Routes from 9 Texas citiesAdults 18+In person in Austin
Eating disorder treatment in Texas, for adults and the people who love them.
Empowered Treatment is an adult eating disorder program in Austin, Texas, with partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient care, and transitional housing for adults 18 and older. Wherever you live in Texas, the decision comes down to two questions: how much support you need each week, and whether you will drive in each day or stay with us in Hyde Park while you heal.
9cities, one center
Approximate miles by car, closest first
- Round Rockabout 17 mi
- Killeen-Templeabout 70 mi
- San Antonioabout 80 mi
- Wacoabout 100 mi
- College Stationabout 110 mi
- Houstonabout 165 mi
- Dallas-Fort Worthabout 195 mi
- Corpus Christiabout 220 mi
- McAllenabout 320 mi
- 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
Eating disorders rarely look the way people expect.
Across Texas, eating disorders show up in college students in Lubbock and Denton, in nurses finishing night shifts in Houston, in new mothers in the suburbs of San Antonio, and in people who stopped eating lunch years ago and called it being busy. They affect adults of every size, gender, age, and background, and most people who have one do not look visibly ill.
What tends to be true, wherever someone lives, is that the eating disorder has quietly started organizing everything else: meals skipped to make a schedule work, rules that keep growing, a body that is always being checked. Recognizing that is often the hardest part. Finding the right level of help is the part we can make easier.
We treat anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID, and the many patterns that never fit one label, which is why we offer OSFED treatment at our Austin center. The condition pages for anorexia treatment in Texas and bulimia treatment in Texas go deeper, and everything we treat at our Austin center is gathered on one page.
Four levels of care, and how adults tell which one fits.
You may have already tried something: a therapist, a dietitian, an app, a private promise to do better. The useful question is whether the amount of support matches what the eating disorder is doing now. In broad terms, the levels sort out like this:
- Outpatient, when the eating disorder is present but contained.Weekly therapy, often with a dietitian, can be enough while meals are mostly happening and your health is stable. This is often where care starts, with providers close to home.
- Intensive outpatient, when sessions stop holding.Behaviors build in the gaps between sessions while work, classes, or family still carry on. IOP is 9 hours of groups a week, with one individual session and one dietitian session each week.
- Partial hospitalization, when meals need support every day.Restricting, bingeing, or purging is steering most days. PHP covers 30 hours a week, with supported meals and medical and psychiatric monitoring built in.
- Residential, inpatient, or medical care, when safety comes first.If your body is in danger or you need care around the clock, that comes before PHP. We do not offer those levels, and we will help you find them.
Choosing is not a test you have to pass on your own. The first call is where we sort it out together, and our explainer on how levels of care work lays out the differences in more detail.
Two levels of care, one team that follows you between them.
Everything happens in person at our center on Spicewood Springs Road in Northwest Austin. Eating disorder therapists, registered dietitians, a family therapist, and psychiatric providers work inside one program, so your nutrition, your mental health, and your medical needs are treated as one picture rather than three referrals across town.
Partial hospitalization
For adults who need the whole day held: eating disorder PHP in Texas means 30 hours a week at the center, with meals, groups, therapy, and medical care under one roof.
Intensive outpatient
Eating disorder IOP in Texas means 9 hours a week of group programming with weekly individual and dietitian sessions, often as a step down from PHP.
Meals eaten with support
Dietitians plan with you and sit with you at the table, which is where much of the hardest work, and much of the progress, takes place.
The rest of the picture
When anxiety, depression, OCD, or trauma travels with the eating disorder, the same team treats both, with a trauma-integrated approach where it fits.
To see how the assessment, PHP, IOP, and the step down connect, read what we offer at our Austin center.
How far you live from Austin shapes the plan, not the care.
The treatment is the same for every Texan who walks into our treatment center in Northwest Austin. What changes with distance is how you get there each day. From Round Rock, about 17 miles out, sleeping at home and commuting for PHP or IOP is realistic. From San Antonio, Killeen-Temple, or Waco, an IOP commute works for some, while PHP usually pairs with our transitional housing in Hyde Park.
From Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, College Station, Corpus Christi, or McAllen, the house is the default, because four or more hours on the road each day leaves too little of you for the work itself. Each city has its own page, linked below, with its roads and its drive.
