Epicarus Private Psychiatry

Care Beyondthe Diagnosis.

Where Clarity Becomes Capacity.

Private psychiatric care that looks beyond symptoms. Evidence-based psychiatry, with attention to how you think, feel, recover, perform, and live.

Currently booking for late October — join the waitlist

MindPerformanceRecoveryPurposeLongevity

πInfinite. Whole. Still being written. You are more than a diagnosis.

A different relationship with care

Psychiatry,
Reimagined Around
the Whole Person

Mental health rarely exists in isolation. Sleep, stress, physical health, hormones, metabolism, nutrition, medication, relationships, work, recovery, and purpose all shape how we feel and function.

Diagnosis and evidence-based treatment are the foundation, not the end of the investigation — we take time to understand the person behind it.

Care Beyond the Diagnosis.

Psychiatric care for adults who don't have the option of falling apart

Everyone assumes
you're fine.

“You always have it all together.”

“You never drop the ball.”

“You never look stressed. How do you do it?”

“I don’t know what we’d do without you.”

They see someone present, capable, and on top of it — the one everyone turns to. Underneath, something has been off: sleep, focus, energy, the sense that you're running on less than you used to have.

Think about the last time someone asked how you were doing — and waited for the real answer.

Here, we put everything down and listen.

Take as long as you need.

A wave you never saw coming took your footing. Another followed. Now you're further out than you meant to go. Here is how we help you find it again.

01

Ninety minutes, not fifteen

A real evaluation: full history, direct questions, and time to understand what is pulling you under. You leave with a clear plan and a first foothold.

02

A first year built for getting your footing back

Evaluation, a check-in two weeks later, then monthly visits while we adjust and see what holds. The first year is one price; once you're steady, visits become less frequent.

03

Private pay, by design

No insurance claims, diagnosis codes filed with a payer, or explanation of benefits at home. You pay for time, attention, and privacy.

The Epicarus Integrative Framework™

One Person. Many Dimensions.

Care is organized across Mind, Performance, Recovery, Purpose, and Longevity — with biology, experience, responsibilities, relationships, strengths, and goals all in view.

01

Mind

Mood · Anxiety · Attention · Cognition · Trauma · Diagnosis · Medication

Diagnostic clarity and evidence-based psychiatric treatment.

02

Performance

Executive function · Focus · Decision-making · Cognitive demands

How mental health affects thinking, leadership, creativity, and function under pressure.

03

Recovery

Sleep · Stress · Rest · Energy · Resilience

We identify what interferes with rest and restoration.

04

Purpose

Identity · Relationships · Values · Transitions · Meaning

Responsibilities, relationships, transitions, and meaning.

05

Longevity

Prevention · Medication optimization · Sustainable health

Today's concerns, with long-term health and function in view.

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Introducing Clarity

Where clarity becomes Capacity.

The Whole Story — because care should see the whole of yours.

Most care starts with forms. Ours starts with understanding. Between sessions, Epicarus patients use a guided reflection experience to trace what they're feeling back to where it began — and to decide, themselves, what to bring into the room.

You arrive at each session already knowing what you want to work on. Your clinician arrives knowing it too. This is psychiatry built around insight, not intake — care designed for people who intend to grow.

  • You control what's shared. Always.
  • It's reflection, not diagnosis — your clinician does the clinical work.
  • Built to deepen your care, never to replace the human providing it.

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Epicarus is a private psychiatric practice led by Nicole J. Brown, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, providing psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, medication management and integrative care by telehealth to adults in Texas and North Carolina.

If everyone else has needed you first, you're in good company. You don't have to keep doing this alone.

A final invitation

Your diagnosis is part of
your story.It doesn't have to be the entire
conversation.

Care that understands the person, the circumstances, and the life surrounding the symptoms.

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Care Beyond the Diagnosis.Where Clarity Becomes Capacity.Mind · Performance · Recovery · Purpose · Longevity

Is this you?

You've been holding it together for a long time.

Most people who come here are functioning. That's why it can go unaddressed for years.

πYour life is larger than any single label — infinite, whole, and still being written.

You hear it all the time

“You always get it right.”

“You set the standard for the rest of us.”

