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About Tentie Psychiatry
A small practice built around a single idea: that careful psychiatry needs time, and that time has to be protected rather than hoped for.
Our origin
Tentie Psychiatry was founded in late 2025 to create a dedicated environment where adults receive the time, the thoughtful assessment and the understanding their behavioral health needs actually require. The practice rests on a simple belief: every person deserves a space where their concerns are met with patience rather than efficiency.
Our philosophy
In today’s healthcare landscape — especially inside insured systems — adequate time for thorough assessment and effective treatment is often missing. Not because clinicians do not care, but because the structure does not allow for it. Tentie distinguishes itself by prioritising a careful, cautious, watchful and non-judgmental approach.
That philosophy is embedded in the name itself. Tentie is an old Scots word meaning attentive and careful — someone who pays close, patient attention to what is in front of them. It is the whole practice in one word.
Who we serve
Adults 18 and older, anywhere in Texas, in person in Houston or by secure video. Patients come from every background, and the practice was built specifically to serve people well regardless of cultural background, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religious belief or sexual orientation. Care is available in full in both English and Spanish.
Meet Dr. Torrijos
Training, clinical experience and how he works with patients.
Our approach
Why appointments run long, what gets reviewed, and how treatment decisions are actually made.
For referring providers
How to refer a patient, what you will receive back, and what falls outside our scope.