Mental Health Care for Auburn
Auburn straddles the King–Pierce county line at the south end of the valley, home to the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and to warehouses, rail yards, and manufacturers that staff around the clock.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Auburn and the surrounding King 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.
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 Auburn residents
Auburn in practice
Auburn straddles the line between King and Pierce counties at the southern end of the Green River valley. The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe's reservation lies within and around the city, and tribal members, enterprises, and services are part of its everyday life. The valley's warehouses, rail yards, and manufacturers staff around the clock, and much of the rest of the workforce commutes north to Seattle or south to Tacoma by car or by the Sounder train. Households here juggle shift schedules, long commutes, and in many cases extended family responsibilities.
Getting care in Auburn
Specialty psychiatric referrals from Auburn usually point toward Seattle or Tacoma, and either one is a commute on top of a commute. Shift workers find that clinic hours fall when they are working or sleeping. For Native patients, care that works alongside tribal health services and community supports, rather than around them, is far more likely to be kept. Video visits fit into a gap between shifts, remove the drive, and can sit alongside whatever other care a patient already relies on.
What Auburn patients need from a psychiatric practice
West of the Cascades, the season to plan around is the long grey stretch from autumn into spring, when days are short and the sky is often overcast for weeks. Seasonal changes in mood, sleep, energy, and concentration are a routine part of the evaluation here, not an afterthought once a medication has failed through a winter. Planning ahead — reviewing a treatment plan before the dark months, and keeping appointments that do not depend on driving through rain and early darkness — makes winter care far more effective.
Shift workers are failed by conventional scheduling more than by anything else. When the clinic is open exactly during working hours, care does not happen — and what looks like disengagement is almost always a roster problem. Appointment times that can move with a rotation are the single most useful thing a practice can offer this population.
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.
Psychiatric care in and around Native communities works best when it accounts for community and family context rather than treating the individual in isolation, and when it sits alongside traditional practices instead of competing with them. Care that ignores either is generally care a patient does not return to.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Care for Auburn patients is direct-pay, so they skip insurance delays, prior authorizations, and surprise bills (insurance is accepted only for patients in Texas). 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.
Other Washington Communities We Serve
Willow & Stone also provides telehealth psychiatry to Kent, Federal Way, Tacoma.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Auburn, WA?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Auburn and throughout Washington.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Auburn patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Auburn patients?
ADHD Treatment, and Depression Treatment. Telepsychiatry, GeneSight pharmacogenomic testing, and integrative psychiatric evaluation are also available to patients throughout Washington.
Do you take insurance?
Insurance is accepted only for patients in Texas. Care for Washington patients is direct-pay (out-of-network), and we provide a superbill you can submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement, with no prior authorizations or referrals required.
How do I get started in Auburn?
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.