Mental Health Care for Kent
Kent sits in the Green River valley, one of the largest warehouse and distribution districts on the West Coast, and it is among the most linguistically diverse cities in the state.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Kent 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 Kent residents
Kent in practice
Kent sits in the Green River valley, where the floor of the valley is filled with warehouses, distribution centres, and manufacturers — one of the largest industrial districts on the West Coast, staffed around the clock. On the hills above it, the city is among the most linguistically diverse in Washington, with East African, South Asian, Pacific Islander, Latino, Ukrainian, and many other communities, and a large share of households are young families. Many residents work the night and weekend shifts the valley runs on, and many arrived as immigrants or refugees carrying experiences that rarely come up in a short medical visit.
Getting care in Kent
Two barriers overlap here. The first is time: a clinic open on weekdays during the day is open while warehouse and manufacturing workers are on shift or asleep. The second is language — psychiatric assessment depends on how someone describes their own experience, and an interview through an interpreter, or through the patient's own child, loses much of that. Families often wait rather than accept an appointment on those terms. Telehealth widens the range of clinicians a family can realistically see and makes the hour negotiable around a rotation.
What Kent 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 bilingual communities, language concordance is a clinical requirement rather than a courtesy — psychiatric assessment depends almost entirely on nuance in how someone describes their own experience. Care conducted in a patient's second language, or summarised through a family member, risks getting the answer wrong in either direction.
Fast-growing family communities generate adolescent psychiatric demand faster than local capacity expands to meet it, and waiting months for an evaluation is genuinely costly at an age where a school year is a long time. Families here also need appointment times that do not require pulling a teenager out of school for every routine follow-up.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Care for Kent 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 Auburn, Renton, Federal Way.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Kent, WA?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Kent and throughout Washington.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Kent patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Kent 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 Kent?
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.