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8535 Tom Slick San Antonio, TX 78229
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About Clarity Child Guidance Center

It can feel scary when your child needs professional care. Clarity eases this anxiety by involving parents in every step of the process. Whether your child is admitted into PHP or OP, you can expect to play a heavy role in treatment. Parents also receive extensive education on their child’s symptoms and diagnoses so they can better support recovery.
Treatment is tailored to your child’s needs, behaviors, and personality. The staff are childcare professionals who recognize that there is no “one size fits all” solution for kids experiencing mental and behavioral health. That’s why they’ve created a welcoming, non-judgmental environment to help kids feel comfortable with their treatment team.

Facility Overview

Bed icon 74
Number of Available Beds
Dollar icon $2055
Avg Cost per Day

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Latest Reviews

Video Maker
4 weeks ago on Google
2
this place sucks fam, you ain’t trying to come here gang. the staff are mostly dismissive and act like annoyed teachers. They treat u like an idiot. I’m giving it two stars just for Mr.David on unit 1. He was the only cool person who took the time to actually talk about my problems with my depression and anger. He didn’t make me feel cray or like I was annoying him like the rest of the staff did. he gave me some real ideas on the roots of my anger instead of just tryin to force meds down my throat and telling me “good job” like the nurse did. Like am I a dog? The other staff would get mad at him for talking to us like real people or giving us an extra juice. That one big lady kept telling him “you need to yell at them” and “stop giving him snacks” Like what? I meant to write this review right after I left, but Mr.david if you ever see this.. thanks fam. I told my parents abt u and they were happy to know there was at least one person who cared. U impacted me like no one else bro. I bought that book you bought up too. This place sucks gang, but if you get trapped there look for Mr.David on unit 1. He was better than the therapist and doctor. Ngl
Dylan McAfee
1 month ago on Google
1
Do not see Dr. Leslie Musgrove. She took almost a year of us calling to finally give us the results we were promised in 30 days. Then she missed our next appointment that she personally scheduled. We had an appt in March of 2024 and finally in January of 2025 got the results. Then they billed my insurance with my son, who is a child, as the responsible party. Then it was sent to collections as we are trying to get everything squared away. They don’t have the best interest of your kids at heart.
Isaac
1 month ago on Google
1
They told me they hated me because my finger was stinky
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Accepted Insurance

Clarity Child Guidance Center works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

Other Forms of Payment

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.

Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

inpatient iconInpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

24-hour icon24-Hour Clinical Care

24-hour clinical care in Texas provides a safe environment for medical detox. This setting is crucial to provide medical care during withdrawal. Certain withdrawal symptoms can cause life-threatening conditions, but patients in a supervised clinical setting have treatment readily available to address any symptoms before they become severe. Treatment can also be provided for co-occurring physical and mental health issues.

partial-hospitalization iconPartial Hospitalization Program

Commonly known as "day treatment," a partial hospitalization program (PHP) offers intensive addiction treatment while allowing you to return home each day. It can serve as an alternative to inpatient hospitalization or as a step-down option. Depending on your needs, PHP treatment typically averages 90 days with a weekly requirement of 6-8 hours a day. PHP treatment offers a variety of therapeutic interventions such as individual counseling, group therapy, and psychoeducation. Oftentimes PHP treatment can be fully covered by insurance.

Treatments

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Programs

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Adult Program

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
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Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.
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Child Program

The providers who specialize in the children's rehab space understand the specialized needs that this population faces. School-based and social services such as tutoring and family counseling are often central to treatment. Child programs may also address the needs of youth experiencing substance abuse in the home, including a parent's or sibling's addiction.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Treatment that takes a dialectical behavior therapy approach focuses on four strategies. Distress tolerance will help you accept and tolerate intense emotions. Emotional regulation will teach you to manage those emotions. Mindfulness will keep you in the present moment instead of regret or worry. Interpersonal effectiveness will teach you to manage your relationships.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

The right life skills training will help you build the skills you need for recovery. You'll learn how to solve problems, improve your social life, enhance your mental health, and make good decisions. This is a key component of drug rehab programs in Texas.

Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.

