Joint Commission Accredited
Serving Central Austin from Riverside Drive
Austin runs hot. The fastest-growing major city in Texas, the state capital, a tech corridor, a festival town, a college town. Substance use lives in the same space, and asking for help can feel impossible when your social life, your career, and your weekend identity are tangled up in it.
Our office at 127 E. Riverside Drive sits in 78704, just across Lady Bird Lake from downtown and the Capitol, and a short drive from UT and the Domain. From here we serve all of Central and South Austin, and we run day and evening programs so that tech professionals, state employees, students, musicians, and service-industry workers can all keep their lives running while doing the real work of recovery.
You do not have to leave Austin, and you do not have to stop everything. You just have to start.
Your Outpatient Manager
Justin is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor in Texas with more than 15 years of experience in addiction treatment. He has worked across the full continuum of care, from medical detox through long-term aftercare, gaining the kind of perspective that only comes from walking the road with hundreds of clients.
He was instrumental in creating an aftercare case management program built to support clients through the first full year of sobriety, with the explicit purpose of building the foundation that makes long-term recovery stick. That same focus on the long game shapes the way he leads the Austin office.
Justin Steen, LCDC, Outpatient Manager
Who We Serve
Apple, Google, Tesla, Oracle employees face startup culture pressures and long hours.
50,000+ students navigating academic pressure, social scenes, and substance use.
Austin's creative culture can be channeled into recovery.
Capitol employees and government professionals seeking confidential care.
Our Programs in Austin
Recovery is not one program, it is a sequence. Our care moves from Foundational Care through a Bridge of Care to Transformational Care, with the right level of structure at each step. Step into the program that meets you where you are.
Build the foundation to create lasting transformation.Sobriety is the start. Flourishing is the goal.
PHP is the most intensive form of outpatient treatment at our Austin office. Clients attend 5 days per week for several hours per day in a structured environment. PHP includes individual counseling, group therapy led by master's-level clinicians, psychiatric care and medication management, skill-building workshops, and the Positive Recovery curriculum developed by Dr. Jason Powers.
Our IOP in Austin is designed for clients ready to return to work, school, or family while continuing intensive treatment. We offer both day and evening sessions. IOP meets 3-5 times per week and includes group therapy, weekly one-on-one counseling, family therapy, psychiatric check-ins, and the Positive Recovery curriculum that focuses on building strengths.
After PHP or IOP, SOP keeps a weekly rhythm in place: one or two group sessions plus individual counseling while you rebuild a normal Austin week around work, school, or family. It is the accountability layer most clients keep until independence feels earned rather than assumed.
Aftercare is where Austin's size works for you: an active PRC alumni network plus one of the deepest AA, NA, and SMART Recovery scenes in Texas. Expect regular check-ins, ongoing counseling when you want it, and alumni events that make sober life here feel social rather than small.
Virtual IOP runs on the same curriculum and schedule as in-person groups, over a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform. Austin clients use it during work travel, festival-season chaos, or when crossing town at rush hour would kill the habit of showing up.
Family programs and counseling bring parents, spouses, and siblings into the process, with your consent setting the boundaries. For young adults especially, we help Austin families find the line between supporting recovery and managing it.
What We Treat
Most of what we treat in this office is alcohol, and Austin's version of it is specific: Rainey Street patios, festival weekends, corporate happy hours, and a music scene where the bar is the workplace. Behind that sit the counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl that have hit Travis County hard, the Adderall that got a student through finals, and the prescription that outlived the injury it was written for.
If detox needs to come first, we arrange it at our Hill Country campus in Spicewood or at Garden Oaks in Houston, then bring you back into IOP here on Riverside. Start with whichever substance fits your situation:
Life in Recovery
Recovery is more than walking away from substances. It is about flourishing, reconnecting with what matters most, and creating a life filled with meaning. Here are just a few ways to embrace a healthy, purposeful lifestyle in Austin:
Common Questions
No. Federal confidentiality rules for substance use treatment (42 CFR Part 2) go further than standard HIPAA, and we never contact an employer. If you decide to use FMLA or short-term disability, you control every document that gets released, and our admissions team can tell you exactly what an HR department actually sees versus what stays sealed.
Yes. Our IOP runs both day and evening programs, Monday through Thursday until 9pm. Many of our Austin clients work full-time at Apple, IBM, Indeed, Oracle, state government, and other Central Texas employers and attend evening IOP three to five nights per week. PHP requires more hours and is typically not workable alongside full-time employment without leave.
Yes. UT is a 5-minute drive across Lady Bird Lake from our office, and we see UT undergrads, graduate students, and law school students regularly. We also work with students from St. Edward's, ACC, Texas State, and out-of-state schools home for breaks. Our team handles young adult intake with parents involved at the right level, with the client's consent, and we can coordinate teletherapy continuity when students return to campus.
We are at 127 E. Riverside Drive, Suite 102, Austin, TX 78704, just south of Lady Bird Lake. From I-35, take the Riverside exit. From MoPac (Loop 1), exit at Lake Austin Boulevard or Barton Springs. Most Central Austin addresses are 10 to 15 minutes away. Hours are Monday through Thursday 9am-9pm and Friday 9am-5pm.
Yes. We host an active alumni network in Austin with peer support events and regular gatherings. Beyond PRC, Austin has one of the strongest AA, NA, and SMART Recovery presences in Texas, with daily meetings across the city. Your treatment team can connect you to the meetings and sober social events that fit you.
Yes. We accept most major insurance providers including BlueCross BlueShield, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and many employer-sponsored plans common across Central Texas. Our admissions team verifies your specific benefits at no cost. Call 713-904-4699.
"This was my first time in any type of treatment. I had lots of anxiety going in, but I was immediately welcomed. Todd and the group were very welcoming and helpful. Positive Recovery has given me the tools and confidence to navigate sobriety."Verified Client Google Review
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