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Hays County Organizations

There is a great deal of help available for the improvement of health along the central I-35 corridor. But, knowing where to look can prove challenging.

This is a collection of local Hays County organizations with information to help you get connected.

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Abundant Life Counseling Services

Location: Kyle (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, children, couples, and families

Services Offered: Individual therapy, marriage therapy, sex therapy, family therapy, play therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, emotional focused therapy (EFT), internal family systems (IFS) therapy, brain spotting therapy, and group therapy. Therapy areas include: sexual addiction, affair recovery, family, pre-marital, faith-based pre-marital, same-sex attraction, gender dysphoria, depression, anxiety, grief & loss, loneliness, major life transitions, decision-making, stress, coping skills, identity, self-worth, anger & aggression, body image, relational conflict, attention-deficit hyperactiviy disorder (ADHD), social skills (for clients on the autism spectrum), parenting issues, divorce recovery, abuse, trauma, self-harm, bi-polar disorder, addictions, adoption struggles, and premature & traumatic childbirth

Languages: English and Spanish

Phone: (512)258-5100

Website: Visit Site

Email: admin@abundantlifecounseling.com

Aging is Cool

Location: Kyle (map)

Services Offered: Providing over 100 activities to keep older adults active and engaged as they age

Phone: (512)790-2665

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@agingiscool.com

Behavioral Innovations

Location: Kyle (map)

Population Served: Children ages 10 and under with autism spectrum disorder (ADS)

Services Offered: In-center treatment plans and applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy

Languages: English and Spanish

Phone: (855)257-9653

Website: Visit Site

BlueSprig - Kyle

Location: Kyle (map)

Population Served: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Services Offered: Applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy, family guidance assistance, and more

Languages: English

Phone: (737)248-7042

Website: Visit Site

Buda Farmers' Market

Location: Buda (map)

Services Offered: Provide Buda residents and businesses of the community with the freshest, highest quality, and most nutritious local goods

Phone: (512)395-5775

Website: Visit Site

Buda United Methodist Church - Food Pantry

Location: Buda (map)

Services Offered: Buda UMC's food pantry provides quality food items to households experiencing food insecurity, from 10:00 a.m. through 12:00 p.m. Visits to the pantry are limited to 1 visit every 2 weeks

Phone: (512)295-6981

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@budaumc.org

Buda Public Library

Location: Buda (map)

Population Served: General population

Services Offered: Offers books on mental health, programs such as PsychHub, anxiety and depression groups, and classes

Languages: English

Phone: (512)295-5899

Website: Visit Site

Email: librarian@budalibrary.org

Cedar Creek Associates

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, children, seniors, couples, and families

Services Offered: Individual counseling, couples counseling, family counseling, psychological evaluations for medical procedures, diagnostic evaluations, substance abuse aftercare, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT), somatic experiencing therapy, Gottman Method, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Counseling areas include: acceptance & commitment, acute or chronic illness, attention & hyperactivity, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anger management, anxiety, attachment, behavior, critical incident stress debriefing, depression, family, infant mental health, life transitions, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), parent training, play therapy, post-divorce/divorce, premarital, relationship, retirement & aging, sex, stress reduction, grief & loss, and trauma

Languages: English

Phone: (512)396-8540

Website: Visit Site

CENIKOR

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, active military, and veterans

Services Offered: Substance abuse treatment, prevention services, and personalized programs

Languages: English

Phone: (512)396-7695

Website: Visit Site

Central Texas Food Bank - Healthy Options Program for the Elderly (HOPE)

Location: San Marcos (map)

Services Offered: Healthy Options Program for the Elderly program offers free monthly distributions of healthy, shelf-stable foods for low-income seniors age 55 or older (4th Tuesday of the month for Hays County)

Phone: (512)282-2111

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City of Kyle Parks and Recreation

Location: Kyle (map)

Services Offered: The City of Kyle offers youth and adults with leisure and continuing education opportunities

Phone: (512)262-3939

Website: Visit Site

Email: parks@cityofkyle.com

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: General population

Services Offered: Hospital with birthing care, breast care, diabetes care, and an ER

