About Real Deal

Our story Built so recovery is something people can actually reach

Real Deal was founded to focus on mental-health and substance-abuse treatment while keeping sober living affordable enough that anyone who deserves recovery can actually finish it. Psychiatrist-led outpatient care paired with $500/month sober living. Real rehab centers in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston. Same clinical standard in every city.

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Our story

Real Deal was founded around a single idea: mental-health treatment only works if people can actually reach it and stay in it long enough for it to change something. Insurance covers the care. Almost nothing covers the room. In a Texas metro, structured sober living runs $1,500–$3,000 a month, so the adults who need three or four months of real treatment quit at week three because rent broke them.

So we built the housing side ourselves — $500/month sober living paired with psychiatrist-led outpatient care that treats mental health and substance abuse under one plan. That combination is the whole point. It is what makes recovery reachable for anyone who deserves it, not just the small slice of people who can afford $3,000/month out of pocket.

Why Real Deal

How this program is different from most rehabs

Not marketing lines. The specific working decisions that separate Real Deal from a typical Texas outpatient program or a typical sober living home.

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$500/month sober living, not $3,000

The industry average for structured sober living in a major Texas metro is $1,500–$3,000 a month. Real Deal keeps it at $500 because at that rate, insurance-covered outpatient plus sober living becomes something a working adult can actually sustain for the 3–4 months it takes to change something. Above $1,500, people quit early. That is the whole game.
02

Mental health and substance abuse treated together, not on separate tracks

Most outpatient programs still treat depression, anxiety, and substance use as if they belong on different floors. Real Deal is psychiatrist-led and dual-diagnosis by default: one plan, one team, one building. You do not repeat your history every Tuesday because your psychiatrist and your therapist actually talk to each other.
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Lived experience where it matters

Not a tagline. Many of the people you’ll work with here — admissions reps, sober living operators, house staff, and several clinicians — are in recovery themselves. The rest were hired because they know how to work with people who are. It shows up in how groups get run, who picks up the phone at 11pm, and how honest the room feels.
04

Outpatient that respects your life — not a 30-day disappearance

PHP and IOP with morning and evening tracks. You keep your job. You keep your kids. You keep your rent paid. Care is intensive but not locked. Adults with lives worth keeping should not have to burn them down to get treatment.
05

Pet-friendly sober living

Most sober living homes make you choose between getting sober and keeping the dog or cat you already have. We think that is a stupid choice to force on somebody who is already doing something hard. See pet-friendly homes.
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Real rehab centers with real addresses — every Texas metro, same standard

Not a virtual referral network. Not a franchise. Rehab Centers in Dallas / Richardson, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston. Sober living in Dallas, Richardson, Farmers Branch, Garland, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston. Same clinical standard in every city. One admissions line: 469-747-1201.
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Insurance-forward, not insurance-hostile

We verify your plan for free, tell you your estimated out-of-pocket in plain English before you commit, and work with most major PPOs including Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna, TRICARE, Baylor Scott & White, Wellpoint, and more. See verify insurance.
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Same team from day one to year one

Your therapist and psychiatrist stay with you across PHP and IOP so you are not repeating your history every level of care. And when you discharge, the phone number does not change. A call at year one is the whole point.

Group therapy room at Real Deal Recovery

The team

The people running the plan

Names on the door, not stock photos. Click any photo to read the bio.

Every clinician on our team practices under Texas licensure or a board-approved supervisor. Credentials and supervision arrangements are available on request.

Client stories

What clients say

Rated 4.8 out of 5 across 62 Google reviews.

4.8 / 5 · 62 Google reviews

“Real Deal is without a doubt the most structured and therapeutic rehab program I have ever attended. It has brought me to one year in sobriety and I don't know what I would have done had I not participated in the program. I highly recommend Real Deal to anyone struggling with alcohol and/or drugs. It's amazing. Just try it and you will see for yourself!”

“Realdeal wellness and therapy will always have a special place in my heart for all the opportunities and care they've provided. They helped pave the way for me to achieve sobriety and build a better life for myself and when I needed them the most they were there in a heartbeat. Extremely grateful for their services and the environment they provide for recovery.”

“Real deal is a truly rare place that has instrumental in my rehabilitation. The staff truly cares deeply about you and wants you to succeed. Also Real Deal is one of not many outpatient rehab places that takes primary mental health cases. Highly recommend this place and thank you to everyone who helped me.”

“I love all of these guys. These guys made me feel better. They made me think better. I don't feel those ways anymore. Before I came here, I was certain I wouldn't be alive for much longer. These guys fixed that.”

“The Real Deal is an incredible program that prioritizes accessibility more than almost any other PHP, IOP, and Housing program. With housing fees at lower price point than a majority of sober livings, the option to have your pet with you, and a supportive recovery community, they really do try to eliminate barriers to care as much as possible.”

“Real Deal is different then the others. It offers flexible support for recovery, allowing you to live at home while attending therapy and counseling sessions. It's designed to fit your schedule and provides tools to maintain sobriety and prevent relapse. The focus on mental health is a great way to get to the root of what's gone wrong time and time again. Cannot recommend enough!”

“Real Deal is full of people who are passionate in helping others obtain and maintain their sobriety. They are always willing to lend a helping hand without judgement. They also have employees with real world experience using their own experiences to help others heal.”

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Questions people ask about the program

The clinical model, the cost, the credentials, the way we work.

A psychiatrist-led outpatient program paired with $500/month sober living homes. We treat mental health and substance abuse as one plan and run rehab centers and houses across Texas.

Because paired with insurance-covered outpatient treatment, that pricing makes a 3–4 month stay realistic for a working adult. Industry pricing at $1,500–$3,000/month forces people out before treatment finishes. That is the point at which sober living stops being a therapeutic tool and starts being a hotel bill.

Sharaya Gallozzi (Chief Clinical Officer) leads clinical strategy. Matthew Cross (Clinical Director) oversees day-to-day therapy operations. A psychiatrist signs off on every treatment plan.

Yes. Every clinician on our team practices under Texas licensure or a board-approved supervisor. Credentials and supervision arrangements are available on request.

You get named clinicians. Your therapist and psychiatrist stay with you across PHP and IOP so you are not repeating your history every week.

We are outpatient. You live at home or in one of our sober living homes. You keep your job and your family. Care is intensive but not locked.

Rehab Centers in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston. Sober living homes in Dallas, Richardson, Farmers Branch, Garland, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston.

It has been operating under the Real Deal brand family (RD Outpatient Rehab, RD Sober Living) since the beginning. Real Deal Recovery is the unified name across every service and city.

Parker Cates is the founder and owner. He is not a clinician; the clinical program is led by Sharaya Gallozzi and Matthew Cross.

Call 469-747-1201 for a confidential conversation. We verify insurance before day one and tell you what a stay looks like before you commit.

Our story Built so recovery is something people can actually reach

We Accept Most Insurance Plans:

How this program is different from most rehabs

$500/month sober living, not $3,000

Mental health and substance abuse treated together, not on separate tracks

Lived experience where it matters

Outpatient that respects your life — not a 30-day disappearance

Pet-friendly sober living

Real rehab centers with real addresses — every Texas metro, same standard

Insurance-forward, not insurance-hostile

Same team from day one to year one

The people running the plan

What clients say

Questions people ask about the program