive with several concerns at once, and the confidential assessment sorts out what is going on. Call (877) 549-5102 and we will help you find the right starting point.
Do you provide detox or residential treatment?
No. We are an outpatient practice. When medical detox or residential care is needed first, we coordinate a trusted referral, and we continue your care the moment you are ready to step down.
How do I start treatment in Houston?
Call (877) 549-5102 or send a confidential message. Admissions listens, answers your questions, and schedules a confidential ASAM-guided assessment, often within days. From there a licensed clinician recommends the right level of care and you begin.
Clinically reviewed by Joni Ogle, LCSW, CSAT. Last updated July 2026. Heights Behavioral Health provides licensed outpatient behavioral health care for adults in Houston, Texas, delivered by master’s-level clinicians. This page is for education and is not medical advice.
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Heights Behavioral Health provides scheduled outpatient care and is not an emergency or crisis service. This page is general information, not medical advice. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911 if someone is in immediate danger.
