We all want the same thing. To feel well, and like ourselves.
Dr. Allison J. McDade, MD, is board certified in psychiatry and in child and adolescent psychiatry. Every visit is with her, from an unhurried first evaluation to each follow-up, so your care builds on one physician who knows your story, for you and the people you love.
Opens the booking page. A brief screening confirms fit before your first visit.
- Every visit with Dr. McDade
- Born in Houston, trained in Texas
- Ages 6 to 70, by secure video in Texas
The answer
Health & Harmony Psychiatry is a physician-only telepsychiatry practice where Dr. Allison J. McDade, MD, sees patients ages 6 to 70 by secure video in Texas. She cares for adults, teens, and children, and every visit is with her, from a first evaluation of 60 to 90 minutes through each follow-up. You can book online without a referral. Care is cash pay, and the practice does not take insurance. Your plan is built with you.
If you need help now
If you are in crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If you are Deaf or hard of hearing, use your preferred relay service or dial 711, then 988. In an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. This practice does not provide emergency services.
Who is Dr. McDade?
Dr. Allison J. McDade, MD, is a psychiatrist born in Houston and trained in Texas. She earned her BS in Biology at Baylor University, then her MD, her psychiatry residency, and her fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she served as Psychiatry Clinic Chief.
She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in psychiatry and in child and adolescent psychiatry, and she sees patients from age 6 to 70.
Dr. McDade, at every visit. Health & Harmony Psychiatry is a physician-only practice, so every follow-up is with the physician who already knows your story.
What makes her care different
- Time for your whole story, 60 to 90 minutes at your first evaluation
- A look at your health and your current stressors as well as your symptoms
- Findings explained in plain words, with room to say whether they fit
- Every option explained, and a plan you decide on together
- The same physician at every follow-up, so your story carries forward
- The goal of full recovery, even when the best answer is a referral elsewhere
My goal is simple. To help you understand what is going on, and to build a plan that helps you recover fully.
Meet Dr. McDade to read about her training and how she cares for people.
Is this care for someone like me?
Yes. For the executive, the founder, the physician, the mother quietly needing support.
You can be the one everyone counts on and still deserve care that understands you. You may be leading at work and at home while carrying worry, low mood, poor sleep, or a mind that will not slow down.
Dr. McDade respects your intelligence and gets to the point. Her training in child and adolescent psychiatry taught her to look at a person across the lifespan, so she can read your story whole, from where it began to the life you are living now.
Women's mental health care with Dr. McDade covers concerns around PMDD, the postpartum period, and perimenopause, and the conditions page covers every condition she treats.
Care that understands you, and a plan built around your actual life.
Can Dr. McDade see your child or teen?
Yes. Dr. McDade is trained in child and adolescent psychiatry, and she sees children from age 6. A parent or guardian books for anyone under 18.
You want the child or teen you love to be seen by someone who understands how young people grow, think, and feel. Her second board certification is in child and adolescent psychiatry, the specialty devoted to exactly that.
As she describes it, the training shapes how she looks at a young person.
What her training adds
- A sense of what is typical at each age, so each concern is weighed against your child's stage
- Knowing when concerns like phobias, anxiety, and depression tend to emerge
- Findings explained in plain words, to you and to your child
- Care that includes you, in a way that fits your child's age
The child psychiatry page covers ages 6 to 10, and the teen psychiatry page covers ages 11 to 17.
Your child deserves the time to be understood.
Why does a child and adolescent psychiatrist matter?
Because children and teens are still growing, and few physicians are trained for them. In Texas, 921 child and adolescent psychiatrists practice for about 7.5 million children, and 8 in 10 Texas counties have none.
- 921child and adolescent psychiatrists practice in Texas, for about 7.5 million children under 18
- 80%of Texas counties have no child and adolescent psychiatrist, compared with 71% of counties nationwide
- 2 yearsof added training with children, teens, and their families, after residency in general psychiatry
Children under 18 divided by practicing child and adolescent psychiatrists, from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's workforce maps, revised in 2026 with data from December 2025. A longer bar means more children for each one.
Dr. McDade holds the specialty's board certification. By secure video, she sees children and teens anywhere private in Texas, in a county with a child and adolescent psychiatrist or without one.
The child and adolescent psychiatry page explains what her board certification adds for your child.
A specialist for the child you love, anywhere in Texas.
What is Care Through Connection?
It is how Dr. McDade works with the clinicians already caring for you or your child, with your consent. Once you sign a release of information, she shares what each one needs to know.
You choose which of your clinicians she may share with.
She evaluates, explains what she finds, and builds the plan with you.
After the first evaluation.
In symptoms, safety, or the treatment plan.
Clinicians refer through Care Through Connection too. The pages for therapists, physicians, pediatricians, and OB-GYN and menopause clinicians show how a referral works and what comes back to each, and the refer a patient page brings them together.
