Yes. Lyte Psychiatry sees Bryan patients by secure video, from home or from a parked car after a shift. Most new patients are seen within 1–2 business days. Insured patients usually pay a $0–$30 copay per visit, and a self-pay psychiatric evaluation is $250.
Who is this Bryan page for?
A night shift at CHI St. Joseph Health ends at 7 a.m. You drive home down Villa Maria Road, sleep until 1, get the kids from their Bryan ISD campus at 3:30, and there is no hour in that day when a psychiatrist's office on the College Station side of town is open and you are awake. You have a UnitedHealthcare or BCBS TX card from the hospital, you have been told the next new-patient slot is in six weeks, and you have already decided the anxiety is something you will deal with later.
This page is for that worker first. It is also for the Blinn College student on the Bryan campus who is 19, on a parent's plan, and has never seen a psychiatrist. And it is for the family in a house off Texas Avenue where the grandmother speaks Spanish, the parents switch between both, and the person who needs care would rather explain how they feel in the language they think in.
Bryan is the Brazos County seat, and it shares one public mental health authority with College Station: the MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley, which serves residents without insurance first. Employers here that put a commercial card in your wallet include CHI St. Joseph Health, Bryan ISD, Blinn College, and the Texas A&M System offices and labs at the RELLIS campus on SH-47. If you carry one of those cards, or you can pay $250, we can usually see you this week by video.
What can Lyte treat for Bryan patients?
Video visits are available in Spanish; ask when you book.
We provide psychiatric evaluation and medication management for adults, teens, and children. Licensed professional counselors provide therapy, using CBT, solution-focused, and trauma-focused work. If you need both, your prescriber and your counselor write in one shared chart. ADHD evaluation and treatment is available for adults and teens, with stimulant and non-stimulant medication.
Conditions we treat: depression, anxiety, panic, social anxiety, PTSD and trauma, OCD, bipolar disorder, ADHD, insomnia, postpartum and perinatal mood problems, grief, and stress and burnout. Dr. Akintola is a licensed Suboxone prescriber for opioid use disorder. Clinical letters for work or school, including a letter for a Bryan ISD campus or a Blinn instructor, are written on request.
Mode: every Bryan visit is by secure video. Lyte has no office in Bryan or anywhere in Brazos County. Our one clinic is in Pantego, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, roughly three hours away by I-35 and SH-6, and we will not pretend that is a drive anyone should make for a medication check. Prescriptions go to the Bryan pharmacy you name, so you pick up on the way home from work.
If you are starting a stimulant for ADHD, our policy is that the first evaluation happens in person at our Pantego clinic; follow-ups can be by video. Non-stimulant ADHD medication and everything else can start by video. If you have no reason to be in Dallas-Fort Worth, we start with a non-stimulant by video and talk about whether a stimulant is worth the one trip.
The first visit is a psychiatric evaluation with a prescriber. Tell us your shift when you book, whether you work nights at St. Joseph or a rotating schedule on a production line, and the same provider sees you at every visit after that.
Learn how therapy and psychiatry work together when both are part of your care plan.
What the numbers say about Bryan
| Measure | Bryan | College Station | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults diagnosed with depression | 23.1% | 26.7% | CDC PLACES, BRFSS 2023 |
| Frequent mental distress (14+ bad days/month) | 19.3% | 22.6% | CDC PLACES, BRFSS 2023 |
| Adult population | 64,085 | 99,951 | CDC PLACES, BRFSS 2023 |
Bryan's numbers are lower than College Station's and still high. CDC PLACES (BRFSS 2023) reports that 23.1% of Bryan adults have been told they have depression, and 19.3% report frequent mental distress, meaning 14 or more poor mental health days in the past month. Applied to Bryan's 64,085 adults, that distress figure is more than 12,000 people. College Station, with its student population, sits higher on both measures at 26.7% and 22.6%.
The supply side is the problem. Brazos County psychiatrists serve two cities plus the rural counties around them, and the Texas Department of State Health Services counted 162 Texas counties with no psychiatrist at all in 2025. Patients from Burleson, Robertson, and Grimes counties drive into Bryan for care, and they are in the same queue you are.
The depression and frequent mental distress figures are model-based estimates. Read the CDC PLACES methodology for the survey years, population basis, and estimation limits.
How much does a psychiatrist cost in Bryan with insurance?
The plans we see from Bryan come from a short list of employers. CHI St. Joseph Health staff, Bryan ISD teachers on TRS-ActiveCare, Blinn College employees, and Texas A&M System staff at RELLIS on the A&M Care plan are mostly on BlueCross BlueShield of Texas or UnitedHealthcare. Older patients near downtown Bryan are on Medicare, which we accept. If your card says Ambetter, Aetna, Cigna, or Humana, those are in network too.
