Refer a Patient for Ketamine or Spravato Treatment in Southlake, TX

A referral for interventional depression treatment moves faster when it arrives with a medication history attached. We accept referrals from therapists, primary care physicians, and psychiatrists across Dallas-Fort Worth. Both Spravato and sublingual ketamine are given at our Southlake office under physician supervision. Every patient you send is evaluated by one of our board-certified physicians, so your referral reaches a doctor rather than a queue.

Physician-supervised ketamine treatment and Spravato both run from that single evaluation. Send the trial history with the referral, and your patient usually has a plan within one visit.

Which Patients Are Worth Referring

The clearest candidate is an adult whose depression has not improved after two or more adequate antidepressant trials. Adequate is the operative word. A patient who stopped a medication at week two over early side effects has not completed a trial in the sense a reviewer means. Dose reached and duration tolerated are the two details that decide whether your patient qualifies.

Sublingual ketamine is also used off-label for anxiety disorders, PTSD, and OCD, which widens the referral population. Spravato is narrower. It carries FDA approval for treatment-resistant depression and for major depressive disorder with suicidal thoughts or actions.

Our comparison of TMS and ECT gives useful context if you are weighing interventional options more broadly. If you are unsure which fits, send the referral and let the evaluation sort it out. We would rather assess someone and redirect them than leave a candidate waiting.

What to Include When You Refer

A complete medication history is the difference between a smooth prior authorization and a denial that costs your patient three weeks. Reviewers want specifics, and most referrals arrive missing at least one piece.

• Every antidepressant tried, with the dose reached and how long the patient stayed on it
• The reason each trial ended, whether non-response, partial response, or side effects
• Current medications, including anything prescribed outside psychiatry
• Relevant medical history, particularly cardiovascular and blood pressure concerns
• Current risk status and any recent crisis contacts

That last item matters for scheduling rather than paperwork. A patient with active suicidal ideation needs a different pace than one who has been stable but stuck for two years. Knowing which you are sending lets us prioritize properly.

How the Process Runs After You Send It

Your patient gets a short screening call to confirm insurance details and match them with the right physician. The evaluation follows, in person at Southlake or by secure video depending on what is under consideration. It covers full history rather than a symptom checklist. Our walkthrough of what a dosing visit involves from arrival to discharge is worth sharing with patients who are uneasy about the first session. 

Benefits are verified before treatment begins. For Spravato, that means a prior authorization built from the trial history you supplied. For ketamine, it means a clear self-pay figure, since off-label prescribing falls outside most coverage.

Your patient learns the cost before the first dose. If neither route fits, we say so and recommend what does, which sometimes means returning the patient to you with a medication adjustment.

What Treatment Looks Like at Our Southlake Office

Spravato is given as a nasal spray in our certified clinic under the REMS safety program. A clinician monitors the patient for at least two hours after every dose, and there is no at-home component. The standard course runs twice weekly for four weeks, then once weekly for four more, before maintenance is set. Sublingual ketamine is administered as a dissolvable troche under supervision, usually twice weekly across three weeks.

Both require in-person visits, which is the logistical point to raise before you refer. A patient who cannot reliably reach Southlake, TX twice a week will struggle to finish a course regardless of clinical fit. The same applies to anyone without a ride home after dosing.

Continuing to Work With Your Patient

A referral here does not end your relationship with the patient. Therapists routinely keep seeing patients who are receiving Spravato or ketamine with us, and the combination tends to work better than either piece alone. We have no interest in moving a patient away from a therapist who is already helping them.

Martha Allee, LCSW, provides psychotherapy with our licensed clinical social worker across Texas, which suits patients who need therapy added rather than continued elsewhere. Tell us what you want back, and we will send it. Some referring clinicians want a note after the evaluation and nothing further. Others want updates whenever the medication plan changes, and setting that expectation up front saves a round of emails later.

Sending a Referral to Our Southlake Clinic

Referrals can be sent through our website, and patients can self-refer and mention your name. Either way, the trial history is what moves the case along, so attach it if you have it. We take it from the screening call through evaluation, benefits verification, and treatment. Your patient knows the plan and the cost before anything begins.

If you refer regularly, tell us once what format you prefer for return correspondence, and we will keep to it. Clinicians who set that up early stop chasing notes. Their patients also spend less time repeating a history that should have traveled with the referral.

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