Memorial Hermann – Mental Health Crisis Clinic in Spring Branch

Memorial Hermann Mental Health Crisis Clinic in Spring Branch Houston, Texas is an outpatient behavioral health program designed for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis or those unable to promptly access another outpatient provider.

The clinic offers rapid psychiatric assessment, short term stabilization and connection to longer term care. Its mission is to serve as a behavioral health alternative to the emergency room, providing timely and multidisciplinary crisis intervention.

Crisis Mental Health Services

Care typically begins with a psychosocial assessment and medical history review conducted by a team of psychiatrists, mental health nurse practitioners and physician assistants, social workers and medical assistants.

From there, clients may receive emergency medication administration, brief counseling and safety planning to stabilize the immediate crisis.

The clinic emphasizes solution focused intervention and short term support rather than ongoing outpatient therapy. Staff actively coordinate referrals to community providers, behavioral health homes and social services.

While the clinic does not directly treat substance use crises, it can connect individuals with co-occurring concerns to appropriate local addiction resources.

What to Know

• Location: Spring Branch neighborhood of Houston, Texas serving the greater Harris County area
• Level of care: Outpatient mental health crisis stabilization and referral
• Who they serve: Adults in mental health crisis or without timely access to outpatient providers
• Approach: Multidisciplinary, solution focused and trauma informed crisis intervention
• Services: Psychiatric assessment and brief counseling, emergency medications and safety planning
• Payment options: Private insurance and self pay accepted with financial care resources available
• Access: Walk ins welcomed for crisis situations, with weekday and select Saturday hours