Psychiatric Care for Hobe Sound Residents

Health Haven Stuart (Ocean Blvd) — 816 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994 · (772) 255-4697

From Hobe Sound, one road does most of the work. US-1 — SE Federal Hwy as it runs through town — heads straight north to Stuart, and Health Haven's Federal Hwy office (1026 SE Federal Hwy) sits directly on that corridor: roughly 11–13 miles, about 20–25 minutes (est.) from central Hobe Sound, with no route change. The sourced town-to-town figure for Stuart ↔ Hobe Sound is 12.4 miles and 21 minutes in normal traffic. For the Ocean Blvd office, continue north on US-1 into Stuart and then east on SE Ocean Blvd toward the causeway corridor — a few minutes further (est.). It sits on the mainland Stuart side, on the road that leads toward the Evans Crary and Ernest Lyons bridges; the drive heads toward that corridor, it isn't a trip out to the barrier island.

The surface alternative is SR A1A / SE Dixie Hwy, the old Dixie Highway, which runs north–south parallel to the Florida East Coast Railway and into Stuart — slower and local, but the same northbound direction. Bridge Road, Pettway St and Gomez Ave connect the Dixie side of town west to US-1. This is a single-corridor drive: incidents, drawbridge and rail-crossing delays on the Dixie alignment, and seasonal Treasure Coast traffic thicken it (est.). Hobe Sound's mean travel time to work is already 28.5 minutes (ACS 2020–2024), so a ~20–25 minute (est.) trip north sits inside residents' normal travel pattern — but it is a real drive, not a neighborhood trip.

Southbound, the honest alternative: Jupiter is 9.9 miles and 17 minutes away in normal traffic (sourced town-to-town), and Tequesta is closer still (est.). Martin County Public Transit routes 4 and 20x serve Hobe Sound, and route 20x runs south to Palm Beach County and connects with Palm Tran — one more sign that the daily geography here runs both ways.

Here's what we offer at our Stuart offices.

• Psychiatric evaluations — a careful first look at what's going on, so we can talk through next steps together.
• Medication management — prescribing and ongoing check-ins, adjusted as we learn what fits.
• Therapy — talk-based care, one on one, at a pace that feels manageable.
• Addiction recovery — support for substance use, wherever you are in the process.
• Spravato (esketamine) treatment — offered at our Stuart (Ocean Blvd) office.

No brick-and-mortar psychiatry practice with a Hobe Sound address surfaced in directory searches, while Hobe Sound families already make the northbound US-1 trip to Stuart for Murray Middle and South Fork High — and Health Haven's Spravato at Stuart (Ocean Blvd) sits along that same corridor. Neither Stuart office offers TMS. Telehealth appointments are available anywhere in Florida, as long as you're physically in Florida at the time of your appointment. We see patients 12 and up (children 8 and up by referral), accept most major insurance plans — see /insurance — and have seven Spanish-speaking providers on the Health Haven team, practice-wide.

The western and southern edge of Hobe Sound is Jonathan Dickinson State Park — 10,500 acres (Florida State Parks) at 16450 SE Federal Hwy, holding 16 natural communities from sand pine scrub to mangrove river swamp, with the Loxahatchee River running through it, designated a National Wild and Scenic River in 1985, the first in Florida. The park's land was Camp Murphy, a top-secret WWII radar training school with more than 6,000 personnel, deactivated in November 1944 after only two years; it became a state park in 1950, and the Camp Murphy mountain-bike trails carry the name today. Off US-1, the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge covers 1,091 acres bisected by the Indian River Lagoon, with 3.5 miles of Atlantic beach that is one of the most productive sea turtle nesting areas in the Southeast. Beach life itself is lived across the narrows: Hobe Sound Public Beach sits within the town of Jupiter Island, one of Martin County's four guarded beaches.

The town's two histories sit side by side. In the 1920s the Olympia Improvement Corporation renamed Hobe Sound "Picture City" for a movie colony that never arrived — the boom collapsed after the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, but the Greek street names stayed: Zeus, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, Olympus, Venus, Pluto, Athena, along with the cement streetlights on Dixie Highway. West of US-1 and south of Bridge Road, the Banner Lake neighborhood grew up around the Banner Lake Club, a community building donated in 1939 at 12212 SE Lantana Ave that still runs its B.L.A.S.T. youth program, a food pantry and senior services. Families follow the Gomez Ave spine — Hobe Sound Elementary (11555 SE Gomez Ave) and Seawind Elementary (3700 SE Seabranch Blvd) are in the CDP, Hobe Sound Bible College (11298 SE Gomez Ave) and Hobe Sound Christian Academy (11460 SE Gomez Ave) share the campus a few blocks away, and from sixth grade on the trip runs north to Murray Middle and South Fork High at Stuart addresses. With median household income of $63,484 and 15.7% in poverty (ACS 2020–2024), mainland Hobe Sound is a mixed-income community — the Jupiter Island wealth is across the water.