Your consent decides who is in the picture.
How does cash pay keep your care consistent?
By keeping every visit with Dr. McDade. Cash pay lets her give your first evaluation 60 to 90 minutes, see you at every follow-up, and post her rates before you book.
- 01Time
How care works hereYour first evaluation runs 60 to 90 minutes, its length set by your age, your symptoms, and your history.What it gives youRoom for your whole story
- 02Continuity
How care works hereEvery follow-up is with Dr. McDade.What it gives youYour story carries forward from visit to visit
- 03A plan that fits
How care works hereShe explains each option and why, and you decide together.What it gives youA plan you understand and agree with
- 04Clear costs
How care works hereTwo posted rates, and a good faith estimate before your first visit.What it gives youCosts you know before you book
A 2018 BMJ Open review of 22 studies from nine countries linked seeing the same doctor over time, psychiatrists included, with longer lives.
- $465New evaluation with Dr. McDade, 60 to 90 minutes
- $275Follow-up visit with Dr. McDade
Current self-pay fees from the practice.
Major credit cards and HSA/FSA cards are accepted; checks are not. You receive a good faith estimate before your first visit, and the Good Faith Estimate page explains your right to an estimate.
Consistent, connected care, with Dr. McDade at every visit.
You've handled everything. You don't have to handle this alone.
Find Care That Understands MeWhat happens after you reach out?
Here is each step, from the first call to your first follow-up.
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Online or phone
You reach out
Book on the booking page, or call 832.387.6088.
- 02
Before the visit
A brief screening
A brief screening first confirms that telepsychiatry fits your needs.
- 03
Patient portal
Intake in the portal
You'll complete a few intake forms in the patient portal, then meet with Dr. McDade for a full evaluation.
- 04
Unhurried
Your first evaluation
Dr. McDade hears your story and reviews your history and your health, over 60 to 90 minutes. Understanding relies on context, and some stories need more time.
- 05
Collaborative
A plan built with you
You and Dr. McDade discuss each option in depth. When therapy is the better starting point, she refers to therapists she knows well.
- 06
Steady
Follow-up with Dr. McDade
Follow-up visits run 15 to 30 minutes by secure video.
The psychiatric evaluation page explains what the first visit covers, and the telepsychiatry page explains how video visits work.
Your story comes first.
Where does Dr. McDade see patients?
Anywhere private in Texas, by secure video. You can meet her from home or from a private room at work, and skip the traffic.
- AreaHumble and Atascocita
Care for Humble and Atascocita, from a doctor who calls Humble home.
- AreaKingwood
Care from a doctor who loves Kingwood too.
- AreaThe Woodlands
A plan that fits your life, here in The Woodlands.
- AreaThe Heights and Midtown
Care for you and the people you love, here in the Heights and Midtown.
Outside Greater Houston, the telepsychiatry in Texas page explains care by video across the state.
Questions patients ask
What does Dr. McDade treat?
She treats anxiety, depression, ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, and related concerns for patients ages 6 to 70, including women's mental health concerns around PMDD, the postpartum period, and perimenopause.
How long is the first evaluation?
60 to 90 minutes with Dr. McDade. The length follows your age, your symptoms, and your history, and it leaves room to connect and consider.
What is a child and adolescent psychiatrist?
A physician who specializes in the mental health of children, teens, and their families. After medical school and at least three years of residency in general psychiatry, a child and adolescent psychiatrist trains for two more years in psychiatric work with children, adolescents, and their families. Board certification is not required to practice. It takes an additional exam in the subspecialty, and Dr. McDade holds it.
Do I need a referral to see Dr. McDade?
No. You can book a first visit without a referral, and a parent or guardian books for anyone under 18. Clinicians who want to refer a patient can use the refer a patient page.
Does Dr. McDade take insurance?
No. Care is cash pay, with rates set in advance and shared up front. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate explaining how much your medical care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who do not have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.
Is this an emergency service?
No. Health & Harmony Psychiatry does not provide emergency care. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988, or call 911.
Sources for the facts on this page.
- Workforce Maps by State, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, revised 2026, with American Medical Association data from December 2025
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, updated September 2023
- A systematic review of continuity of care and mortality, BMJ Open, 2018
The information on this website is for general education and does not constitute medical advice or create a physician-patient relationship. For care, please schedule an appointment.
Care Through Connection
Time to be understood, for you and the people you love.
- A first evaluation of 60 to 90 minutes
- A plan you build together
- Every follow-up with Dr. McDade
Book the first visit online, or call 832.387.6088 with questions. A parent or guardian books for anyone under 18, and a brief screening confirms fit before your first visit.
Health & Harmony Psychiatry does not provide emergency care. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988, or call 911. Ages 6 to 70. Health & Harmony Psychiatry provides care by secure video to patients physically located in Texas at the time of their appointment.