Some of this may sound familiar

  • You get through the day and have nothing left at home. Four or five hours of sleep has become “enough.”
  • Focus takes effort — you reread the same email three times, and irritability lands on the people closest to you.
  • Caffeine, adrenaline, and deadlines are no longer enough. A medication that once helped no longer seems to.
  • Something happened — recently or years ago — and you have never dealt with it. Someone hurt you, and you're still carrying it.
  • Everyone relies on you, but no one asks how you're doing — and you've stopped calling the people who help.
  • You considered care, then stopped because of what it might mean for your career.
  • You look fine and know exactly what to say. Underneath, you're tired.
  • You reach for the same relief — a drink, a screen, another hour of work — and know what it costs later.

When you slip, you don't correct and move on. You decide something is wrong with you.

What tends to be true about the people we see

They are outwardly successful and privately depleted. Others depend on them, and they often hear that they seem fine.

You don't have to be in crisis, or hold a particular title, to deserve care. If this sounds like you, that's reason enough.

You can stop holding it together for a while.

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How care works

Two phases: getting your footing back, then keeping it.

A wave you didn't see coming takes your footing. Another follows. Soon you're further out than you meant to go. That is often where people are when they find us.

πCare holds the whole sequence — not only the moment that brought you here.

Before you start

A quiet first step.

A complimentary 15-minute call to make sure the fit is right — no history-taking, no forms. Then a confidential intake on your own time, so your first appointment isn't spent on paperwork.

Foundation · Your first year

This is where we find your footing.

The diagnostic work and the adjusting happen here, with close follow-up while we see what holds.

You learn your pattern: what comes before things slide, what you reach for, who you stop calling, and what you tell yourself. See it earlier; change it earlier.

  • A 90-minute initial evaluation, then a required follow-up two weeks later — early enough to change what isn't working and hear what was left out.
  • Monthly 45-minute visits through the rest of the year; up to sixteen visits are covered.
  • Laboratory work when indicated, reviewed within three business days with a written summary you keep.
  • Messaging answered within one business day, and urgent appointments within five business days.
  • Refills, prior authorizations, and pharmacy problems handled without you chasing them.
  • If you need more visits than planned, you have them.

Continuation · Once things are steady

Now you have your footing.

Once the regimen is settled, visits stretch to every six to eight weeks.

We move to Continuation together, based on how you're doing. If things change, visits become more frequent again.

If you take a controlled medication, a 15-minute medication check-in every four weeks is included. A check-in that becomes a full appointment is billed as a follow-up visit.

The goal isn't to stop the waves. It's to keep your footing — balanced, steady, and able to weather what comes.

Between visits

Messaging covers non-urgent questions, medication concerns, and coordination, with a one-business-day response. Questions that can't be answered safely by message require an appointment.

When you're doing well

People in demanding roles often disappear once they feel steady. We plan a deliberate step-down, so steady doesn't mean gone.

Working with your other clinicians

With written permission, I coordinate with your primary care provider, therapist, and specialists. Nothing is shared without consent.

Reserve

A limited number of patients receive the highest level of access.

It is offered by private introduction. See Fees and privacy.

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The approach

The question isn't what to call it. The question is what's producing it.

Exhaustion, poor focus, anxiety, disrupted sleep, weight change, and a medication that stopped working can be reduced to one diagnosis. Usually they shouldn't be.

πMind, body, spirit, relationships, and purpose belong in the same circle of care.

The Epicarus Integrative Framework™

One Person. Many Dimensions.

The Epicarus Integrative Framework™ organizes what we help you rebuild across five connected dimensions.

01

Mind

Mood · Anxiety · Attention · Cognition · Trauma · Medication

We begin with diagnostic clarity and evidence-based treatment.

02

Performance

Executive function · Focus · Decision-making · Cognitive demands

How mental health affects thinking, leadership, creativity, and function under pressure.

03

Recovery

Sleep · Stress · Rest · Energy · Resilience

Performance without recovery is not sustainable.

04

Purpose

Identity · Relationships · Values · Transitions · Meaning

Mental health is influenced by more than symptoms.

05

Longevity

Prevention · Medication optimization · Long-term function

Treatment should address today's concerns while keeping long-term health in view.

Clinical method

What we examine in every evaluation

To find what is pulling you under, every evaluation here looks at the same seven domains.

