Online Psychiatrist in Florida | Telehealth Psychiatry

Florida’s psychiatrists cluster along the southeast coast, Tampa Bay, and Greater Orlando. Step into the Panhandle, the Big Bend, or a suburb where I-95 or I-4 already ate your lunch hour, and a new-patient psychiatric appointment can sit on a waitlist for weeks while you keep working. Hospital systems in Miami-Dade, Broward, Hillsborough, Orange, and Duval are large; their outpatient psychiatry calendars are not. New Age Psychiatry is a Fort Lauderdale–based practice that offers virtual psychiatric appointments throughout Florida—one clinical standard, no requirement that you live next to our home base.

Key Takeaways

If you are a Florida adult and you are physically in the state at visit time, you can see our clinicians by secure video.
We treat ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, insomnia, panic, and binge-eating concerns, with ongoing medication management.
We do not operate a clinic in every city on this list. Fort Lauderdale is home base. Telehealth is how we cover the state.
Same-week scheduling is the goal, including in counties where in-person waitlists routinely stretch longer.
Specialty paths: adult ADHD, low-dose ketamine, and the 2026 ketamine guide.

Why Florida Geography Still Blocks In-Person Psychiatry

A Miami-Dade professional stuck on US-1, a Pinellas patient who will not cross the Howard Frankland again, a Lee County household still rebuilding after Ian, and a Pensacola family hours from the next coastal mega-clinic are not the same commute—but they share the same failure mode. The appointment is too far, too delayed, or both. People cancel. Medications lapse. ADHD, depression, and PTSD do not wait for a parking space in Winter Park or Las Olas.

An online psychiatrist Florida visit is built for that map. Hilary Ortega, PMHNP-BC, founded New Age Psychiatry in Fort Lauderdale. Michael Lo, PMHNP-BC FNP-C, practices with the same statewide telehealth model. You meet on video, complete a full evaluation, and send prescriptions to a pharmacy you already use. You do not fly to Broward unless you live there and want to; even Broward patients usually stay on video.

Florida telehealth rules allow licensed clinicians to treat patients who are in the state at the time of the visit. We follow those rules. We do not treat you in Georgia, Alabama, or on a cruise that has left port. Be in Florida. Have ID. Use a private room.

Florida Cities We Serve by Telehealth

Each city page is written for that metro’s traffic, hospital waitlists, and neighborhoods—not a swapped city name. Choose the page that matches where you live or search. Care is the same statewide.

If your town is not named—Homestead, Ocala, Port St. Lucie, Panama City, Sebring—you are still eligible when you are a Florida adult in-state at the appointment. The city pages exist so searchers in those metros find accurate local context. They are not a list of offices.

Conditions an Online Psychiatrist Treats Statewide

Treatment comes first. We evaluate adults and, when it is appropriate, manage medication for:

Adult ADHD, including late diagnosis after school structure disappeared
Depression, including episodes that did not lift after a first antidepressant
Anxiety, panic disorder, and OCD
PTSD, with a recommendation for concurrent trauma-focused therapy in many cases
Insomnia and binge-eating concerns that belong in a psychiatric plan

We will say no when telehealth is the wrong setting—active psychosis, a need for inpatient care, or a presentation that requires a local crisis system. Virtual care is excellent outpatient psychiatry. It is not an emergency department.

How Online Psychiatry Works in Florida

Book. Use book-now or the secure patient portal. Hours: Monday–Friday 9–5pm Eastern.
Intake. History, medications, prior trials. Government ID. You must be in Florida.
Video evaluation. A psychiatric clinician—not a quiz—reviews symptoms, safety, and goals.
Plan. Medication when indicated, follow-up timing, and whether ADHD-focused or ketamine screening belongs in the next step.
Pharmacy. E-prescriptions to the Florida pharmacy you name, with staff available if a store has questions. Text or call 561-713-2788 (also 877-769-5206) or email hilaryortega@newagepsychiatry.care.

Follow-ups stay on video so titration does not depend on I-95, I-4, US-19, or a Panhandle drive to the next city with a specialist.

Specialty Care: Adult ADHD and Ketamine

Two requests show up from every region of the state. Adult ADHD evaluations are interview-based and followed with medication management when you and the clinician agree it is appropriate. Start with Adult ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Florida: A 2026 Guide to Online Care.

When depression, anxiety, or PTSD has not responded to standard antidepressants, medically supervised ketamine may be discussed after screening. That is psychiatric care, not a wellness franchise. Read low-dose ketamine treatment in Florida and Ketamine: 2026 Guide to Therapeutic Uses and Benefits.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have an office in my city?

Fort Lauderdale is the practice home base. We do not run a clinic in each of the 15 metros listed above. If you live in Fort Lauderdale, you still typically meet by video. Living in Miami, Tampa, or Pensacola does not require travel to Broward for routine care.

Can you prescribe ADHD medication by telehealth in Florida?

After a comprehensive evaluation, licensed Florida clinicians can prescribe indicated medications, including stimulants when appropriate, under current telehealth rules. We consult required state monitoring programs and maintain follow-up. A quiz is not a diagnosis.

What if I live in a town that is not listed?

List the 15 cities as search pages, not as a closed service area. If you are in Florida at the visit, you can book. Use the city page closest to you for local context, or stay on this hub.

Ready to start statewide telehealth psychiatry? Book now or open the patient portal. New Age Psychiatry · Fort Lauderdale home base · virtual appointments throughout Florida · 561-713-2788 (text or call) · 877-769-5206 · hilaryortega@newagepsychiatry.care · Monday–Friday 9–5pm.