If you need help right now
Willow & Stone is an outpatient practice and is not an emergency service. These lines are free, confidential, and answer at any hour, anywhere in Washington.
911
For immediate danger to anyone’s life or safety. Tell the dispatcher it is a mental health emergency.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
Free, confidential, and available 24/7 — for the person in crisis or for someone worried about them.
Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255
For veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and the people who support them. VA enrollment is not required.
Washington’s crisis lines, including the Native & Strong Lifeline, help lines for substance use and for teens, Apple Health coverage, and plain-language guides for patients and families anywhere in the state. If someone is in danger right now, start with the first section.
Washington crisis support
Washington’s crisis lines are available to everyone in the state, regardless of income or insurance. A crisis line can connect you to mobile crisis outreach and designated crisis responders where you live.
Native & Strong Lifeline
Dial 988 then press 4 · text N8V to 988
Washington’s 988 line for American Indian and Alaska Native people, answered by Native crisis counselors who are Tribal members and descendants.
Regional crisis lines by county
The Health Care Authority’s directory of the 24/7 behavioral health crisis line for each Washington county, alongside 988.
Teen Link
866-833-6546 · text or chat
A Washington help line answered by trained teen volunteers, 6pm to 10pm every day. Not an emergency service; 988 covers the hours it is closed.
Washington Recovery Help Line
Call or text 866-789-1511 (texting 9am–9pm)
Confidential 24/7 support and referrals for substance use, including medication for opioid use disorder.
Apple Health and public behavioral health
Apple Health (Medicaid)
1-800-562-3022 (TRS 711)
Washington’s Medicaid program, which covers behavioral health. The Health Care Authority’s customer service line is open Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm Pacific. Apply through Washington Healthplanfinder.
Family initiated treatment (FIT)
How Washington parents can have an adolescent 13 or older evaluated and treated when the teen will not seek care on their own.
Support and checking credentials
NAMI Washington
The Washington organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness — support groups, trainings, and local affiliates across the state.
Washington Department of Health provider credential search
Look up the license of a nurse practitioner, nurse, counselor, or other licensed health professional in Washington.
Guides for Washington patients and families
Teen Mental Health Consent in Washington: Care at 13 and Family-Initiated Treatment
In Washington, an adolescent 13 or older can start outpatient mental health treatment without a parent’s consent, and parents have their own route to get a teen evaluated.
Grey Winters and Mood in Washington: The Overcast West and the Colder, Sunnier East
Washington’s winter mood problem depends on which side of the Cascades you live on.
Security Clearances and Mental Health Treatment: What Is Actually Asked
Fear of losing a clearance keeps many people in defence, laboratory, and military work from seeking psychiatric care.
Psychiatric care across Washington
Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, provides integrative telehealth psychiatry to patients anywhere in Washington. See care across Washington, or find your city: Seattle · Spokane · Tacoma · Vancouver · Bellevue · Everett · Yakima · Bellingham.
Your healing begins with a conversation.
Start with a telehealth consultation. Insurance is accepted for Texas patients; outside Texas, care is direct-pay with a superbill.
Schedule Your ConsultationOr call (469) 726-3768