Mental Health Care for West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach anchors a county with extremes of wealth and poverty inside a few miles of each other, and a seasonal population that changes the city twice a year.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to West Palm Beach and the surrounding Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach
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 West Palm Beach residents
West Palm Beach in practice
West Palm Beach anchors a county that contains some of the greatest concentrations of wealth in the country and, within a few miles, communities facing serious economic hardship — including the agricultural towns around Lake Okeechobee. The seasonal swing is pronounced: the population and the traffic change substantially between the winter season and the summer. That produces a psychiatric caseload spanning patients who can pay privately without difficulty and patients for whom any out-of-pocket cost is decisive, frequently seen by the same limited set of local providers.
Getting care in West Palm Beach
Palm Beach County is long and thin, and the drive from the western communities to the coastal corridor where most specialty care sits is substantial. Seasonal population swings make appointment availability genuinely worse in winter, which is also when many part-year residents want to be seen. Cash-pay care is unusually relevant here for the self-employed and the seasonally employed, who need a published price rather than a network they do not belong to — and video visits remove the county's geography from the equation.
What West Palm Beach patients need from a psychiatric practice
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.
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.
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.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Willow & Stone is a direct-pay practice, so West Palm Beach 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 Boca Raton, Port St. Lucie.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from West Palm Beach, FL?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in West Palm Beach and throughout Florida.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so West Palm Beach patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer West Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach?
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.