Psychiatric

Depression, anxiety, ADHD and executive-function difficulty, PTSD and trauma-related symptoms, OCD, bipolar-spectrum conditions. Careful differential diagnosis matters — adult ADHD, bipolar illness, and chronic stress can look alike and are treated very differently.

Sleep

Insomnia, circadian disruption, insufficient sleep, and untreated sleep apnea — a major driver of psychiatric symptoms in demanding schedules. Formal sleep evaluation is recommended when indicated.

Medication

Under-treatment, adverse effects, activation, interactions, adherence, and the cumulative side-effect burden of a regimen assembled over years.

Medical

Thyroid and other endocrine conditions, anemia, nutrient deficiencies, and neurologic or inflammatory contributors — checked with appropriate laboratory work, with referral outside psychiatry when indicated.

Metabolic and lifestyle

Nutrition, activity, weight and metabolic changes including those associated with psychiatric medication, alcohol, caffeine and nicotine.

Psychological

Trauma, coping patterns, perfectionism, avoidance, and emotional regulation — addressed within visits and, where indicated, alongside a therapist.

Environment

Workload, leadership demands, relationships, and the specific pressures of being responsible for other people's outcomes.

What integrative means here

Conventional psychiatric assessment and prescribing, with attention to sleep, medical contributors, metabolic health, lifestyle, and targeted psychotherapeutic work — within training, licensure, and current evidence.

It does not promise one root cause or replace medication with supplements. Supplements are reviewed for interactions and evidence like any other intervention.

Measurement

We track the same functional domains at every visit — sleep, energy, concentration, mood, irritability, engagement outside work. Progress is measured against those, not against how well you're managing to appear.

Integrate • Optimize • Elevate.Many Facets. One Person. Personalized Care.
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Stand-alone assessments

Want to understand before you commit to a year?

Foundation is the full path. Stand-alone assessments offer a thorough evaluation or a focused look at one question. Each ends with a written plan you keep.

πAn assessment names a moment; it does not contain the whole of you.

Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation

$495
Approximately 75–90 minutes
  • Comprehensive psychiatric history
  • Diagnostic assessment and differential diagnosis
  • Medication review
  • Risk and safety assessment
  • Relevant medical and family history
  • Treatment recommendations and an initial care strategy
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Epicarus Integrative Assessment

$895
Up to approximately 120 minutes

Includes the comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, plus the broader factors that may shape symptoms:

  • Sleep and recovery
  • Nutrition and metabolic factors
  • Hormonal and endocrine considerations
  • Substance and supplement use
  • Lifestyle patterns and stress burden
  • Occupational demands
  • Cognitive and executive functioning
  • Relevant laboratory and medical history

It concludes with an individualized treatment and care strategy.

Laboratory testing, medications, imaging, genetic testing, specialty testing, and outside professional services are not included unless specifically stated.
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Epicarus Performance Assessment

$1,750
Approximately 2–3 hours

An extended evaluation of how psychiatric health, recovery, lifestyle, and cognitive demands shape sustained performance.

  • Psychiatric and relevant medical-history review
  • Sleep and recovery evaluation
  • Stress and lifestyle assessment
  • Occupational and performance-demand review
  • Relevant outside record and laboratory review
  • An individualized Epicarus Performance Report
  • A 12-month strategic care roadmap
  • A dedicated strategy-review session
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A complimentary 15-minute consultation call comes first, so we can confirm the right starting point.

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About

Care built around the questions that matter.

Careful assessment, clear plans, and clear professional boundaries.

πThe symbol at the heart of EπCARUS represents a life no diagnosis can contain.

Portrait of Nicole J. Brown, founder of Epicarus, wearing a navy blazer over a white top

Nicole J. Brown, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Founder · Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · U.S. Army Veteran

I work with adults carrying a great deal and quietly running out of room. Most have functioned well enough that no one asked how they were doing — often including themselves.

A fifteen-minute medication visit can't answer the questions that matter: depression, untreated sleep apnea, a thyroid problem, the medication itself, or years without a real break. The answer changes the treatment.

My path includes more than two decades in nursing — military healthcare, behavioral health, emergency and crisis assessment, collaborative care, and clinical leadership. My approach is collaborative and trauma-informed: careful diagnosis, attention to medical and sleep contributors, and a focus on function rather than a score. You leave every visit understanding the plan.

