Patients and their families are supported with care and information that is age-appropriate and empowers good decision making and self-care.

Services:

• Teen vaccines and immunizations
• Teen health and puberty development
• Reproductive health counseling
• School/sports physicals
• Behavioral and mental health counseling
• Referrals to medical specialists
• Referrals to social services, Nurse-Family Partnership, school-age parenting and GED programs

Ages: 10-24

Free.

Healthy teens, healthy communities.

UT Teen Health promotes adolescent health and wellness by encouraging positive youth development and healthy life choices.

Patients and their families are supported with care and information that is age-appropriate and empowers good decision-making and self-care.

We offer bilingual behavioral health counseling for teens.

The Teen Health Clinic offers integrative health care for pre-teens, teens, and young adults ages 10-24.

Free.

Individual Psychotherapy

Individual Psychotherapy services are available for individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, difficulty adjusting to life stressors, and interpersonal difficulties. Typically, individual psychotherapy consists of weekly or biweekly meetings that are 45 to 60 minutes in length.

Group Psychotherapy

Group Psychotherapy enables individuals to learn and gain support from others who are struggling with similar issues, while also providing the expertise of a trained group psychotherapist. The Department currently offers the following groups:

• Anxiety and Depression Group-Wednesday from 1-2 PM
• Mindfulness group-Thursday from 4-5 PM
• Chronic Pain Group-Monday from 3-4 PM

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Psychotherapy appointments are made through the department’s appointment line, 210-450-6450. Services are provided in the 7th-floor Medical School clinic and the New Opportunities for Wellness (NOW) Clinic.

Located: UTH University Plaza- Transitional Care Clinic

NOW accepts most major insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid. We also accept CareLink

The Caring for the Caregiver program supports family caregivers through education, research, and practice.

We provide education through classes and workshops for family caregivers, opportunities for socialization, and clinical care to support families living with dementia.

Caring for the Caregiver holds many educational and socialization events throughout the year, including our Essentials of Caregiving lecture series and Memory Cafés. Click here for our events calendar.

Click here to tell us a bit about yourself and your situation and to get connected.

UT Teen Health is taking a critical leadership role in the effort to improve the health of teens in San Antonio schools. Equipped with health expertise, we provide insight and medical facts that help empower teens to delay sexual debut and make healthy decisions. Our evidence-based approach aims to decrease teen birth rates, decrease drop-out rates, lower the number of STIs, increase STD testing and treatment, and delay sexual debut in our partnering schools and community organizations.

Care Made Easy:

• Teen Health Care Information
• Find A Clinic
• Resource List

Tough Topics:

• Adolescent Abuse
• Talking to Teens about Sex
• Risky Behaviors

Teens Want to Know:

• Questions frequently asked by teens
• Relationships
• Planning for the future

Click here for our curriculum implementation and training.

Need an educational brochure covering contraceptive options in a teen-friendly manner? Available in both English and Spanish.

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UT Teen Health has been awarded funding to carry out educational and clinical projects designed to strengthen youth and their families and prevent teen pregnancy in the San Antonio area as well as throughout Texas. Current federally funded projects focus on school and community-based education. UT Teen Health also partners with organizations for youth in the juvenile justice and foster care systems, or those working with pregnant or parenting teens.

The sexual risk avoidance education project partners with schools and community agencies to deliver relationships curricula that is medically accurate and age appropriate, promotes positive youth development, and teaches risk avoidance skills for middle and high school aged youth. In addition, this project builds community linkages and support for youth by working with a parent advisory board and youth leadership council.

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The Avanzando Caminos study will enroll 3,000 Hispanic/Latino cancer survivors in South Texas and Miami to help unpack the social, cultural, behavioral, mental, biological, and medical influences on post-cancer life.

What do Volunteers do?

• Baseline visit: Assessment interview, blood draw
• 6-month visit: Assessment Interview
• 12-month visit: Assessment interview, blood draw
• Year 2 Visit: Assessment interview
• Year 3 Visit: Assessment interview, blood draw
• Year 4 Visit: Assessment interview
• Year 5 Visit: Assessment interview, blood draw

If interested, contact Dr. Ramirez’s Institute for Health Promotion Research team at UT Health San Antonio at:

Spanish:  https://cancer.uthscsa.edu/avanzando-caminos-study

English: https://cancer.uthscsa.edu/avanzando-caminos-study

Eligibility:

• Age 18+
• Able to read in English or Spanish
• Willing to attend study visits
• Completed primary treatment for breast, colon, kidney, liver, lung, prostate, stomach, or uterine cervix carcinoma in the past 10 years
• No severe cognitive impairment or inpatient psychiatric treatment in the past 6 months

Volunteers get $50 per visit!

