Frontier Health Watauga Behavioral Health Services

Frontier Health Watauga Behavioral Health Services is a substance use and behavioral health treatment provider in Johnson City, Tennessee offering outpatient and intensive outpatient care for both adults and youth.

The location combines mental health therapy, co-occurring treatment and psychiatric services, crisis support and medication assisted recovery under the larger Frontier Health regional network.

Families especially appreciate its youth focused and family centered programming available from a single community hub.

What kinds of treatment are offered?

The center provides regular outpatient and intensive outpatient services for addiction, co-occurring disorders and mental health needs.

Care includes psychotherapy, family therapy, psychiatric consultation, case management, peer support and medication assisted recovery using buprenorphine, naltrexone and Vivitrol.

Approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing and the Matrix Model, relapse prevention and 12 step facilitation.

Who can get help here?

Watauga serves both adults and children/youth, with dedicated contact lines for each population.

It also supports adult men and women, pregnant and postpartum women, criminal justice or forensic clients, and individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Family and youth programs include Mother-Child Connection, Family Links and the Regional Intervention Program.

Where is the center located?

The facility is located at 109 West Watauga Avenue in Johnson City, Tennessee and part of Frontier Health's regional network across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Telehealth visits may also be available when in person care is not possible.

Do they take insurance?

Frontier Health accepts TennCare/Medicaid, Medicare and TRICARE, private insurance and self pay.

Payment assistance, sliding fee scales and no cost case management for TennCare or Safety Net members may also be available.