Center For Discovery – Houston

About Center For Discovery – Houston – Houston, Texas

Center for Discovery Houston provides outpatient mental and behavioral health care for youth and adults recovering from co-occurring eating disorders and mental illness, including addiction, in Houston, Texas. They offer partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), general outpatient (OP), and aftercare programming, including specialized services for children, adolescents, and young adults. They are accredited by The Joint Commission.

Treatment begins with a comprehensive medical and mental health assessment and personalized care plan. Levels of care and treatment modalities are tailored to clients’ unique recovery needs and goals.

Their partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) programs are designed for clients who require high-level supervision and support, including those in early recovery and those stepping down from inpatient care. Clients engage in intensive, trauma-informed individual, group, and family counseling derived from dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). They also participate in extensive, age-specific, recovery-focused life skills training addressing topics such as coping, self-care, wellness, fitness and nutrition, and relapse prevention. Evidence-based complementary therapies are available, including eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), meditation, expressive arts, and animal assisted therapy.

Their general outpatient (OP) and aftercare services ensure a complete continuum of care aligned with clients’ evolving needs and may include step-down support, peer coaching, and referrals for additional medical, mental health, and social service programs.

Center for Discovery Houston accepts most major insurance plans, including Humana, HealthNet, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna, Unicare, and others. Out of network benefits can vary. Check with your provider to verify coverage.

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Insurance & Payment

Accepted Insurance Providers

Aetna Blue Cross Blue Shield CareFirst Carelon Behavioral Health Cigna Elevance Health Evernorth Health Net Humana Kaiser Permanente Magellan Health Managed Health Network (MHN) MultiPlan Premera Unicare

Other Payment Options

Treatment & Services

Levels of Care

Therapies Offered

Clinical Services

Specialty Programs

Staff & Accreditations

Our Team

Deandra Christianson, MA

President, Eating Disorder Division

Amy Costa, PsyD, LMFT, CEDS-S

VP & Clinical Operations

Jen Henretty, PhD, CEDS

Executive Director of Clinical Outcomes

Matthew Ruble, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Jamie Atkins-Huerta, RD, CEDRD-S

Director of Nutrition & Wellness, Residential

Shayne Tinsley

VP of Operations Outpatient Division & Virtual Programming

Abby Hamdan

VP of Operations Residential Division

Accreditations