Languages: English

Phone: (512)353-8979

Website: Visit Site

CommuniCare Health Centers - Kyle Clinic

Location: Kyle (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, and children

Services Offered: Out-patient psychiatric and counseling treatment. Counseling areas include: anxiety, depression, divorce, greif & loss, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), tobacco cessation, psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, eating disorders, mild to moderate autism spectrum disorder (ASD), oppositional defiant disorder, and intellectual & development disabilities (IDDs)

Languages: English

Phone: (512)268-8900

Website: Visit Site

Email: patientinquiry@communicaresa.org

Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program

Location: Dripping Springs (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, and children ages 11 and up

Services Offered: Individual therapy, art therapy, music therapy, psychodrama therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), holistic therapy, acceptance commitment therapy, pharmacological treatment, residential treatment, substance use disorder treatment, partial hospitilization program (PHP) medication management, and support groups. Therapy areas include: trauma, anxiety disorders, depression, self-harm, bipolar disorder, and reactive attachment disorder

Languages: English and Spanish

Phone: (866)858-6213

Website: Visit Site

Driftwood Recovery

Location: Driftwood (map)

Population Served: Adults

Services Offered: Substance abuse treatment & recovery, stabilization & assessment, residential treatment, eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for trauma, collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS), motivational interviewing (MI), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), family programs, commuity integration program (CIP) for those with chronic pain, partial hospitilization program, intensive outpatient program (IOP), supportive housing, support groups, integrated dual diagnosis treatment (IDDT), support sessions with family, friends, & colleagues, consultations in spirituality, vocational issues, group 12-step mettings, trauma care, sex addiction support, and eating disorder counseling

Languages: English

Phone: (512)759-8328

Website: Visit Site

Dripping Springs Farmers Market

Location: Dripping Springs (map)

Services Offered: Dedicated to providing a community gathering place where local farmers, food producers, and artisans can connect with and sell directly to the public

Phone: (512)750-5942

Website: Visit Site

Email: farmersmarket@cityofdrippingsprings.com

Dripping Springs Helping Hand

Location: Dripping Springs (map)

Services Offered: The Helping Hands pantry provides nutritious and delicious foods to individuals and families in need in the community along with other financial assistances and back-to-school programs

Phone: (512)820-0476

Website: Visit Site

Email: helpinghandsdrippingsprings@yahoo.com

Elizabeth Barnard Counseling

Location: Telehealth Only

Population Served: Adults, teens, and children

Services Offered: Individual counseling, adlerian therapy, art therapy, sandtray therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR), and play therapy. Counseling areas include: anxiety, depression, grief & loss, college mental health, parent support, and pregnancy & postpartum

Languages: English and Spanish

Phone: (737)214-2204

Website: Visit Site

Essential Wellness

Location: Kyle (map)

Population Served: Adults

Services Offered: Individual therapy, group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). Counseling areas include: depression, anxiety, new mothers, trauma, life transitions, stress, panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD), PTSD, substance dependency, persistent pain, eating disorders, sexual issues, and anger management issues

Languages: English

Phone: (512)318-3644

Website: Visit Site

Email: essentialwellnesskyle@gmail.com

The Greater Mercy Foundation

Location: Wimberley (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, and children

Services Offered: Mental health services covering anxiety, depression, educator wellness, and student wellness. Also offeres greif & loss training for parents, teachers, doctors, nurses, and others who want to support people struggling with big change & grief

Languages: English

Phone: (512)992-8725

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@thegreatermercyfoundation.org

Hays Community YMCA

Location: Buda (map)

Services Offered: The Greater Austin YMCA offers group exercise classes, yoga & pilates, cycling, and group water fitness

Phone: (512)523-0099

Website: Visit Site

Hays County Food Bank

Location: San Marcos (map)

Services Offered: Food at no cost for low-income households and those suffering from some sort of food emergency

