Mental Health Care for Tampa
Tampa Bay pairs a large university population with finance and healthcare employers whose schedules rarely bend for a mid-afternoon appointment. It is also a bay-split metro — patients on the Pinellas side routinely find that the nearest available provider is a bridge crossing away.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Tampa 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 Tampa
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 Tampa residents
Tampa in practice
Tampa Bay pairs a large university population at the University of South Florida with major finance, insurance, and healthcare employers whose schedules rarely accommodate a mid-afternoon appointment. The metro is also split by the bay, which has a real effect on care: patients on the Pinellas side frequently find that the nearest available provider is a bridge crossing away, and a bridge crossing at the wrong hour is not a short trip. Healthcare employment itself contributes a substantial shift-working population with the sleep disruption that accompanies it.
Getting care in Tampa
The bay split means physical proximity is misleading throughout this metro — an office that appears close on a map may be forty minutes and a bridge away at the hour of the appointment. Professional employees have limited ability to disappear mid-workday, and healthcare shift workers are asleep when clinics are open. Telehealth makes the bay irrelevant to the appointment and allows visit times that fit around a rotation rather than requiring the rotation to bend.
What Tampa patients need from a psychiatric practice
A student population needs psychiatric care that survives the academic calendar. Campus services are built for short-term support and rarely provide ongoing medication management, and the handoff between them and an outside prescriber is where treatment most often lapses. Continuity across semesters and summers matters more here than proximity to campus.
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 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 Tampa 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 Orlando, Jacksonville.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Tampa, FL?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Tampa and throughout Florida.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Tampa patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Tampa 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 Tampa?
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.