Mental Health Care for Gilbert
Gilbert went from a farming town to one of the largest suburbs in the country inside a single generation, and its households are disproportionately families with school-age and teenage children.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Gilbert and the surrounding Maricopa County area by secure telehealth — combining evidence-based medication management with functional, root-cause strategies. You get longer, unhurried appointments and a whole-person approach, without the commute or the waitlist.
Why Choose Willow & Stone
- ✓Doctoral-level, board-certified psychiatric provider (Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC)
- ✓Integrative & functional approach — gut-brain axis, nutrition, labs, root causes
- ✓GeneSight pharmacogenomic testing to personalize medication
- ✓Experienced with treatment-resistant depression — root-cause workup, not just the next prescription
- ✓Cash-pay transparency — no insurance delays or prior authorizations
- ✓Telehealth-first convenience for Gilbert residents
Gilbert in practice
Gilbert was farmland within living memory and is now one of the largest suburbs in the country, and it grew in one direction: families with children. The households that moved in chose it for schools and space, which means the adolescent population is large, the parental expectations around it are high, and the demand for teen psychiatric evaluation has grown considerably faster than local specialty capacity has. Adults here are mostly commuting somewhere else — into Chandler's technology corridor, into Phoenix, into Mesa — so the working day is already long before anyone considers adding an appointment to it.
Getting care in Gilbert
A Gilbert family referred for adolescent psychiatry is usually referred out of Gilbert, and every visit then costs a teenager part of a school day and a parent part of a work day. That cost compounds fastest at exactly the wrong moment: the early follow-ups where a medication is being adjusted and where stopping early guarantees the trial fails. Parents here are also markedly private about adolescent mental health in a community where schools and social circles overlap almost completely. A video visit in the twenty minutes after school solves the logistics and the discretion together, which is why follow-through is so much better on this format here.
What Gilbert patients need from a psychiatric practice
Fast-growing family communities generate adolescent psychiatric demand faster than local capacity expands to meet it, and waiting months for an evaluation is genuinely costly at an age where a school year is a long time. Families here also need appointment times that do not require pulling a teenager out of school for every routine follow-up.
In affluent, tightly networked communities the barrier is rarely cost — it is availability and discretion. Being seen entering a local psychiatric practice carries a social cost that families weigh seriously, and teenagers raise it first. Care taken privately from home removes a concern that no amount of tact at a physical office fully resolves.
In a community built around long commutes, the day is fully committed before anyone considers adding an appointment, and healthcare is what gets deferred. Care that costs only the length of the visit — with no travel on either side — is what makes an ongoing treatment plan realistic rather than aspirational.
In a climate with a long and genuinely severe summer, the season is a clinical variable rather than a complaint about the weather. Activity stops, sleep is broken, and people withdraw indoors for months, and a practice that does not ask about that specifically will treat the resulting low mood as though it appeared from nowhere. It also matters for prescribing: heat tolerance and hydration interact with several psychiatric medications, and that is worth planning around before the hot months rather than reacting to during them.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Willow & Stone is a direct-pay practice, so Gilbert patients skip insurance delays, prior authorizations, and surprise bills. We provide a superbill you can submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement, and we're happy to review current rates with you before you book.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Gilbert, AZ?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Gilbert and throughout Arizona.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Gilbert patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Gilbert patients?
ADHD Treatment, and Depression Treatment. Telepsychiatry, GeneSight pharmacogenomic testing, and integrative psychiatric evaluation are also available to patients throughout Arizona.
Do you take insurance?
We are a cash-pay practice and provide superbills for possible out-of-network reimbursement — no prior authorizations or referrals required.
How do I get started in Gilbert?
Book a telehealth consultation online or call (469) 726-3768. Your first visit is a comprehensive intake with Dr. Forbes.
If you need help right now
Willow & Stone is an outpatient practice and is not an emergency service. If you or someone you care about is in immediate danger, call 911.
For urgent mental health support at any hour, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line. Both are free, confidential, and available 24/7 nationwide.
Your healing begins with a conversation.
Start with a cash-pay telehealth consultation — no insurance, no prior authorizations, no waitlists.
Schedule Your ConsultationOr call (469) 726-3768
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or call 911.