Mental Health Care for Los Alamos
Los Alamos is a national laboratory town on a mesa, with among the highest concentrations of doctorate-holders anywhere in the country and a security-cleared workforce.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos residents
Los Alamos in practice
Los Alamos sits on a mesa above the Rio Grande valley and exists because of Los Alamos National Laboratory, which gives a town of thirteen thousand one of the highest concentrations of doctorate-holders anywhere in the United States. Much of the working population holds a security clearance, and the widespread belief that seeking mental health treatment will jeopardize it is one of the most consequential barriers to care here — the belief is usually based on outdated information, and it delays treatment for years. The work itself is demanding and often compartmentalised, which limits how much of it can be discussed even in a clinical setting.
Getting care in Los Alamos
Los Alamos is small and physically separated from everything around it — Santa Fe is roughly forty minutes down off the mesa, Albuquerque considerably further. Local behavioural health capacity is limited for a town of this profile, and in a community this size, being seen at the one local practice is a real concern rather than an imagined one. That combination of distance and visibility means a video visit taken privately from home is frequently the only version of the appointment a patient here will actually keep.
What Los Alamos patients need from a psychiatric practice
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.
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.
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 Los Alamos 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Los Alamos, NM?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Los Alamos and throughout New Mexico.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Los Alamos patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Los Alamos patients?
ADHD Treatment, and Depression Treatment. Telepsychiatry, GeneSight pharmacogenomic testing, and integrative psychiatric evaluation are also available to patients throughout New Mexico.
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 Los Alamos?
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.