Care for ages 26+

Adult life is a lot.Let's make it lighter.

Therapy and psychiatry for adults — including the ones raising kids, caring for parents, holding down work, and trying to hold it together.

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How it Works

You take care of everyone.

Who's taking care of you?

Work

Money

Relationships

Health

Kids, maybe

Aging parents, maybe

The dishes

The bills

The thing you've been meaning to deal with for three years

Most adults wait too long to get help.

They tell themselves it's not bad enough. They don't have time. Their kids come first. They'll deal with it after the next big thing.

You can deal with it now. We'll make it easy.

How therapy works for adults

Practical work. Your goals. Your words.

45–50

Minutes per session

Long enough to get somewhere. Short enough to fit a real day.

You.

You set the goals

In your own words. We start where you are, not where we think you should be.

CBT ·
EMDR ·
IFS · ACT

Approaches that work

Named, evidence-based methods — explained in plain English.

Practical

Not a year on your childhood

Unless you want it to be. The work is practical and present-focused by default.

Weekly

Then we adjust

We meet weekly to start. As life shifts, the cadence shifts with it.

Care that fits a real life

You don't have time for a commute. You shouldn't have to make one.

You can't take three hours off work for a 45-minute appointment. So we built care around the way adults actually live.

Online sessions

From home, from work,
from your car between
meetings. We've seen it all.

Evenings & weekends

Real appointment slots — not just business hours.

Same clinician, every week

No bouncing around. The relationship is the work.

Easy to reschedule

Through our app or portal. Life happens.

Care moves with you

Within our 5 states. Same clinician. Same plan.

If you're a parent of a Backpack patient

Get care alongside your kid — without juggling three practices.

A lot of our adult patients are also parents of our younger
patients. That's not a coincidence.

When a kid is struggling, the whole family feels it. When a
parent gets support, the whole family benefits.

Your sessions are yours. Your child's sessions are theirs.
Confidentiality is fully protected on both sides.

Parent · You

Alex, 38

Tue, 7:00pm · Dr. Chen

PRIVATE

one family, one practice

Kid · Age 11

Jordan

Thu, 4:30pm · Dr. Reyes

PRIVATE

What about psychiatry?

No rush. No push.

Many adults benefit from medication — sometimes for the first time, sometimes again after years away.

Our psychiatrists take time to listen, explain options, and treat you as the expert on your own life. We don't rush. We don't push. We work with you.

Already on medication and just need someone to manage it?
We do thattoo — without making you start from scratch

Therapy when you're skeptical

You've been doing this on your own for years.

Maybe you tried therapy once and it wasn't a fit. Maybe you don't want to "talk about your mother." Maybe you just don't think this stuff is for you.

A few honest things.

Therapy isn't what it was 20 years ago

It's more practical. More direct. More tools, less couch.

You don't have to do this forever

A lot of adults come for a specific thing, work on it, and graduate.

A good clinician will respect what you want to work on

And what you don't.

If it's not working, tell us

We'll switch your clinician, change the approach, or help you find what fits.

When you need more

If you're thinking about hurting yourself, or anyone else — please don't wait.

988

Call or text. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.Free, 24/7.

741741

Text HOME. Crisis Text Line.

Go to an emergency room if you're in immediate danger.

After.

Backpack isn't a crisis service. After a crisis, we can help you build what's next.

Adult life is a lot.Let's make it lighter.

Who's taking care of you?

A real list. Pick what fits.

Anxiety

Depression

ADHD

Stress & burnout

Parenting stress

Grief & loss

Life transitions

Relationships & marriage

Family-of-origin stuff

Trauma

Sleep & energy

Substance use questions