Mental Health Care for Dallas
As the Metroplex's urban core, Dallas pairs a high-pressure professional culture with long waits for psychiatric care. Telepsychiatry lets Dallas residents skip the traffic and see a doctoral-level provider from home or the office.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Dallas and the surrounding Dallas 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 Dallas
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 Dallas residents
Dallas in practice
Dallas concentrates corporate headquarters, finance, and law in a way few American cities do, and the psychiatric presentation that follows is distinctive: high-functioning adults who have compensated for years and arrive only when the compensation stops working. Burnout that has been reframed as ambition, ADHD that was never evaluated because grades were fine, anxiety managed with an amount of alcohol that has quietly stopped being social. The city also holds a large and long-established medical district, which means the sophistication of the questions patients arrive with is high — many have already read about pharmacogenomic testing or functional labs before the first appointment.
Getting care in Dallas
Dallas is not short of psychiatrists in absolute terms, but the ones with availability tend to book weeks out and hold appointment slots inside the workday. For a professional whose calendar is the constraint rather than the money, that is the binding problem — the visit is affordable and still impossible. There is also a privacy dimension that patients raise directly here: in a tightly networked professional city, walking into a psychiatric office in your own neighborhood carries a social cost that a video visit from a closed office door does not.
What Dallas 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 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 Dallas 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 Dallas, TX?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Dallas and throughout Texas.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Dallas patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Dallas 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 Dallas?
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.