Phone: (512)392-8300

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@haysfoodbank.org

Hays-Caldwell Women's Center

Location: Contact Organization

Population Served: Adults, teens, and children who are surviviors of abuse

Services Offered: Free services to victims of family violence, dating violence, sexual assault, child abuse, crisis helpline, shelter, individual counseling, group counseling, and talk therapy

Languages: English and Spanish

Phone: (512)396-3404

Website: Visit Site

Headway Health

Location: Buda (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, children, infants, and dogs

Services Offered: Neurofeedback, attention-deficits, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, insomnia, massages, and acupuncture

Languages: English and Spanish

Phone: (512)523-5711

Website: Visit Site

Hill Country Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Center

Location: Kyle, Wimberley, and multiple places in San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, children, families, veterans, and previously incarcerated individuals

Services Offered: Offers mental healthcare, counseling, family training, parent support groups, crisis respite services, youth empowerment, substance abuse counseling & support groups, crisis stabilization unit, crisis hotline, intellectual & developmental disabilities support plans, mental health courts, veteran jail diversion, texas correctional office on offenders with medical or mental impairments (TCOOMMI), TCOOMMI continuity of care (COC), trauma care, veteran support groups, and stress management

Phone: (830)792-3300

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@hillcountry.org

Holland Street Church of Christ - Heaven's Harvest

Location: San Marcos (map)

Services Offered: Endeavors to first meet our neighbor at the human level of need by providing foods

Website: Visit Site

InMindOut Emotional Wellness Center

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, couples, and families

Services Offered: Individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, group therapy, neurofeedback, and biofeedback. Counseling and psychological testing areas include: anxiety, depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance use, PTSD, learning disability, coping skills, isolation, identify thoughts & feelings that interfere with social & relationship functioning, and cognitive strengths & weaknesses

Languages: English

Phone: (830)730-6090

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@inmindout.com

The Kotin Psychology Practice

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, and children

Services Offered: Psychological testing, counseling, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR). Counseling areas include: PTSD, trauma, sexual abuse, eating disorders, learning disability assesment, domestic violence, neurostimulator candidacy evaluations, bariatric evaluations, pain, and anxiety

Languages: English

Phone: (512)392-8105

Website: Visit Site

Laura M. Trietsch Counseling, MA, LPC

Location: Contact Organization

Population Served: Adults and couples

Services Offered: Provides counseling for relationship strain, trauma, identity, faith crises, transitions, health issues, grief & loss, addiction, coping skills, depression, marriage, dating, school, and work

Languages: English and Spanish

Phone: (512)575-3545

Website: Visit Site

Email: laura@ensocounselor.com

LifeStance Health

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, children, seniors, couples, and families

Services Offered: Mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), couples therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, family therapy, Gottman therapy, group therapy, intensive outpatient therapy, medication management, narrative therapy, neuropsychological testing, neurosequential model, play therapy, psychological testing and evaluation, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and solution focused therapy. Counseling areas include: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, bipolar disorder, childhood behavior issues, couple's issues, depression, eating disorders, gender identity, grief, hoarding, later life transitions, medical conditions/health psychology, men's issues, midlife transitions, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), PTSD, trauma, postpartum depression/anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, reproductive challenges, school avoidance, sleep disorders/insomnia, somatoform disorders, women's issues, and mindfulness based stress reduction

Languages: English, Spanish, and Chinese

Phone: (346)584-4208

Website: Visit Site

Magnolia Roots Counseling

Location: Kyle (map)

Population Served: Adults and couples

Services Offered: Counseling in the areas of: anxiety, self-esteem, depression, trauma, relationship issues, Axis II disorders, self-defeating thoughts & behaviors, anger, and life changing events

Languages: English

Phone: (512)202-0102

Website: Visit Site

Email: connect@magnoliarootscounseling.com

NewBloomz

Location: Contact Organization

Population Served: Adult

Services Offered: Counseling and art therapy. Counseling areas include: grief & loss, change, crisis, life changes, anxiety, panic, anger, fear, consciousness/transformation exploration, and transition utilizing eidetic image

Languages: English

Phone: (512)992-8725

Website: Visit Site

Email: jsabatier@newbloomz.com

Pahtia Counseling Center

Location: Kyle (map)

