Mental Health Care for Albuquerque
Albuquerque is New Mexico's largest city and the anchor of its mental health system, yet demand around the University of New Mexico and across the metro far outstrips local psychiatric capacity.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque
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 Albuquerque residents
Albuquerque in practice
Albuquerque holds roughly a quarter of New Mexico's population and nearly all of its specialty medical capacity, which makes it the destination for patients from across a very large state. The University of New Mexico anchors both a student population and the state's main academic medical center, while Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia National Laboratories add military families and a technical professional workforce. New Mexico has long carried some of the country's more difficult behavioral health outcomes, and Albuquerque is where the demand for that care concentrates — including patients who have driven several hours to be there.
Getting care in Albuquerque
Being the state's psychiatric hub means Albuquerque's providers are absorbing statewide demand, so local residents compete for appointments with patients from everywhere else in New Mexico. Waits are correspondingly long. For city residents, the frustration is that the care exists a few miles away and is still months out; for everyone else, Albuquerque is a day's round trip. Telehealth relieves both by removing the geographic bottleneck entirely — the appointment no longer has to happen inside the city that holds the providers.
What Albuquerque 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.
Military and veteran families need a practice that understands deployment cycles, frequent relocation, and the particular strain both place on spouses and children — and that will talk plainly about how treatment interacts with duty and clearance concerns rather than leaving them unspoken. Those concerns are frequently based on outdated assumptions, and leaving them unaddressed is what stops people from starting.
Technical and professional patients tend to arrive having researched extensively, wanting to understand mechanism and evidence rather than receive a prescription. That suits a longer evaluation and frustrates a short medication check — and the mismatch drives people away from psychiatry altogether rather than to a different provider.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Willow & Stone is a direct-pay practice, so Albuquerque 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.
Nearby Communities We Serve
Willow & Stone also provides telehealth psychiatry to Rio Rancho, Los Lunas, Santa Fe.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Albuquerque, NM?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Albuquerque and throughout New Mexico.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Albuquerque patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Albuquerque patients?
ADHD Treatment, Teen & Adolescent Psychiatry, Depression Treatment, Medication Management, Telepsychiatry, GeneSight Testing, and Integrative Psychiatry.
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 Albuquerque?
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.