Clinical areas of focus

Depression · Anxiety · PTSD and trauma-related conditions · ADHD · Bipolar disorder · Insomnia and sleep concerns · Stress and burnout · Major life transitions

Who I see

Adults in demanding roles or carrying responsibility for others, including those in the middle of a major transition.

Epicarus monogram: gold calligraphic E and head profile within an open circle completed by pi

Our heart · Why π

Infinite. Whole.
Still being written.

Pi is infinite. Its digits never end and never repeat — and within that endless, non-repeating sequence, every possible story is already written: every birth date, every first word, every life ever lived.

As one teacher put it, “all of the world's infinite possibilities are contained within this simple circle.”

That is why π sits at the heart of EπCARUS.

A diagnosis is a single moment. You are the entire infinite sequence — mind, body, spirit, relationships, purpose — and no single label can contain you. We practice care beyond the diagnosis: seeing the whole of you, honoring every part of you, and walking beside you toward wholeness in every aspect of life.

The π closes our circle — wholeness, in every aspect of life. Your story is still being written, and it is whole.

The Epicarus clinical standard

Different levels of access. One clinical standard.

Every decision here rests on independent clinical judgment. Membership level or payment method never determines whether a medication, test, referral, or treatment is appropriate.

The standard: careful assessment, clear documentation, shared decision-making, appropriate follow-up, respect for scope of practice, and coordination with other clinicians when indicated.

The team

Meet the people you'll work with.

Every clinician works within their license, training, and expertise. Non-clinical roles are identified clearly.

Nicole J. Brown, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Founder & Clinical Director

Nicole J. Brown is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Army Nurse veteran, and founder of Epicarus. She built the practice for adults whose work leaves little room to be unwell.

Nicole provides psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and medication management. She works with professionals, leaders, service members, veterans, and anyone in a demanding season or major transition.

She created the Epicarus Integrative Framework™ to organize care across five connected dimensions: Mind, Performance, Recovery, Purpose, and Longevity. As Founder and Clinical Director, she sets the clinical direction of the practice.

Her services include evaluation, diagnosis and treatment planning; medication starts, adjustments, and monitoring; assessment of mood, anxiety, trauma, attention, cognition, and sleep; medication education; care coordination; and referral when indicated.

Clinical boundaries

Nicole provides psychiatric care and medication management; she does not replace primary care, specialists, therapy, or emergency care. Concerns outside psychiatric scope go to Andrew or your established providers. James Eric Brown's coaching and resilience support is non-clinical and separate from treatment. Each team member works within their training, licensure, and scope.

Andrew L. Bridges, FNP

Nurse Practitioner | Medical Wellness & Musculoskeletal Health

Andrew L. Bridges is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a background in orthopedic and surgical care. At Epicarus, he focuses on medical wellness, pain and musculoskeletal assessment, metabolic health, and primary care integration.

Within the framework, Andrew supports Longevity, Recovery, and Performance — identifying physical factors that affect sleep, energy, mobility, cognition, and function. His approach is thorough and collaborative, with an emphasis on education, prevention, and long-term wellness.

James Eric Brown

Director of Performance, Resilience & Transition · Non-clinical

James Eric Brown brings senior military leadership experience and a deep understanding of performance, resilience, accountability, and transition in high-demand environments.

At Epicarus, James supports people navigating leadership responsibilities, career transitions, retirement, and shifts in identity — sustaining performance without losing balance or purpose. Within the framework, his work mainly supports Performance, Recovery, and Purpose.

He focuses on leadership, resilience, goal execution, stress management, sustainable routines, transition planning, mentorship, and what comes next.

James's role is non-clinical. He complements the clinical team through coaching, education, mentorship, and performance-focused support.

Collaborative network. With your written authorization, I may coordinate with trusted professionals across primary care, psychotherapy, psychology, sleep medicine, nutrition, pharmacy, endocrinology, and other specialties. These are independent professionals, not Epicarus employees or contractors, unless a formal relationship is established and stated here.
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Fees & privacy

What it costs, and why it's structured this way.

Fees follow the care. The first year is most intensive and has one price. Once you're steady, support and cost decrease.

πThe structure changes with your needs; the commitment to your whole story does not.

Continuation · After you're stable

Two ways to continue

Choose based on how much support you want between visits.

