This means that we scour the research to provide the best modern, conventional, and traditional solutions for the problems our patients face. This way, the patient can decide which approaches resonate with them. At this practice, we want to not only fix issues, but also prevent them thereby promoting future health.
At our practice, we commonly encounter patients who come to us already stabilized and seeking to delve deeper into their mental health while also optimizing their general health. Others consult us to explore alternatives after long term medication use or are looking to solve issues that their current practitioner may have not addressed as of yet. We have more time to listen and we are looking at issues in novel ways. This, along with patient commitment, motivation, sincerity, time, and resources greatly influence progress.
This contributes to our higher success rate in solving problems.
No, we are a bespoke psychiatric practice without the large administrative team needed to be able to adequately manage insurance claims. In addition, we do not participate in Medicare or Medicaid. We do this to increase the time we can spend on patient care. We also do this so that our care is less influenced by the insurance company. This also means that YOU are in control of your care– not the insurance company.
That being said, we do want to bring patients’ attention to apps like Reimbursify that can make care more affordable. This particular app allows you to easily submit claims for out-of-network health insurance reimbursement . We encourage patients to partake in all mediums that make care more accessible and to check with their insurance up front if this is a concern.
Our practice is well-suited for individuals with high deductibles or those utilizing Medical Savings Plans (MSA) or Health Savings Plans (HSA).
At the moment, this practice only sees patients who are 18 years and above.
Our office provides refills and renews prescriptions only during appointments. This practice reduces prescription errors, improves patient safety and encourages appropriate follow-up. Patients will always receive enough medication or refills to last until their next recommended follow-up. Medications must be monitored appropriately.
Patients are asked to track their supply, and to ensure they have an appointment scheduled before they run out of medication or run out of existing refills. Please be proactive in your care and track how much medication you have and how many refills remain on the prescription, and ensure you have an appointment to see the doctor before you are out of medication. Prescription refill requests outside a designated treatment plan, if approved by the provider, will elicit a refill request fee.
In addition, when prescriptions are requested outside of an appointment, they must be done through the patient portal (hyperlink). We receive many automatic requests for prescription refills from pharmacies that are not accurate. Therefore, to reduce redundancies we consider only requests made through the portal as valid.
To apply to become a new patient, please visit our Become a Patient page. Read this page thoroughly and complete the Self Assessment Tool in order to receive an information packet.
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When you complete our Self-Assessment Form you will receive an invitation to the Patient Portal when you are approved by the Clinical Coordinator. You will then be able to schedule a 10-minute Q&A phone call and set up your New Patient appointment. Intake forms will be provided through the portal. Please complete them at least 24 hours prior to your appointment.
Patients are able to cancel for any reason 48 hours prior to their appointment. You may leave us a message through the patient portal. Full visit charges will apply for notice given less than 48 hours before the assigned appointment time as we do not double book and hold that time slot exclusively for the patient.
If you do know that you are unable to attend your appointment. Please let us know as soon as possible so that others waiting may partake in care.
All fees, from evaluation and follow-ups to precision packages, ART, and KAP, are published in full on our Fees & How Care Works page. We believe you should know exactly what care costs before your first conversation with us.
Our clinic does not provide acute psychiatric services or after hour care. If one feels that they are a danger to themselves or others, please visit your nearest emergency room and/or call 911. If safety is a concern, then you might need inpatient treatment, outpatient hospitalization or a practice that can offer you after hour support.
This is a longitudinal outpatient psychiatric practice. Care is organized around comprehensive evaluation, structured medication management, psychotherapy-informed treatment, and individualized planning over time.
That model defines what this practice does — and what it does not do.
These are two distinct roles.
A treating psychiatrist is engaged in ongoing care, working alongside the patient over time. An independent evaluator is engaged to produce an objective assessment of functional capacity, occupational impairment, prognosis, and work-related limitations — typically for a third party.
Holding both roles simultaneously creates a structural conflict. It compromises the therapeutic relationship and undermines the objectivity required for formal occupational determinations.
For this reason, this practice does not routinely provide:
That is by design.
This is not an exhaustive list:
Patients requiring any of the above should engage an independent psychiatric evaluator, forensic psychiatrist, or occupational medicine specialist trained for that purpose.
Completion of disability, occupational leave, or work-related paperwork is considered case by case and remains at the treating psychiatrist’s discretion.
