About 195 miles from Dallas-Fort WorthAdults 18+In person in Austin
An eating disorder PHP for Dallas-Fort Worth adults who need more than outpatient but not 24-hour care.
Empowered Treatment offers an eating disorder partial hospitalization program for adults in Austin, about 195 miles from Dallas-Fort Worth: PHP is 30 hours a week, and a room in our transitional house covers the nights. If you searched for residential treatment from Dallas, PHP with housing may give you the structure you were after, and if it is not enough, we will tell you so and help you find residential care.
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About 3 to 3.5 hours each way by car. I-35E from Dallas or I-35W from Fort Worth, joining I-35 at Hillsboro.
Other Texas cities we serve, by distance
- 30 hrsa week in partial hospitalization: supported meals, groups, therapy, dietitian, medical and psychiatric care
- 9 hrsa week of group programming in IOP, plus weekly individual and dietitian sessions
- 1 housein Hyde Park, alongside PHP or IOP, with shared meals and a room of your own
- 18+adults only, with every hour of care in person at our Austin center
Between weekly therapy and living on a unit, there is a level built for this.
A partial hospitalization program, sometimes called day treatment, gives you full treatment days at the center and nights somewhere other than a hospital ward. From the metroplex, that somewhere is our Hyde Park house, since the drive home is far too long. During the day the structure sits close to residential care: meals and snacks with a clinician present, groups that follow them, and medical and psychiatric oversight, without moving onto a staffed unit.
When people in Dallas or Fort Worth search for residential treatment, they are often saying something simpler: weekly therapy is not holding, and I need much more. PHP is frequently the answer to that. Our page on PHP at our Austin center explains the program in detail, and our guide to levels of care shows where each one fits.
PHP is used across diagnoses. See anorexia treatment for Dallas-Fort Worth adults and ARFID treatment for Dallas-Fort Worth adults for how a full program day applies to each.
Signs you need far more than outpatient, and signs you need more than PHP.
The honest version of this list has two halves. The first five suggest PHP may fit; the last one points somewhere else first.
- Meals do not happen without help.Left to yourself, meals get skipped, shrunk, or undone, and occasional support has not shifted that.
- Medical follow-up keeps getting closer together.Your doctor wants vitals and labs more often than outpatient visits can provide.
- A lower level has stalled.You have tried IOP or weekly therapy, and the behaviors have held their ground.
- Everything bends around food.Your job, your sleep, and the people you live with are all fitting themselves around the eating disorder and its rules.
- You are medically stable.Your team is worried, but you do not need nursing care or hospital monitoring through the night.
- Some situations need more first.If you are medically unstable, need supervision overnight, or cannot eat at all outside a hospital, residential or inpatient care should come first, and we will help you find it.
Your outpatient team in the metroplex and our assessment, together, decide which side of that line you are on.
A full program day, organized around the table.
Thirty hours a week of PHP sounds like a lot until you see where they go. Nearly all of it gathers around food, because the stretch before a meal, the meal itself, and the hour after it are where an eating disorder does its work, and where someone from our team is with you in Austin.
Supported meals and snacks
Several times a day you eat with a clinician present, then talk through what came up while it is still fresh.
Groups and individual therapy
Skills and process groups run through the week, alongside individual therapy with a therapist who specializes in eating disorders and trauma.
Dietitian care
Your meal plan is built with you and adjusted as your body changes, including weight restoration when that is part of recovery.
Medical and psychiatric oversight
Our medical and psychiatric providers manage medication and watch vitals and labs, so the concerns that worried your Dallas team are tracked closely.
When the structure has done its work, you step down to the eating disorder IOP for Dallas-Fort Worth adults with the same team, still in Austin.
Days at the center, evenings at a house in Hyde Park.
The center is about 195 miles from Dallas-Fort Worth, roughly 3 to 3.5 hours by I-35E from Dallas or I-35W from Fort Worth. A full PHP week leaves no room for that drive, so PHP from the metroplex pairs with a room in our transitional housing in Hyde Park. That pairing is what lets PHP stand in for residential care when residential is more than you need: structure through the day, then a real house with shared meals and your own room instead of a ward.