Amenities

  • spa2 iconYoga Studio
  • home-setting iconResidential Setting
  • private-room iconPrivate Rooms
  • hiking iconHiking

Staff

Reed Hurley

Chair, BOD

Vanessa Lacoss Hurd

VP Chair, BOD

Alex Rapp

Secretary, BOD

Peggy Deming

Treasurer, BOD

Contact Information

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8535 Tom Slick
San Antonio, TX 78229

Fact checked and written by:
Terri Beth Miller, PhD
Edited by:
Peter Lee, PhD

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3.1 (224 reviews)
Cissy Sharp
3 weeks ago
5

Video Maker
4 weeks ago
2

this place sucks fam, you ain’t trying to come here gang. the staff are mostly dismissive and act like annoyed teachers. They treat u like an idiot. I’m giving it two stars just for Mr.David on unit 1. He was the only cool person who took the time to actually talk about my problems with my depression and anger. He didn’t make me feel cray or like I was annoying him like the rest of the staff did. he gave me some real ideas on the roots of my anger instead of just tryin to force meds down my throat and telling me “good job” like the nurse did. Like am I a dog? The other staff would get mad at him for talking to us like real people or giving us an extra juice. That one big lady kept telling him “you need to yell at them” and “stop giving him snacks” Like what? I meant to write this review right after I left, but Mr.david if you ever see this.. thanks fam. I told my parents abt u and they were happy to know there was at least one person who cared. U impacted me like no one else bro. I bought that book you bought up too. This place sucks gang, but if you get trapped there look for Mr.David on unit 1. He was better than the therapist and doctor. Ngl

Dylan McAfee
1 month ago
1

Do not see Dr. Leslie Musgrove. She took almost a year of us calling to finally give us the results we were promised in 30 days. Then she missed our next appointment that she personally scheduled. We had an appt in March of 2024 and finally in January of 2025 got the results. Then they billed my insurance with my son, who is a child, as the responsible party. Then it was sent to collections as we are trying to get everything squared away. They don’t have the best interest of your kids at heart.

Isaac
1 month ago
1

They told me they hated me because my finger was stinky

Nat Debartolo
1 month ago
2

Do not recommend for level 3 autistic children or teens, but the best option out of the rest. San antonio is far behind when it comes to mental health care for our children and this place being open as long as it has you'd think would have trained better. I was in crisis with my 15 yr old autistic son. He has explosive moods and gets aggressive with me. He hit me and pushed me and screamed at me the entire time and in view of the entire staff. They left us in a room for 3 hours just to have us sent away with a folder and recommendations to the MAC. Funny enough, it's the MAC that sent us to Clarity. These places don't give a shit about the difficult kids. They want the "easier" ones so they can still claim they help. Meanwhile families like ours who are in true crisis get bounced around until our children are too old to be assisted. If anyone reads this and knows of real help please message me. We are still in crisis. No thanks to Clarity. My son had to be brought in by the police to be actually seen and treated. But really, its just medication management. Which might seem good at first. If you're a parent like me and desperate then by all means use clarity. Just dont say your child is non verbal, but also call bexar county SMART team to assist with transporting your child. It will help get them in.

Carlee Martinez
1 month ago
1

If zero was an option for a review this place would get it. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone, so because I refused to get the full treatment with this place they called cps on me and now I have an open investigation. And nothing is confidential they gave out all my info to cps. Also they man handled my child when he had a meltdown. This place is just as bad as Laurel Ridge.

Christina Coronado
1 month ago
3

Ok experiences with the physicians, but the appt times are jacked. They set 745am appts but no one shows up until 8am… and I mean no one.. even the front office staff shows up after 8 and then there’s a long line for everyone to check in for their appts. They need to do better!!! Our time is just as valuable!!!

R Gerard
2 months ago
1

I’m extremely disappointed with the way I was treated during my recent call to your center. The caller taker was named Missy. As someone reaching out for my child who needs mental health support, I expected compassion, patience, and professionalism — unfortunately, the call taker showed none of these qualities. They were dismissive, rushed the conversation, and made me feel like a burden rather than someone seeking help. At times, their tone came across as cold and uninterested, which is especially unacceptable in a mental health setting where empathy and understanding are critical. Reaching out is hard enough. The last thing anyone needs is to be met with such an unprofessional and unsupportive attitude. I truly hope your team receives additional training in trauma-informed communication and basic respect for those in crisis or distress.

Lilliella Martinez
2 months ago
5

This place had its days, sure, but I know they tried their best. Like when I got EPS, the nurses immediately started getting help and calling the doctor, they knew what was wrong and got me help for it. Ive been here (Clarity) multiple times, and the staff are amazing, especially Jewels, Elijah, and the rec therapists. I haven't been here in awhile, but I would feel safe going here again if needed, if it came down to that. The doctor i had, Reeves, was absolutely amazing and I loved how much he cares for his patients, including the ones marked as "difficult". Overall, this place was great. Definitely better than San Antonio Behavioral.

Starz Lol
2 months ago
1

made me worse than i was before i wntered

Valerie Cortez
3 months ago
1

Very helpful

carly garrison
3 months ago
5

putting some respect on the asylum where i was raised.

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