Membership

$295/month
VisitsUp to 8/year
Additional$250
Messages1 business day
Urgent visitWithin 5 business days

Direct

No monthly fee
Visits includedNone
Follow-up visit$335
Messages3 business days
Urgent visitStandard scheduling

Continuation Direct is for people who are steady, need two visits a year, and don't want to pay for anything between them. If you take a controlled medication, a quick 15-minute check-in every four weeks is included in either Continuation option; if one becomes a full appointment, it is billed as a follow-up visit.

Reserve · By private introduction

The highest level of access.

A limited number of patients receive appointments within two business days, same-business-day messaging, quarterly reviews, evening and weekend appointments when available, and direct specialist coordination. Covers up to 24 visits per year.

Reserve is offered by private introduction and is not listed with a price. If you think it fits, mention it when you get in touch.

Stand-alone assessments

  • Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation — $495
  • Epicarus Integrative Assessment — $895
  • Epicarus Performance Assessment — $1,750
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Medical wellness with Andrew

Andrew L. Bridges, FNP, offers medical wellness visits that look at the physical factors affecting sleep, energy, mobility, cognition, and overall function. These visits are separate from psychiatric care, and they are not insurance.

  • Medical wellness assessment — To be announced
  • Add-on visit for Foundation patients — To be announced
  • Follow-up visit — To be announced

Medical wellness visits do not replace your primary care provider. Laboratory testing is billed directly by the laboratory.

Not included in any fee

Laboratory testing — billed directly by the laboratory. Medications — billed by your pharmacy. Care from any other provider.

What these fees are and are not

Fees purchase time, access, coordination, and a defined number of visits. They are not insurance and do not cover outside medical care — keep health insurance for care beyond this practice.

No fee entitles anyone to a particular medication, diagnosis, or document. Prescribing decisions, including for controlled medications, rest on clinical judgment and the law.

Why this practice does not bill insurance

Insurance billing means submitting your diagnosis to a third party, justifying medical necessity to a company that has never met you, and fitting visits to reimbursement rather than need.

Outside insurance, no diagnosis is filed with a payer, no explanation of benefits arrives at home, visit length is a clinical decision, and treatment is not limited by plan authorization.

Out-of-network reimbursement

On request, Epicarus provides an itemized receipt (superbill) you may submit to your plan for possible out-of-network reimbursement. If your plan includes out-of-network mental health benefits, you may recover part of the fees; reimbursement is determined solely by your plan and is not guaranteed.

Submitting a claim yourself does place a diagnosis in your insurer's records — which some patients specifically want to avoid. We can discuss the tradeoff.

Privacy

Your record is protected health information under HIPAA. It is not shared with your employer, and nothing is released without your written authorization, except in the limited situations required by law — described in the privacy notice you receive at intake, which I am glad to walk through with you before you decide.

Practically: no insurance claims, discreet billing descriptors, reminders that do not identify the practice, and telehealth visits with no waiting room.

If you hold a professional license

Many of the people I see are physicians, nurses, attorneys, pilots, and others whose licensure raises real questions about seeking care. Those questions vary by profession and state, and they are worth discussing openly rather than avoiding.

Generally, licensing bodies are concerned with impairment and the ability to practice safely — not with the fact that someone receives care. What applies to your license is something we can talk through, and you may also want to review it with your own counsel or professional association.

Good Faith Estimate

As a self-pay patient you are entitled to a written Good Faith Estimate of expected costs before beginning care, and you may request one at any time.

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Frequently asked questions

What people ask before they reach out.

Direct answers about care, privacy, and next steps.

πEvery question is part of a larger story. We make room for the whole of it.

Is Epicarus seeing patients now?

Not yet. Epicarus is currently booking for late October — join the waitlist, and we will reach out as appointments open.

What if I only want a single evaluation?

Yes. Stand-alone assessments offer a thorough evaluation before you decide what comes next. See Assessments.

Does Epicarus accept insurance?

No. Epicarus is private-pay and does not bill insurance. On request, I provide a superbill you can submit to your plan for possible out-of-network reimbursement; reimbursement is determined by your plan and is not guaranteed.

Does the level of access change the quality of care?

No. There is one clinical standard. Clinically appropriate assessment and treatment are not withheld at any level. The difference between Foundation, Continuation and Reserve is time, access, and coordination around the clinical relationship.

