Mental Health Care for Sarasota
Sarasota pairs a nationally known arts scene with one of the older year-round populations in the country, and serves a rural inland catchment beyond it.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Sarasota 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 Sarasota residents
Sarasota in practice
Sarasota combines a nationally recognised arts scene — opera, ballet, theatre, and a long patronage tradition — with one of the older year-round populations in the country, and it serves a rural inland catchment reaching east toward the interior of the state. The seasonal swing is substantial, with the winter population well above the summer one. Late-life psychiatric presentations dominate: depression mistaken for normal ageing, cognitive concerns that may be medication-related, bereavement, and the loss of independence that follows giving up driving.
Getting care in Sarasota
Sarasota's psychiatric capacity is stretched hardest exactly when demand peaks, between December and April, and the seasonal residents competing for those appointments are frequently the same people who most need continuity across the year. For patients coming from the rural interior, the drive to the coast is long. For older patients who no longer drive at night or on the interstate, a clinic appointment depends on a family member's schedule — which is often what determines whether a follow-up happens at all.
What Sarasota patients need from a psychiatric practice
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.
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.
Where the nearest psychiatric specialist is an hour or more away, the practical consequence is not slower care but absent care — particularly for the short, frequent follow-ups that medication management depends on. A practice serving this kind of community has to make routine contact cheap in time, or the treatment plan quietly becomes an evaluation and nothing after it.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Willow & Stone is a direct-pay practice, so Sarasota 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 Cape Coral, Tampa.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Sarasota, FL?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Sarasota and throughout Florida.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Sarasota patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Sarasota 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 Sarasota?
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.