- Start the leave conversation earlyTalk with your HR office as soon as PHP is on the table, and read working while in eating disorder treatment before you do.
- Benefits for PHPWe can check your benefits before you decide, then lay out what PHP would mean on your plan next to the cost of the house, so the leave request rests on real numbers.
- Assessment and a first dayYou meet the team in Austin for a medical and psychiatric evaluation, confirm PHP is the right level, and set a start date.
- Move inYour room in the house is ready when you arrive. Ask us directly about cost and availability.
- Step down when readyAs symptoms settle, PHP gives way to IOP, still in Austin, before the drive home.
Inside our center on Spicewood Springs Road, Northwest Austin.
After PHP, a slower landing back in the metroplex.
Going straight from 30 hours a week of PHP to an hour of therapy at home is a long drop, which is why PHP from the metroplex usually steps down through IOP before you return to Dallas or Fort Worth, and why the final weeks focus on the handoff. With your written permission, we share your treatment plan, meal plan, and medication details with your outpatient therapist, dietitian, and psychiatrist, and help you book those first appointments before you leave Austin.
Families who want to help can start long before discharge. Our family education and the guide to what to expect when a loved one is in treatment give partners and parents in the metroplex a clear picture of what PHP involves.
Support at home, and help with coverage:
- Metrocare ServicesDallas County community mental health care that can carry therapy and psychiatric follow-up after PHP.
- Texas Department of InsuranceFree help from the state if your plan denies a PHP claim or you need to file an appeal.
Related care for Dallas-Fort Worth adults, in one place.
Everything for Dallas-Fort Worth: every service, the drive, the house →Or find your Texas city →
- Eating disorder PHP for Dallas-Fort Worth adultsThirty hours a week of structured care at our Austin center.This page
- Eating disorder treatment for Dallas-Fort Worth adultsThe full picture: levels of care, the team, and how adults decide what fits.→
- Eating disorder IOP for Dallas-Fort Worth adultsNine hours a week of groups, plus weekly individual and dietitian sessions.→
- Anorexia treatment for Dallas-Fort Worth adultsRestriction, weight restoration, and the fear underneath both.→
- ARFID treatment for Dallas-Fort Worth adultsAdult care for food avoidance driven by fear, texture, or low appetite.→
What adults across Dallas-Fort Worth ask before they call.
Straight answers to the questions we hear most. If yours is not here, call and ask it.
How far in advance should I plan leave from a DFW job for PHP?
As early as you can, once PHP is on the table. Talk with your HR office about the leave your job offers and the paperwork it needs, and leave yourself time to hand off work before the drive south. PHP is a full program week, so work is usually paused rather than squeezed in. We can talk through timing with you on the first call, and our page on telling your employer about treatment helps with the conversation itself.
Is PHP plus housing enough when my Dallas outpatient team is worried?
Often, if you are medically stable. PHP gives you clinical support through meals and the program day, and the house means you are not on your own at night. If your Dallas team is worried about medical instability, very low intake, or safety overnight, residential or inpatient care may need to come first. With your permission, we talk with them directly before deciding, and we will be honest if PHP is not enough.
What does a PHP week look like for someone who drove down from Fort Worth?
Most of it happens at the center: supported meals and snacks, groups, individual therapy, dietitian sessions, and medical and psychiatric check-ins, adding up to 30 hours a week of PHP. Evenings are back at the Hyde Park house, with shared meals and your own room. The drive from Fort Worth happens at the start and at the end of treatment, not every day, so your energy goes into the work instead of into I-35W.
When do people step down from PHP to IOP?
When meals are steadier, medical concerns have settled, and you can use your skills with less support, your team will talk with you about moving to IOP. It is a decision made together, based on how you are doing rather than a fixed date. From the metroplex, IOP continues in Austin with the house, and then your outpatient team at home takes over. Our levels of care guide shows each step.
If you were searching for residential care, start by asking which level truly fits.
One call to sort out PHP, the house, your leave, and whether a higher level of care should come first.