Mental Health Care for Spokane Valley
Spokane Valley incorporated only in 2003, turning a long stretch of suburbs, manufacturing, and retail between Spokane and the Idaho line into one of the largest cities in eastern Washington.
Willow & Stone brings doctoral-level, integrative psychiatric care to Spokane Valley and the surrounding Spokane 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 Spokane Valley residents
Spokane Valley in practice
Spokane Valley was incorporated in 2003 from a long string of unincorporated suburbs between Spokane and the Idaho line, and it remains a city of neighbourhoods rather than a single centre. Manufacturing, distribution, and trade employers line the valley floor and run multiple shifts, while newer subdivisions toward Liberty Lake fill with young families and older neighbourhoods hold retirees who have lived here for decades. That mix produces two very different patient groups within a few miles: parents and teenagers dealing with school and work pressure, and older adults managing late-life depression, bereavement, and long medication lists from several prescribers.
Getting care in Spokane Valley
Most psychiatric referrals from the Valley point west into Spokane, where capacity serves the entire Inland Northwest and new-patient availability is limited. The drive is not long in summer, but winter snow and ice make it slower and, for older residents who no longer drive comfortably in bad weather, a reason to cancel. Shift workers face the familiar problem of clinic hours that match their working hours. Video visits make the weather and the shift irrelevant, and they make it easy for an adult child to join an older parent's appointment from wherever they are.
What Spokane Valley patients need from a psychiatric practice
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.
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.
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.
Transparent Cash-Pay Care
Care for Spokane Valley 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 Spokane.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Willow & Stone accept patients from Spokane Valley, WA?
Yes. Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, PMHNP-BC, provides telehealth psychiatric care to patients located in Spokane Valley and throughout Washington.
Do I have to travel to be seen?
No — most care is delivered by secure video, so Spokane Valley patients are seen from home. Our Arlington, TX office is also available for in-person visits.
What services do you offer Spokane Valley 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 Spokane Valley?
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.