Frontier Health – Watauga Mental Health Center – Johnson City, Tennessee
109 West Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37601
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- County or local government funds
- Community Mental Health Block Grants
- Medicaid
- Other State funds
- Private health insurance
- State corrections or juvenile justice funds
- Cash or self-payment
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Medicare
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Per session
- State welfare or child and family services funds
- Community Service Block Grants
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
Addiction Resource Score
Scoring is assigned by a proprietary system which helps surface key metrics that determine quality. The 10-point scale factors in categories such as operations, customer satisfaction, and trust metrics.
We understand that choosing an addiction treatment center can be overwhelming, especially with so many options, promises, and marketing messages. That's why we've developed a clear, standardized rating system designed to cut through the noise and highlight what truly matters: safety, quality of care, and transparency. Our goal is to give individuals and families the information they need to make confident, informed decisions during a critical time.
In this guide, we explain exactly how we rate treatment centers—from accreditation and staff credentials to therapy options, facility environment, and family involvement. You'll see how we assign scores, award badges, and update listings to ensure accuracy and fairness. Most importantly, our system focuses on elevating centers that prioritize ethical, evidence-based care, not just those with the best marketing. This way, you can trust that the ratings you see reflect meaningful standards that help you find the right fit for lasting recovery.
8.9
Out of 10
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Employment counseling or training
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Recovery coach
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
- Persons with eating disorders
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Screening for tobacco use
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Professional interventionist/educational consultant
Treatment Modalities
- Family counseling
- Individual psychotherapy
- Eating Disorder Treatment
- Group counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Experiential Therapy
- Life Skills
- Couples/family therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Activity therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Conditions Treated
- Mental health treatment
- Alcoholism
- Opioid Addiction
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Detoxification
- Aftercare
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
License and Accreditation
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- State mental health department
Ancillary Services
- Assertive community treatment
- Case management service
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Education services
- Family psychoeducation
- Suicide prevention services
- Child care for client’s children
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Early intervention for HIV
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
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