- A first call from wherever you areTell us what has been happening and which part of Texas you are calling from. We talk through the level of care and whether commuting or staying in Austin makes more sense.
- Your coverage, before any commitmentPlans vary widely across the state, so we look at yours first and tell you what we find before you decide anything.
- An assessment in AustinYou meet the clinical team in person. If the trip is a long one, we help you plan it so you arrive rested rather than straight off the highway.
- A start date, and a room if you need oneAnyone too far away to drive in daily can live in the Hyde Park house during treatment. Ask us directly about cost and availability for your dates.
The transitional house in Hyde Park. See transitional housing in Hyde Park
“Whether someone drives in from Houston or the Hill Country, the work starts in the same place: understanding what the eating disorder has been doing for them, and building enough support that they can begin to let it go. We want the first step to feel as manageable as every step after it.”Steffani Roller, LPC, IEDS, Co-Founder and Clinical Director
Stepping down is planned, and so is going home.
Before you leave PHP or IOP, we build an aftercare plan with you. With your written permission, we share it with the therapist, dietitian, psychiatric provider, or physician you will see afterward, whether that is in El Paso, Lubbock, the Coastal Bend, or just up the road in Williamson County. If you do not have providers where you live yet, we help you think through what to look for.
Families belong in this from the start. When an adult you love begins treatment, your role changes, but it does not end. Our family education helps parents, partners, and siblings understand what recovery asks of everyone, and the guide for loved ones is a good first read if you are the one who is worried.
These statewide organizations can keep support in place between appointments, wherever in Texas you live:
- Texas Health and Human Services: Mental Health and Substance UseThe state’s mental health services, crisis contacts, and a lookup for the mental health authority in your county.
- NAMI TexasFree family classes, including Family-to-Family, and support groups that meet in communities across Texas.
- 988 Suicide and Crisis LifelineCall or text 988 at any hour if you or someone you love is in a mental health crisis.
- Texas Department of InsuranceFree consumer help when a health plan question, denial, or appeal needs an outside voice.
- Eating disorder treatment in TexasThe full picture: levels of care, the team, and how adults decide what fits.This page
- Anorexia treatment in TexasRestriction, weight restoration, and the fear underneath both.→
- Bulimia treatment in TexasBinge and purge cycles, treated with structure and without shame.→
- Eating disorder PHP in TexasThirty hours a week of structured care at our Austin center.→
- Eating disorder IOP in TexasNine hours a week of groups, plus weekly individual and dietitian sessions.→
What Texans ask before they call.
Straight answers to the questions we hear most. If yours is not here, call and ask it.
Will my Texas health plan cover treatment at your Austin center?
Your plan’s rules matter more than your zip code. Whether you live in Amarillo or in Austin, we look at the same things: how your plan handles partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient care, and out-of-network benefits. Verify your insurance with us before you decide, and if you live far enough away to need the house, ask about its cost in the same call. If a claim is denied later, the Texas Department of Insurance offers free consumer help with appeals.
Does Empowered offer residential or inpatient care in Texas?
No. We offer partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient care, both in person at our Austin center, alongside transitional housing in Hyde Park. If the assessment shows you need residential treatment, inpatient care, or medical stabilization first, we will say so plainly and help you find a program that fits. When you are ready to step down from that level, we are glad to talk about continuing with us.
Do I need to live in Austin to attend?
No. From Round Rock, Georgetown, or Pflugerville, the drive is short enough to commute and sleep at home each night. From Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, the Coastal Bend, or the Rio Grande Valley, PHP or IOP usually pairs with a room in our transitional housing in Hyde Park. Every hour of care happens in person at the center in Northwest Austin, so the real question is how you will get there each day, and we can help you answer it.
Does Empowered treat teenagers?
No. Empowered treats adults 18 and older, and every part of the program is built around adult lives: jobs, partners, college, and families of their own. If you are looking for help for a teenager anywhere in Texas, call us anyway. Our team can talk through what to look for in an adolescent program and the questions worth asking before you choose one.
Wherever you are in Texas, the first step is the same call.
Talk with a real member of our team about what is happening, which level of care makes sense, and whether you would commute or stay in Austin. There is no cost or obligation to ask.