Depression Treatment · Houston
Private outpatient care for depression, from weekly sessions with a depression therapist in Houston to an intensive outpatient program for depression when you need more support. Master’s-level clinicians, integrated medication management, and a plan built around you.
01Weekly Therapy
02IOP for Depression
03Medication Management
04Evening and Virtual
Understanding Depression
Depression is more than sadness. It is a persistent change in mood, energy, sleep, appetite, concentration, or interest in the things that used to matter. For some people it looks like exhaustion and numbness. For others it shows up as irritability, burnout, or drinking more to cope.
Depression is treatable, and most people improve with the right combination of therapy, support, and, when appropriate, medication. The earlier you get help, the easier it usually is to turn things around.
Recognizing Depression
If you are having thoughts of harming yourself, call 911 or call or text 988 now.
Our Approach
Your plan may include individual therapy, group therapy, behavioral activation, and skills from cognitive behavioral therapy, ACT, and DBT, with trauma therapies when depression is rooted in past experiences. Psychiatric medication evaluation and monitoring are integrated with your therapy when clinically appropriate.
Connection
A consistent clinician helps you understand what is driving your depression and rebuild energy, routine, and meaning step by step.
Community
Groups reduce isolation and give you a place to practice skills with people who understand.
Medication
When medication can help, our psychiatric team evaluates options and monitors progress alongside your therapist, so everyone works from one plan.
More Structure
When weekly therapy is not enough, an intensive outpatient program for depression adds structure several days a week.
Our Mental Health IOP provides nine or more clinical hours per week of group and individual therapy, with day and evening schedules and virtual options. For more intensive needs, PHP adds full-day support while you live at home.
We also treat depression alongside other challenges, including burnout, depression and alcohol use, postpartum depression and anxiety, and seasonal depression.
Types of Depression
Depression looks different from person to person. We tailor treatment to the pattern you are experiencing.
Major Depression
Episodes of low mood, loss of interest, and changes in sleep, energy, and concentration that last at least two weeks.
Persistent
A lower-grade but long-lasting depression that can feel like it has always been part of you.
After Birth
Depression and anxiety during pregnancy or after birth, with flexible and virtual options for new parents.
Seasonal
Mood changes that follow the seasons, including in Houston, where shorter days and routines still have an effect.
Burnout
Exhaustion and detachment from work that has crossed into persistent low mood and loss of motivation.
Co-Occurring
Depression alongside alcohol, cannabis, or other substance use, treated together in one plan.
Getting Started
When you are depressed, even making a phone call can feel heavy. We keep the first steps simple.
It starts with a confidential call to admissions and a clinical assessment that looks at your mood, safety, history, and daily life. Your clinician then recommends a starting point, from weekly therapy to an intensive outpatient program for depression, and explains why.
Early sessions focus on small, achievable steps: rebuilding a routine, reconnecting with people and activities, and understanding what is keeping depression in place. If medication may help, our psychiatric team meets with you to talk through options.
Your team reviews progress regularly. Many people begin to notice changes in sleep, energy, and mood within the first several weeks, and the plan adjusts as you improve.
Levels of Care
Every plan starts with a clinical assessment. Intensity steps up when you need more support and steps down as you feel better.
Most Individualized
A private, individualized plan with intensive therapy and recovery support built around your life.
Full-Day Structure
Full-day structure on most weekdays when depression is making it hard to function day to day.
Fits Your Week
Group and individual therapy several days a week, including evening and virtual options.
Guides and Resources
Clinician-written articles on burnout, seasonal depression, postpartum mood, and depression with alcohol or cannabis.
High-Functioning Anxiety: What It Looks Like and Why It Deserves Care Burnout or Depression? How to Tell the Difference Men’s Mental Health and Recovery Support in Houston Ready When You Are
One confidential call can help you understand your options and the right starting point.
Start Confidentially
Tell us a little about what is going on and the best way to reach you. A member of our admissions team will follow up personally. Please do not include sensitive medical details in the form.
Common Questions
For guidance about your situation, call admissions at (877) 549-5102.
Look for a licensed clinician experienced in depression who can coordinate with psychiatric care if needed. At Heights, a confidential call and assessment match you with the right clinician and level of care.
It is structured treatment several days a week, nine or more clinical hours, combining group and individual therapy while you live at home. It is often recommended when weekly therapy has not been enough.
For many people, yes. Outpatient care ranges from weekly therapy to IOP and PHP. If someone is not safe at home, a higher level of care is needed first, and we help coordinate it.
Yes. Psychiatric medication evaluation, titration, and monitoring are integrated with therapy when clinically appropriate. Medication is never required.
Yes. We treat postpartum depression and anxiety, and many sessions are available virtually for new parents.
We are private pay and provide superbills you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Clinical Review
Written by Joni Ogle, LCSW, CSAT, CEO of Heights Behavioral Health, and clinically reviewed by Deborah Darnell-Drake, LCSW-S, ACSW, LMFT, Chief Clinical Officer. Heights Behavioral Health provides licensed outpatient behavioral health care for adults in Houston, Texas, delivered by master’s-level clinicians and licensed professionals. This page is intended to explain HBH services and does not replace an individualized clinical assessment. Last reviewed October 2026.
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Every program, condition, and specialty at Heights connects to one coordinated outpatient team in the Houston Heights. Start wherever fits your situation, or call admissions and we will point you to the right place.
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“From my very first interaction, I felt welcomed, respected, and genuinely cared for. The staff took the time to listen, answer my questions, and create a treatment plan that fit my needs.”
“Heights offered treatment three evenings a week, which made it possible for them to work during the day and still get consistent support.”
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Crisis Notice
Heights Behavioral Health provides scheduled outpatient care and is not an emergency or crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911. For crisis support in the United States, call or text 988.
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