FOR REFERRING PROFESSIONALS
Refer a client to Iron Ridge
Iron Ridge accepts warm-handoff referrals from licensed clinicians and allied professionals working with Texans — LPCs, LCSWs, LMFTs, CSATs, CCPS-C partner specialists, psychiatrists, PCPs, EAP case managers, clergy, and attorneys. Every referral is reviewed clinically by Ian Birdwell, LPC, CSAT before we schedule the intake call. We do not use a call center.
Our warm-handoff commitment
Answered live
Calls answered live by our team, Mon–Fri 8am–9pm CT. Written referrals get a personal reply from a clinical team member. Not a scheduler. Not an intake coordinator.
Clinical review
Every referral is reviewed by Ian Birdwell against IOP-level-of-care criteria before we accept the case. If your client is not the right fit for our program, we tell you and route them elsewhere.
Feedback loop
With your client’s written consent, we send a written intake summary back to you at admission and a discharge summary at completion. You stay in the loop by default, not by exception.
How to send us a referral
Three channels, all HIPAA-appropriate. Pick whichever your workflow already supports.
Online referral form
Encrypted, HIPAA-eligible form. Takes about three minutes. Best for scheduled, non-urgent handoffs.
Direct clinical phone
For time-sensitive referrals or when you want to talk before you send. Calls to this line reach a clinician, not front desk.
Encrypted email
For clinicians already exchanging PHI with us via TLS-enforced or portal-based email. Do not send PHI to standard email.
What your client will experience financially
Iron Ridge is an out-of-network program. Clients with PPO plans can have us bill out of network, receive a monthly superbill to submit themselves, or pay privately — in which case nothing is reported to insurance at all. This matters for you because:
- Confidentiality can be fully preserved. A client who pays privately never has a CSBD or betrayal-trauma diagnosis land in an insurance database. This is often the single reason a high-functioning client is willing to enter treatment at all.
- Predictable, disclosed pricing. Your client knows the total cost of the IOP before they sign an admission agreement. No surprise-billing risk to explain later.
- PPO reimbursement is real but variable. Depending on the plan, out-of-network reimbursement typically covers 40–70% of allowed charges after deductible. We bill out of network or provide the coded superbill for the client to submit.
When Iron Ridge is the right level of care
The clients who benefit most from an IOP-level program rather than continued weekly outpatient are typically men who:
- Have plateaued in weekly individual therapy for CSBD, with continued acting-out or relapse cycles
- Are in acute relational crisis following disclosure, and weekly sessions are not moving fast enough
- Have a partner in visible betrayal-trauma distress who needs concurrent specialist care
- Are high-functioning professionals who will not engage in mixed-diagnosis addiction groups
- Need clinical structure over eight weeks to stabilize before returning to individual work
Not every client needs an IOP. For a client whose pattern is real but does not yet call for intensive treatment, or who has finished a program, recovery coaching adds non-clinical structure and accountability between your sessions. It is not therapy, and it does not replace your work with him.
When talk therapy isn’t enough: the referral pathway
Iron Ridge is Texas’ dedicated intensive program for men with compulsive sexual behavior and porn addiction. It is not a substance program and it is not a general IOP: every client is a man, every group is for compulsive sexual behavior only, there are no detox clients, and the eight-week curriculum was written for this pattern. That is what makes it a place to send the client you cannot move in an hour a week, and it is why he comes back to you afterward.
- Refer for the assessment. A standalone clinical assessment is $300: structured interview, validated instruments, and a level-of-care determination. If the answer is that your client should stay in weekly work with you, we say so and he does. If it is the program, the $300 is credited against the fee.
- Coordination, with consent. With a release, you receive the level-of-care determination and agreed check-ins during the arc. Your work continues alongside the program where that is clinically useful.
- Step-down back to you. The final two weeks build a continuing-care plan that names you. Most men return to their outside therapist after the arc; that is the intended sequence, not a loss of the client.
The co-care model: working alongside you →
What the CSAT credential covers → Where Iron Ridge fits: for the referral and the step-down →
Clinician resources
Frequently asked questions
How do I refer a client to Iron Ridge Recovery?
Use the clinician referral form, or call (512) 877-8616 to discuss the case directly. A referral is not required for a client to reach us, but a clinician handoff usually makes the transition smoother.
When should I refer a client to an IOP for compulsive sexual behavior?
Typically when weekly individual therapy has not moved the pattern, when the behavior is escalating despite consequences, or when the client needs more clinical contact than an outpatient hour allows.
Will I stay involved in my client's care?
Yes, where the client consents. Iron Ridge coordinates with referring providers rather than replacing them, and most clients return to their outside therapist afterwards.
What level of care does Iron Ridge provide?
Intensive outpatient only — 9 to 12 clinical hours per week over eight weeks — plus non-clinical recovery coaching. We do not provide detox, residential, PHP, or medication management.
What does Iron Ridge cost, and does it take insurance?
$25,000 for the eight-week arc. Iron Ridge is out-of-network: clients can pay privately with no claim filed, or use PPO out-of-network benefits through out-of-network billing or a superbill they submit themselves.
Can you see a client's partner as well?
Yes. Partners are treated as separate clients with their own intake and their own clinician, directed by Roxcy Brown, LMFT-Associate, CCPS-C (supervised by Billy Myers, LMFT-S, Texas license 201183).
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