A few clinical realities shape this:
Depending on the complexity of the case and the longitudinal information available, several months of active treatment may be required before any responsible statement about occupational disability status can be made.
This practice does not make premature determinations. Thoughtful evaluation takes time. That is the standard.
Symptoms severe enough to prevent safe occupational functioning early in treatment may indicate a need for a higher level of care than a boutique outpatient setting can provide. In those cases, referral is the appropriate step — not paperwork.
Forms, letters, and administrative requests are subject to additional administrative or professional fees, billed separately from scheduled appointments.
Completion is not guaranteed. It remains at the treating psychiatrist’s discretion.
The goal is clinically responsible, individualized care delivered within clear professional boundaries — and ensuring that patients receive the level and type of evaluation most appropriate for their circumstances.
If formal occupational or forensic assessment is what is needed, that work belongs with a clinician trained for it. If longitudinal psychiatric care is what is needed, this practice is built for it.
The distinction matters. It protects both the work and the patient.
Because it is far more than an appointment. Your Initial Evaluation includes a complimentary 60-minute history session with our care team, a 60-minute physician evaluation built on that documented history, a psychiatry-specific baseline laboratory panel ordered fresh, post-visit plan development, and a 60-minute integration visit where your results are interpreted and your plan finalized.
It depends entirely on what you compare them to. If your reference point is an insurance copay, our fees will look high. But a copay buys a 15-minute medication check, subsidized by an insurer that shapes what happens in the room. That is a different product. The honest comparison is the cash-pay market for physician-led functional evaluation, and the fair way to compare is the full intake journey rather than the first visit. In Austin, that journey with a functional medicine physician (an initial evaluation plus a separately billed results-review visit) commonly totals $2,400 to $2,550 in physician fees, with no dedicated history hour included. Our Initial Evaluation is $1,650, and guarantees two full 60-minute physician visits, your comprehensive evaluation and your results-integration visit, preceded by a complimentary 60-minute history session with our care team. More guaranteed clinical time, a lower total, ending in a finalized plan. We publish every number precisely so you can make that comparison yourself.
Your treatment plan is built on your biology as it is now, not as it was at your last physical. Outside panels are rarely psychiatry-specific, often incomplete, and quickly outdated. We order one comprehensive, current baseline so that every decision in your plan rests on data we trust. This is routine bloodwork: we place the order, the lab bills your insurance directly, and coverage varies by plan. If you have questions about your lab benefits, your insurer can confirm them before your visit.
More at the start, less as you stabilize. That is by design. The Initial Evaluation is $1,650 in physician fees plus labs. Months 3 through 6 typically involve monthly 30-minute visits ($300 each). Stable patients then move to quarterly visits, about $1,200 per year of maintenance care; patients on controlled medications are seen every other month instead, about $1,800 per year, because those prescriptions require closer monitoring. Precision testing packages, if indicated, are priced separately and published on our fees page.
Yes, freely. Our documentation and clinical managers handle portal messages at no charge: scheduling, logistics, records requests, and clarifications about your existing plan are always free. The only messages that may carry a fee are those asking Dr. Williams for specific clinical judgment outside an appointment, such as medication decisions, new clinical concerns, or forms and letters. If your request falls into that category, we’ll let you know before anything is billed. Often the right answer is a visit, where the question gets her full, unhurried attention.
Because it takes more time to do honestly. ADHD shares symptoms with anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, trauma, and thyroid and hormonal conditions, and telling them apart requires structured assessment that does not fit inside a standard evaluation hour. When ADHD is a diagnostic question, we add a dedicated 60-minute diagnostic session ($600), bringing the complete evaluation to $2,250 in physician fees. Practices that diagnose ADHD in a single short visit are not doing you a favor. A stimulant prescription built on a rushed diagnosis is a liability you carry, not them.
The work evolves. Every quarterly visit confirms your psychiatric footing first. Once that footing is solid, the focus shifts from managing symptoms to building the life the symptoms were interrupting: health and longevity optimization, spiritual growth, life design, energetic health, and mastering meditation. Most psychiatry ends at “not sick.” Source Psychiatry™ treats that as the starting line.
Patients not seen within 6 months become inactive. Within 6 to 15 months, you can return with a 60-minute re-establishment visit ($600). Beyond 15 months, a complete new Initial Evaluation is required, because too much changes to safely resume on old information.
