Telepsychiatry for Silver City Patients
Telepsychiatry brings doctoral-level psychiatric care to Silver City without the commute or the waitlist. Willow & Stone provides secure video visits for evaluation, medication management, and ongoing care with Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC — from wherever you're comfortable in Silver City.
What telepsychiatry can help with
- ✓Depression and anxiety
- ✓Adult and teen ADHD
- ✓Medication management and optimization
- ✓Trauma and stress-related concerns
- ✓Integrative, root-cause psychiatric evaluation
Our Treatment Approach
Research shows telepsychiatry is comparable to in-person care for evaluation, medication management, and follow-up — and it dramatically improves access for Silver City residents. Visits are private and secure, and Dr. Forbes brings the same integrative, whole-person approach to every telehealth appointment.
Telepsychiatry in Silver City: the local picture
Silver City sits in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico, a former mining town that now combines Western New Mexico University, an arts community, and the continuing copper operations nearby. It is genuinely remote — surrounded by national forest, hours from any city — and the population mixes students, artists and retirees drawn by the setting, and mining families with long local roots. Isolation is protective for some patients here and corrosive for others, and distinguishing between the two is a real part of the clinical work.
Getting care in Silver City
Southwestern New Mexico has very little psychiatric specialty care, and the drive to Las Cruces or Albuquerque crosses mountain roads that weather can make slow or impassable. A referral out of the area is, in practice, a referral many patients will not act on. The university brings the additional problem of students whose care lapses each time the academic year breaks. Telepsychiatry addresses both — it holds continuity across terrain and across semesters.
What this means for Silver City patients
Students split the year between a campus address and a family home, and care built around a physical clinic breaks at every one of those transitions. A video-based relationship holds through semesters and summers, which is what makes ongoing treatment possible rather than a series of restarts.
Where the nearest psychiatric specialist is a long drive, telehealth is not a convenience — it is the difference between receiving care and not. It also makes short, frequent follow-ups practical, and those are what medication management actually requires to work.
Seasonal work means months where taking a day off is not an option and months where income is thin. Video visits fit into a shift break during the busy season and stay affordable and easy to keep during the quiet one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is telepsychiatry as effective as in-person care in Silver City?
Yes. Studies consistently show telepsychiatry is comparable to in-person psychiatric care for most needs, and it makes expert care far more accessible in Silver City.
What do I need for a telehealth visit?
A private space and a phone, tablet, or computer with internet. Silver City patients located in the state at the time of the visit are eligible.
Can I get prescriptions through telepsychiatry?
Yes, when clinically appropriate — Dr. Forbes prescribes and manages medication for Silver City patients via telehealth.
Do you take insurance for telepsychiatry in Silver City?
Willow & Stone is cash-pay and provides superbills for out-of-network reimbursement — no prior authorizations for Silver City patients.
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.
Telepsychiatry in Nearby Communities
Willow & Stone also provides telepsychiatry by telehealth to Deming, and throughout the Grant County.
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Start with a cash-pay telehealth consultation — no insurance, no prior authorizations, no waitlists.
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If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or call 911.