Mental Health Care for Pembroke Pines
Pembroke Pines is a large, diverse family suburb in southwest Broward, built for households commuting in several directions at once.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Pembroke Pines 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.
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 Pembroke Pines residents
Pembroke Pines in practice
Pembroke Pines is a large, planned suburb in southwest Broward, one of the more diverse cities in Florida, with substantial Caribbean, Latin American, and Jewish communities alongside long-settled families. It was built as housing for people working elsewhere, so its residents commute in several directions at once — into Fort Lauderdale, south into Miami-Dade, and east toward the coast. The population is family-weighted, which drives steady demand for adolescent evaluation, and the schools are frequently the first to raise a concern.
Getting care in Pembroke Pines
A Pembroke Pines family referred to adolescent psychiatry is generally referred out of the city, into Fort Lauderdale or south into Miami-Dade, and either direction means a teenager loses part of a school day and a parent part of a work day for every appointment — including routine follow-ups that should take twenty minutes. That cost compounds across a treatment course, and it is a common reason families stop before a medication has been properly titrated.
What Pembroke Pines 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 bilingual communities, language concordance is a clinical requirement rather than a courtesy — psychiatric assessment depends almost entirely on nuance in how someone describes their own experience. Care conducted in a patient's second language, or summarised through a family member, risks getting the answer wrong in either direction.
A community weighted toward older residents needs a psychiatric practice that takes late-life presentations seriously rather than filing them under ageing. Depression that shows up as physical complaints, cognitive concerns that may be medication-related, bereavement, and the loss of independence that follows giving up driving are all treatable, and all routinely dismissed. It also needs a practice willing to review a long existing medication list rather than simply adding to it.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Willow & Stone is a direct-pay practice, so Pembroke Pines 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 Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Pembroke Pines, FL?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Pembroke Pines and throughout Florida.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Pembroke Pines patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Pembroke Pines patients?
ADHD Treatment, and Depression Treatment. 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 Pembroke Pines?
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.