Population Served: Adults

Services Offered: Individual therapy and parent consultations

Languages: English

Website: Visit Site

Positive Recovery Centers

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults experiencing substance abuse and their families

Services Offered: Substance use recovery, partial hospitalization program (PHP), intensive outpatient program (IOP), supportive outpatient program (SOP), outpatient teletherapy services, family involvementand, aftercare services, individual therapy, and group therapy

Languages: English

Phone: (512)543-2842

Website: Visit Site

Psychological Associates of Central Texas (PACT)

Location: Buda and San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, teens, and children

Services Offered: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and feedback informed treatment (FIT). Thearpy areas include: mindfulness, depression, anxiety, interpersonal skills, parenting skills, school work, life satisfaction, stress, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), ADHD couching, grief & loss, anger management, and speech & language services

Languages: English

Phone: (512)553-5388

Website: Visit Site

Email: admin@pactpllc.com

The Right Step Hill Country

Location: Wimberley (map)

Population Served: Adults

Services Offered: Addiction & mental health therapy programs, substance abuse & detox programs, dual diagnosis treatment, emergency hotline, outpatient programs, after care programs, co-occurring disorder treatment, partial hospitalization program, residential addiction treatment, individual therapy, group therapy, 12-step program, SMART recovery, dharma, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behahavioral therapy (CBT), and mindful modalities. Therapy areas include: depression, dysthymia, bipolar disorder, and substance-induced mood disorder

Languages: English

Phone: (844)487-9429

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San Marcos Treatment Center

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Young adults, teens, children, and families

Services Offered: Inpatient treatment programs, family therapy, play therapy, therapeutic activities program, and a healing trail. They also provide an open enrollment public charter school that caters to children with greater behavioral and academic needs

Languages: English

Phone: (800)251-0059

Website: Visit Site

Santa Cruz Catholic Church - Society of St. Vincent De Paul

Location: Kyle (map)

Services Offered: Santa Cruz Catholic Church offers a Food Pantry to residents of the Buda community

Phone: (512)790-2665

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@agingiscool.com

St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church - Society of St. Vincent De Paul

Location: Dripping Springs (map)

Services Offered: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Martin de Porres offers The Sister Yvonne Feeney, O.P. Food Pantry, which provides basic needs assistance and vitally important food to local individuals and families in need for free

Phone: (512)858-5667

Website: Visit Site

Email: office@stmartindp.org

Sunrise Rehab and Recovery

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, veterans, and first responders

Services Offered: Evidenced-based alcohol & drug addiction treatment, individual therapy, group therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), 12-step facilitation, specific therapies, and detoxification

Languages: English

Phone: (833)965-2562

Website: Visit Site

Texas State University - Counseling Center

Location: San Marcos (map)

Population Served: Adults, faculty & staff, and students at Texas State University

Services Offered: Mental health counseling, crisis/urgent support, individual counseling, group counseling, couples counseling, and relationship counseling. Counseling areas include: academic-related issues, adjustment problems, relationship problems, mood, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, body image, substance abuse, grief & loss, identity, truama sexual abuse/assault, suicide, self-harm, terminal diagnosis, and mania

Languages: English

Phone: (512)245-2208

Website: Visit Site

Email: counselingcenter@txstate.edu

Wimberley Crisis Bread Basket

Location: Wimberley (map)

Services Offered: Wimberley Crisis Bread Basket, Food Pantry provides quality food items to households experiencing food insecurity. This program supplies critical nutrition to hungry individuals and families

Phone: (512)847-5323

Website: Visit Site

Email: info@crisisbreadbasket.org

Wimberley Market Day

Location: Wimberley (map)

Services Offered: A local Farmers Market serving Wimberley and surrounding communities

Phone: (512)847-2201

Website: Visit Site

Women, Infant & Children (WIC)

Location: San Marcos (map)

Services Offered: WIC clients receive breastfeeding support and education, supplemental WIC foods, and referrals to other health and social services

Phone: (512)393-8000

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