Intake
Willowbrook Psychiatric Associates
Before your appointment

A few quiet minutes, before the clock starts.

A short set of questions your psychiatrist would normally ask at the start of your visit — answered here first, in your own time, so more of your appointment is spent talking with them instead of filling out paperwork together.

About 8–10 minutes Sent directly to your psychiatrist Private and confidential

What happens with your answers

This isn't a form that disappears into a file. Here's exactly where it goes.

You answer in your own words

Questions about how you've been feeling, your history, and what brought you in — the same ground a first conversation usually covers, asked one at a time so nothing feels rushed.

Your responses are organized

What you share is put into a clear summary for your psychiatrist to read before you sit down together — not a transcript they have to dig through.

Your appointment starts from there

Instead of spending the first ten minutes on background questions, your psychiatrist already has that context, and can spend your time with them actually listening.

Before you start

This isn't a substitute for the appointment itself, and it won't ask you to make any decisions. It's simply a way to hand your psychiatrist the background earlier, so your time together goes further.

If anything you're asked feels like too much to put into words right now, you can skip it and cover it in person instead. There's no wrong way to answer.

Begin

You can pause and come back at any point before you submit — nothing is sent until you choose to send it.