Ready to live tobacco free? UT Health San Antonio can help.

Smoking and tobacco use is the most common cause of preventable illness and death. Making the decision to quit is one of the most important things you can do for your health. The tobacco cessation programs at UT Health San Antonio can help you learn how to give up any kind of tobacco habit.

Individual Counseling

Personalized appointments are offered by tobacco cessation experts at UT Health Physicians. Call 210-450-9100 to schedule.

Consider an appointment if:

• You are thinking about stopping smoking or other tobacco
• You want to stop smoking, but aren't sure where to start
• You are experiencing negative side effects from tobacco use
• You have stopped smoking and would like support to remain tobacco-free

Private pay or private insurance. For insurance verifications, call 210-450-9100.

New Opportunities for Wellness (NOW) and the Be Well Clinic partner to deliver tailored behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use treatment.

Services:

• Mental health and substance use evaluation
• Adolescent psychological testing
• Medical management of substance use disorders
• Treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and substance
  use conditions
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents
• Individual and group therapy
• Peer support services
• Family support and parental engagement
• Care coordination and case management

Holistic Care:

• Support for physical, mental, emotional, social, and
  academic well-being.
• Youth-Focused Approach:
  Specialized care for adolescents and young adults.
• In-Person & Virtual Services:
  Flexible options to meet individuals and their families
  where they are.
• Multi-lingual support:
  Live translation services for calls and appointments.

Ages: 11- 21

Concerns about Mental and Behavioral Health?

• Contact New Opportunities for Wellness (NOW): 210-450-7222

Concerns about Substance Use?

• Contact Be Well Texas, Youth Clinic: BeWellTexasClinic.org 888-852-3935

We accept most insurances. For patients without insurance, low and no-cost options are available.

Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, or ECHO, is a telementoring model for building online communities of practice amongst healthcare providers or other professionals. Participants engage in conversation and learning that is specific to a particular condition or best practice. ECHO programs are hosted by a ‘hub’ of subject matter experts, that provide education and case consultation.

At this clinic, students and faculty provide free medical care to immigrant refugees living in the northwest region of San Antonio.

The primary goal of this clinic is to serve as an initial trustworthy location for refugees to overcome their inhibitions and adequately address their healthcare and social needs.

Services Provided:

• Primary care
• Mental health
• Dental
• Physical therapy

This program is for refugees.

Free

The mission of NOW is to ensure that all Bexar County residents have rapid and continued access to behavioral health services. We help clients learn to manage their own behavioral health needs. This allows them to minimize disruption to their lifestyles and livelihoods and prevents psychiatric hospitalization.

Services:

• Psychiatry/Medication Management
• Counseling
  • Individual Therapy 
  • Couples & Family Therapy 
  • Group Therapy
  • Specialty Services
• Case Management
• Peer Support
• Crisis Support
• Pet Therapy
• Relapse Prevention Workshops

Adult residents of Bexar County.

Call 210-450-7222 to be screened for eligibility and to schedule an appointment.

Not appropriate for patients experiencing a medical emergency.

NOW accepts most major insurances, including:

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• CareLink

NOW for Adolescents specializes in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT-A), individual therapy, and family therapy. Medication management is also available, but our providers cannot prescribe ADHD medications. 

For most people, behavioral health difficulties occur occasionally, with periods of symptoms that may vary in type and severity. NOW treatment was developed to fit this pattern. Clients receive intensive services early in treatment and during periods when symptoms are worse and less intensive services in times of greater wellness.

Treatment episodes at NOW typically last 3–4 months. Counselors and clients work together to identify signs that clients may need to return for additional counseling sessions. Our care coordination team will work with every individual to create long-term care plans.

NOW for Adolescents serves people ages 11 to 21.

Services Offered:

• Counseling
  • DBT-A
  • Individual Therapy
  • Family Therapy
• Medication Management
• Case Management
• Crisis Support

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Most Major Insurance Accepted

NOW accepts most major insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid. We also accept CareLink.