Mental Health Care for Kirkland
Kirkland is an affluent lakeside city on the east shore of Lake Washington, home to long-settled households and newer arrivals drawn by Eastside technology offices.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Kirkland 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 Kirkland residents
Kirkland in practice
Kirkland stretches along the east shore of Lake Washington, from a walkable waterfront downtown to quieter neighbourhoods running up toward Totem Lake. It is affluent, and its population includes two groups who rarely appear together in the same clinic: long-settled residents, many of them retired, who have lived on the Eastside for decades, and younger professionals working in technology offices in Kirkland itself or commuting across the SR 520 and I-90 bridges into Seattle. Older residents often bring late-life depression and medication lists assembled by several prescribers; younger ones bring performance anxiety and exhaustion.
Getting care in Kirkland
The barrier in Kirkland is seldom cost. For working residents it is the commute — an appointment in Seattle means a bridge crossing at the hours traffic is heaviest. For older residents who have stopped driving across the lake, or after dark in winter, a specialist referral can become a decision to go without. Privacy also weighs heavily in a small, well-connected community. A video visit taken at home removes the bridge, the winter dark, and the waiting room together.
What Kirkland 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.
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.
A community weighted toward older residents needs a psychiatric practice that takes late-life presentations seriously rather than filing them under ageing. Depression that shows up as physical complaints, cognitive concerns that may be medication-related, bereavement, and the loss of independence that follows giving up driving are all treatable, and all routinely dismissed. It also needs a practice willing to review a long existing medication list rather than simply adding to it.
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.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Care for Kirkland 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Kirkland, WA?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Kirkland and throughout Washington.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Kirkland patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Kirkland 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 Kirkland?
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.