Boca Raton, Florida
Online psychiatry for Boca Raton and south Palm Beach County.
Evaluations, medication management and psychotherapy by secure video — for patients in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Highland Beach and the surrounding Palm Beach County communities.
Appointments that fit around a working week
Boca Raton sits in south Palm Beach County, and psychiatric care here has the same problem it has everywhere else in the state: the appointment is not hard to want, it is hard to get. A 2022 study of psychiatric outpatient availability found only 18.5% of psychiatrists were accepting new patients at all, with a median wait of 67 days in person against 43 days by telepsychiatry.
Horizon Telepsychiatry works by secure video, which removes the part of the process most likely to cause a cancellation — the journey. There is no drive down Glades Road, no parking, and no waiting room. A follow-up appointment fits inside a lunch break.
Patients across Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Highland Beach, Deerfield Beach, Boynton Beach and Parkland can be seen, along with anyone else physically located in Florida at the time of the appointment.
A county with a seasonal population
Palm Beach County has a characteristic that affects psychiatric care more than most specialties: a substantial part of its population is seasonal. People spend part of the year here and part elsewhere, and continuity of care tends to be the first casualty.
Medication management is particularly badly served by that pattern. It depends on regular review — on someone knowing what was tried, at what dose, and what happened — and it works poorly when care restarts from scratch twice a year.
Telehealth handles this better than an office does. As long as you are physically located in Florida at the time of the appointment, the same clinician can follow your care through the year. For patients who spend months elsewhere, it is worth discussing early, because prescribing rules depend on where you are located at the time of the visit rather than where you usually live.
Boca Raton also has a large student population through Florida Atlantic University, and evening and early appointments are often easier to arrange than a daytime clinic slot.
What care covers
A first appointment is a full 60 minutes — long enough to take a proper history rather than reach for a prescription pad. It covers symptoms, medical history, previous treatments and what you want to be different.
Care includes psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychotherapy, and ongoing treatment for anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD and sleep difficulties.
Some things this practice does not provide, and will say so directly: inpatient care, intensive outpatient programmes, and substance use treatment. If that is what your situation needs, you will be told at the first appointment rather than several months in.
Insurance, self-pay and booking
Oscar, Cigna and Aetna are accepted. Palm Beach County has a high proportion of employer-sponsored and marketplace plans, and behavioural health benefits vary considerably between plans from the same insurer — so it is worth checking your specific plan rather than assuming.
Self-pay fees are published: $200 for the 60-minute initial evaluation, $100 per follow-up. On a high-deductible plan, self-pay is often cheaper outright, and nothing is routed through an insurer. Details are on the rates and insurance page.
No referral is needed. Book online, or call or text 954-531-5108.
Common questions
What you may be wondering.
Why is it so difficult to see a psychiatrist? Mostly supply. Research published in 2022 found fewer than one in five psychiatrists were accepting new patients, and [HRSA](https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/health-workforce/shortage-areas) designates 219 Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas in Florida, where roughly a quarter of assessed need is met. Telehealth widens the pool of available clinicians, because you are no longer limited to those within driving distance.
How much does a psychiatrist cost in Florida? It varies widely. At Horizon the published self-pay rate is $200 for the 60-minute initial evaluation and $100 for follow-ups. With Oscar, Cigna or Aetna, your cost depends on your plan's behavioural health benefits and where you are against your deductible.
Can I keep my appointments if I spend part of the year out of state? You need to be physically located in Florida at the time of each appointment. That is a rule about location during the visit, not about residency. If you spend part of the year elsewhere, raise it early and it can be planned around rather than discovered at the point it becomes a problem.
Do you see students from Florida Atlantic University? Yes, subject to being physically located in Florida at the time of the appointment. Students are seen on the same basis as any other adult patient, self-pay or through an accepted insurer.
Also serving Fort Lauderdale and the rest of Florida.
In an emergency
Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. You can also call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Horizon Telepsychiatry is not an emergency service.
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