Hobe Sound has no brick-and-mortar psychiatry practice of its own — none surfaced with a Hobe Sound address — so care means a drive, and Health Haven's two Stuart offices sit about 20–25 minutes (est.) north on US-1, the road residents already drive for Stuart services and for Murray Middle and South Fork High. Jupiter is closer on the sourced town-to-town figures (9.9 mi / 17 min vs. 12.4 mi / 21 min) and has its own psychiatry supply; our case rests on fit, services, and telehealth rather than on being the nearest option. In one practice you'll find evaluations, medication management, therapy, addiction recovery, and Spravato at Stuart (Ocean Blvd), with care shaped around an older community's real needs — late-life depression, anxiety, grief, and caregiver strain — alongside care for families and teens. And on the days a drive in either direction isn't practical, telehealth from home is available anywhere in Florida.

• On the corridor you already drive — about 20–25 minutes (est.) north on US-1 / SE Federal Hwy to the Federal Hwy office, with the Ocean Blvd office a few minutes further (est.).
• A broad range of care in one practice — evaluations, medication management, therapy, addiction recovery, and Spravato at Stuart (Ocean Blvd).
• Care matched to the community — late-life depression, anxiety, grief, and caregiver strain, alongside care for families and teens (patients 12 and up, children 8 and up by referral).
• Telehealth from home — appointments from anywhere in Florida, on the days making the drive isn't practical.
• Honest about the map — Jupiter is closer on sourced figures; we win on fit, services, and telehealth, not on being nearest.

Is there a psychiatrist in Hobe Sound?

No brick-and-mortar psychiatry practice with a Hobe Sound address surfaced in directory searches. What did surface in Hobe Sound is psychology, neuropsychology assessment, and counseling — concentrated on the Bridge Rd corridor and SE Dixie Hwy. Health Haven serves patients from Hobe Sound from its two Stuart offices. Hobe Sound is an older community — median age 56.9 and 34.1% of residents 65 and up (2020 Census) — and Health Haven sees patients 12 and up, with children 8 and up by referral.

How long is the drive from Hobe Sound to Health Haven's Stuart offices?

About 11–13 miles and roughly 20–25 minutes (est.) north on US-1 / SE Federal Hwy to the Federal Hwy office at 1026 SE Federal Hwy; the sourced town-to-town Stuart ↔ Hobe Sound figure is 12.4 miles and 21 minutes in normal traffic. The Ocean Blvd office is a few minutes further (est.): continue north on US-1 into Stuart, then east on SE Ocean Blvd toward the causeway corridor — on the mainland Stuart side. It's the same northbound trip Hobe Sound families make to Murray Middle and South Fork High. Most major insurance plans are accepted — see /insurance.

Is Jupiter closer than Stuart for Hobe Sound residents?

Yes, on the sourced town-to-town figures: Jupiter ↔ Hobe Sound is 9.9 miles and 17 minutes in normal traffic, against Stuart ↔ Hobe Sound at 12.4 miles and 21 minutes, and Jupiter/Tequesta has a dense psychiatry cluster of its own. Hobe Sound sits between two supplied corridors. Health Haven's case for patients from Hobe Sound rests on fit, services, and telehealth — not on being the nearest option.

Can I do appointments from home in Hobe Sound instead of driving?

Yes. Telehealth is offered at both Stuart offices and is available anywhere in Florida, as long as you are physically in Florida at the time of your appointment. On a single-corridor drive like US-1, it can be a good option when the trip north — or south — doesn't fit your day.

Does Health Haven have an office in Hobe Sound?

No. Health Haven serves patients from Hobe Sound; the offices are 1026 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34994 and 816 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994, phone (772) 255-4697.

Is Spravato or TMS available for Hobe Sound patients in Stuart?

Spravato (esketamine) is available only at the Stuart (Ocean Blvd) office, 816 SE Ocean Blvd — not at the Federal Hwy office. Neither Stuart office offers TMS, so we do not offer it in Stuart. Hobe Sound patients considering Spravato can reach the Ocean Blvd office about 20–25 minutes (est.) north on US-1.