In network: BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, Cigna and Evernorth, Aetna, Humana, Ambetter, Medicare, Tricare, and more (see the full list). Benefits are verified before the first visit. Most insured patients pay a $0–$30 copay per visit.
If you have no insurance, the price is flat and printed here, and HSA and FSA cards are accepted.
| Visit | Self-pay |
|---|---|
| Psychiatric evaluation (new patient) | $250 |
| Medication follow-up | $150 |
| Therapy, first session | $150 |
| Therapy, follow-up | $125 |
| QbCheck ADHD test | $150 |
| Late cancellation / no-show | $100 |
Who will you see at Lyte?
Our medical director and supervisory psychiatrist is Dr. Akinwande Akintola, MD, board-certified in Adult Psychiatry and in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He trained at Johns Hopkins, stayed on faculty, and moved to Texas in 2012. Toyin Awe, PMHNP-BC, is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with 12+ years' experience. Therapy is with NaTascha Jones, LPC, and Prishina Jimenez, LPC. Lyte has served 3,000+ patients with a 4.9-star average from 200+ Google reviews.
Your questions, answered
Frequently asked questions from Bryan patients
¿Puedo tener mi consulta en español desde Bryan?
Sí. Video visits are available in Spanish; ask when you book. If you are booking for a parent or grandparent in Bryan who is more comfortable in Spanish, the visit happens by video from the family's home with no interpreter on speakerphone. Tell us at booking that you want the visit in Spanish and we will schedule it that way.
Is there a psychiatrist's office in Bryan, or is Lyte video only?
Video only. Lyte's clinic is in Pantego, inside Arlington in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, about three hours from Bryan by SH-6 and I-35. We do not have a location on Texas Avenue or anywhere in Brazos County. Every Bryan visit is by secure video, and you see the same provider each time.
Can I see a psychiatrist online from Bryan this week?
Yes. Most new Bryan patients are seen within 1–2 business days. Booking is online and open at any hour, so a St. Joseph night-shift nurse can book at 3 a.m. after a shift and usually be seen within 1–2 business days. No referral is needed, and you do not have to leave a waitlist elsewhere in Bryan-College Station to start here.
How much will a Bryan patient pay with insurance versus without?
With an in-network plan, including the BCBS TX and UnitedHealthcare plans common at CHI St. Joseph and Bryan ISD, most patients pay a $0–$30 copay per visit. Without insurance, a psychiatric evaluation is $250, a medication follow-up is $150, a first therapy session is $150, and a therapy follow-up is $125. A late cancellation or no-show is $100.
I am a Blinn College student on the Bryan campus. Can I use my parents' insurance?
Yes, if you are under 26 and still on their plan. Your parents' BCBS TX, Aetna, or UnitedHealthcare card works in Bryan the same as it does at home. You are the patient once you are 18, so the appointment is yours, and your parents are involved only if you say so. Book from your phone and take the video call from your apartment or a quiet room on campus rather than the library.
Does the MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley have a waitlist, and can I use Lyte instead?
MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley is the public mental health authority for Brazos County, and it serves residents without insurance first. If you have a commercial plan, Medicare, or Tricare, or you can pay $250, you can be seen at Lyte by video within 1–2 business days without leaving any MHMR list you are already on. If you have no coverage and cannot pay, MHMR is the right first call.
Can I start ADHD medication from Bryan without driving to Pantego?
Yes, for a non-stimulant. If you are starting a stimulant for ADHD, our policy is that the first evaluation happens in person at our Pantego clinic; follow-ups can be by video. For a Bryan patient, that is one trip of about three hours each way, so most start a non-stimulant by video and revisit the question if they will be in Dallas-Fort Worth anyway.
Nearby areas we also serve
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We also see patients by video from College Station, Huntsville, Waco, Temple, and Conroe.
Free and low-cost mental health resources in Bryan
MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley is the public mental health authority for Brazos County and sees residents without insurance. Call or text 988 at any time for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which answers in Spanish as well as English. CHI St. Joseph Health in Bryan has an emergency department for anyone in immediate danger. Blinn College students can ask the Bryan campus student services office about counseling before or alongside psychiatry here.
Book a video visit at book.lytepsych.com, in English or Spanish, and we verify your benefits before you are seen. Or call 469-733-0848.
Find the public mental health authority for your county through the Texas HHS local authority directory.