Mental Health Care for Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale anchors Broward County, a metropolitan area of nearly two million that Miami's providers do not serve and Miami's search results do not reach.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward 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.
Our Services for Fort Lauderdale
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 Fort Lauderdale residents
Fort Lauderdale in practice
Fort Lauderdale anchors Broward County, a metropolitan area approaching two million people that is routinely treated as an extension of Miami and is not one. Its economy runs on marine industry, cruise and air travel through Port Everglades and the airport, hospitality, and a substantial professional and finance sector. The city also has one of the largest and most established LGBTQ+ populations in the southeastern United States. Between the travel industry and the hospitality economy, a large share of the working population is on evening, overnight, or rotating schedules that no conventional clinic hour accommodates.
Getting care in Fort Lauderdale
Broward residents are frequently referred south into Miami-Dade, adding a cross-county trip through some of the worst traffic in the country to an appointment that was already difficult to schedule. For hospitality and marine workers, the more basic problem is that clinics are open precisely during working hours, and the shifts move. Both groups tend to complete an initial evaluation and then disappear from the follow-up schedule — which reads as disengagement and is almost entirely logistics.
What Fort Lauderdale patients need from a psychiatric practice
Seasonal economies produce predictable annual swings in work, income, and daylight, and mood tracks all three. A practice serving this kind of community needs to evaluate patterns across the whole year rather than at one point in it, and to build treatment plans that survive the lean months as well as the busy ones.
Shift workers are failed by conventional scheduling more than by anything else. When the clinic is open exactly during working hours, care does not happen — and what looks like disengagement is almost always a roster problem. Appointment times that can move with a rotation are the single most useful thing a practice can offer this population.
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.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Willow & Stone is a direct-pay practice, so Fort Lauderdale 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.
Other Florida Communities We Serve
Willow & Stone also provides telehealth psychiatry to Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Miami.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Fort Lauderdale, FL?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Fort Lauderdale and throughout Florida.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Fort Lauderdale patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Fort Lauderdale patients?
ADHD Treatment, Teen & Adolescent Psychiatry, Depression Treatment, and Medication Management. Telepsychiatry, GeneSight pharmacogenomic testing, and integrative psychiatric evaluation are also available to patients throughout Florida.
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 Fort Lauderdale?
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.