Does Epicarus prescribe medication?

Yes, when medication is clinically appropriate. No fee, membership or assessment guarantees that a particular medication — including a controlled substance — will be prescribed.

Does Epicarus order laboratory testing?

Yes, when it's clinically indicated and within my scope of practice. Laboratory work is billed directly by the laboratory and is not part of Epicarus fees.

Does Epicarus replace my primary-care physician?

No. Epicarus is a psychiatric practice. When a medical need goes beyond psychiatric scope, I coordinate with or refer you to an appropriately qualified physician or other clinician.

Can you coordinate with my therapist or physician?

Yes, with your written permission. Nothing is shared without your consent.

Where is Epicarus available?

By telehealth, to adults in Texas or North Carolina at the time of the appointment. Care is offered only where the treating clinician is licensed and authorized to practice. This practice is private-pay in both states.

Is Epicarus an emergency or crisis service?

No. Epicarus does not provide emergency or 24-hour care. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or go to your nearest emergency department.

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Begin

Starting is the hardest part. This is the smallest version of it.

Epicarus is currently booking for late October. Join the waitlist with a short message — you don't need to explain or organize everything. A sentence is enough.

πYour story does not need to be finished or neatly told before care can begin.

If you are in crisis, do not use this form.
Call or text 988, or go to your nearest emergency department. Epicarus does not provide emergency or 24-hour care.

What happens next

Epicarus is not yet seeing patients — we are booking for late October. Join the waitlist, and I'll respond within 48 hours to confirm your place. When appointments open, waitlist members are contacted first for a complimentary 15-minute consultation. If we're a fit, you'll receive intake materials and a first appointment; if not, I'll help you find another option.

Practical details

Telehealth visits for adults located in Texas or North Carolina at the time of the appointment.

Appointment timing may include early morning, evening, and lunch-hour blocks; availability will be confirmed when scheduling.

Questions before joining? Call (737) 234-8685.

Administrative office: EPICARUS PLLC, 5900 Balcones Drive, Suite #19118, Austin, TX 78731. All visits are by telehealth; there is no walk-in office.

Private pay — see Fees and privacy.

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Privacy Policy

How we handle your information.

EPICARUS PLLC ("Epicarus," "we," "our") operates epicarus.com. This policy explains what information we collect through the website and how we handle it. Our full Notice of Privacy Practices — which governs your protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA — is provided at intake.

1. Information you give us

Our contact and waitlist forms may ask for your name, phone number, email address, and a brief reason for your inquiry. Any health information you submit through these forms becomes PHI once received, and we protect it under HIPAA and our Notice of Privacy Practices. Please do not submit sensitive details (such as a full clinical history) through the general contact form; we will collect what we need through our secure intake process.

2. How we use it

We use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry, add you to our waitlist, schedule appointments, and conduct our practice operations. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information, and we do not use it for marketing by third parties.

3. Private-pay practice — no insurance billing

EPICARUS PLLC is a private-pay practice. We do not accept insurance and do not verify insurance coverage. On request, we can provide a superbill you may submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement.

4. Information collected automatically

Like most websites, ours may collect basic technical data when you visit — such as your device type, browser, pages viewed, and approximate location. If we use analytics or cookies, they are used only to understand site traffic and improve the site; they are never used to identify you or your health information. Your browser can be set to refuse cookies.

5. Telehealth and communications platforms

Visits and communications are conducted through our HIPAA-compliant platforms (video, phone/text, and our electronic health record). By using the website's scheduling or messaging features, you understand that information moves into those secure systems.

6. How we protect information

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information — including encrypted transmission and access controls on systems that hold PHI. No method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, but we take the protection of your information seriously and notify you as required by law if a breach occurs.

7. Your choices and rights

  • You may ask us what information we hold about you and request corrections.
  • You may opt out of non-essential communications (such as appointment reminders by text) at any time.
  • For rights over your health records, see our Notice of Privacy Practices.

8. Adults only

This website and practice serve adults only.

9. Crisis resources

If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or go to your nearest emergency room. This website is not monitored 24/7.

10. Third-party links

Our site may link to outside resources (for example, crisis lines). We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our practice and website evolve. The current version will always be posted here.

Contact: (737) 234-8685 · [email protected]

Effective date: This policy takes effect on the practice's first day of operations.