Integrative Psychiatry for Southlake Patients
Integrative psychiatry asks a deeper question: not just what the diagnosis is, but why the symptoms are happening. For Southlake patients, Willow & Stone blends evidence-based psychiatry with functional medicine — evaluating the gut-brain connection, nutrition, hormones, and inflammation alongside conventional treatment.
What an integrative approach includes
- ✓Root-cause evaluation, not just a diagnosis code
- ✓Advanced lab consultation (hormones, nutrients, inflammation, genetics)
- ✓Gut-brain and nutritional psychiatry strategies
- ✓Thoughtful medication management when it’s the right tool
- ✓Longer, collaborative appointments
Our Treatment Approach
Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, treats the whole person — combining conventional, evidence-based psychiatry with the physiological drivers of mood, focus, and anxiety. Southlake patients receive a personalized plan that may include medication, targeted lab work, nutrition, and lifestyle strategies, all delivered by secure telehealth.
Integrative Psychiatry in Southlake: the local picture
Southlake is a small, affluent city in northeast Tarrant County built around a highly regarded school district that families relocate specifically to enter. The academic and athletic expectations that come with that are a genuine clinical factor for adolescents here, not a stereotype: perfectionism, performance anxiety, and sleep debt are routine presenting concerns, and they frequently arrive dressed as a request for an ADHD evaluation. Sorting a genuine attention disorder from the effects of sustained pressure and insufficient sleep is the central diagnostic question in many Southlake teen intakes.
Getting care in Southlake
Cost is rarely the obstacle in Southlake — discretion and scheduling are. In a small community where school and social networks overlap almost completely, families are frequently unwilling to be seen entering a local psychiatric practice, and that reluctance delays care more than any waiting list. Teenagers themselves raise it first, and they are usually right that someone would notice. Video visits taken from home remove the visibility problem, and they fit around practice schedules and coursework in a way an afternoon clinic appointment does not. Southlake is also small enough that it has little psychiatric care of its own, so the realistic alternatives sit in Fort Worth or the mid-cities — far enough that a twenty-minute medication follow-up costs most of an evening, which is exactly the appointment families start skipping first.
What this means for Southlake patients
Patients who have already tried conventional treatment without a full response are often looking for something more thorough than another prescription. An integrative evaluation examines labs, hormones, sleep, and nutrition as contributors rather than as an alternative to psychiatric care.
Parents — particularly in the years after childbirth — commonly present with fatigue and mood changes that have real physiological contributors, including thyroid and nutritional factors. Checking those before concluding the diagnosis is straightforward and frequently skipped.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is integrative psychiatry evidence-based?
Yes. It integrates conventional, evidence-based psychiatry with well-researched contributors to mental health such as nutrition, sleep, inflammation, and the gut-brain axis.
Do you still prescribe medication?
Absolutely — medication is one important tool. The integrative difference is that we also address underlying factors so treatment works better for Southlake patients.
Can I get integrative psychiatry by telehealth in Southlake?
Yes. Southlake patients receive the full integrative approach — including lab guidance — through secure telehealth.
Do you take insurance for integrative psychiatry in Southlake?
Willow & Stone is cash-pay and provides superbills for out-of-network reimbursement — no prior authorizations for Southlake 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.
Integrative Psychiatry in Nearby Communities
Willow & Stone also provides integrative psychiatry by telehealth to Keller, Fort Worth, and throughout the Tarrant County.
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