I'm discouraged to write this because I was genuinely excited after reading so many positive…read morereviews and how thoughtfully this doctor describes his approach. Unfortunately, my experience mirrors another reviewer's: I first reached out over a week and a half ago, left multiple voicemails, and followed up asking to briefly learn more about his approach, but never received a response. I understand he likely has a full practice and other priorities. That said, it would be helpful if his voicemail or profile set clearer expectations around response times or availability, or noted if he's not taking new clients. Silence after multiple follow-ups is disappointing. I personally rely heavily on reviews when making decisions about providers, and I'm leaving this for others who do the same. He sounded great based on reviews and his profile, but based on my experience, he does not seem very communicative. Bummer. :(

You'll find no one else even close to Dr. Steve Balt, in terms of his expert skill, sincere empathy…read morefor his patients, and uniquely effective approach to mental health treatment.  If you've grown exasperated or etiolated with other providers who just won't *listen* to you; if you're looking for someone to selectively challenge your thoughts to inform your "gestalt" to you and others, as appropriate; or, if you just need someone you can trust to have your best interest at heart, I can personally attest to the fact that you should see Dr. Balt now, while you can. The rough can only obscure a gem like Dr. Balt for so long.  Dr. Balt's style precludes traditional "paper" diagnoses, which, at least to me, makes the most sense because no one can maintain with any level of confidence that their thinking and psyche can be wholly and correctly labeled in a box. Let's face it: our thinking is fluid, as our issues may be of mercurial function. Dr. Balt not only fully understands this truth but clearly relates to it in his treatment, which I would describe as medication-assisted psychotherapy.  Seeing Dr. Balt every other week since Summer 2018 has been perhaps the most rewarding experience I've accrued in that same timespan. I had seen other providers, but only Dr. Balt recognized my issues as specific to only me, as a person.  Dr. Balt's "collective" approach assures that you won't be stuck scarfing down tablets for reasons you don't fully understand or agree with, and compromise is the name of the game when loggerheads nears broaching.  Without delving into my personal issues, suffice it to say that complexities have been manifold, and I've honestly actually come to eagerly await each and every meeting with Dr. Balt!

Worst, most unprofessional doctors office I've ever been to. The nurse practitioner ordered a not…read moreso common blood test for me due to family history (she didn't even know which was the right one she had to check Google). She ended up ordering the wrong one that my insurance didn't cover. Instead of the office taking care of it with my insurance, the front office manager insisted I had to call LabCorp and deal with it with my insurance on my own. She is extremely rude by the way. Even my insurance company apologized on their behalf stating they should have been the ones to contact insurance because how would I know what questions to ask, I'm just the patient. The insurance company put me on hold while they called the office directly and told the office manager that they needed to handle, and it's not on the patient. Basically after a lot of back and forth the office said there was nothing they can do. Didn't try to order the correct test, didn't try to work with the insurance company. Nothing. Also the doctors office is a renovated house. The doors to the rooms have huge gaps and everyone can hear your business.

Dr Rick has been my primary MD for a decade. Always caring, cheerful. Great patient interaction…read more Truly cares about my well being! Staff is patient and caring.

All the doctors and staff take the time to listen to their patients and give the best quality care…read more Very friendly office with a great team!

From the owner: Multidisciplinary Medical Group specializing in comprehensive services in Pain Management,…read moreAddiction Medicine, Mental Health, IV Ketamine, Men's Health, and Weight Loss.

Dr. Smeester and his staff are a godsend! My boyfriend was going through a withdrawal crisis and I…read morewas so lucky to have found this place. They returned our email on a weekend and got us in right away on Monday, which shows genuine concern for their patients. Dr. Smeester is genuinely benevolent, caring, compassionate, kind, concerned, there aren't enough adjectives to describe this man, but we appreciated his advise and care very much and for helping him get back on track. I wish we had found him sooner, but so glad we did now. Thank you Dr. Smeester, wish all doctors were like you!

Dr Dan SMEESTER Yelp and Google reviews have to be fake. i signed up for Dr SMEESTER's program…read moreafter reading his reviews. my experience with him was he didn't care much about me.as he didn't provide any services. what he did care about was billing my Insurance company for thousands of dollars. stay away from this fake.

A friend of mine referred me to Michael Gelbart for therapy at least 14 years ago, and he helped me…read morethrough a very hard patch in my life. More recently, 3 years ago, when I was experiencing a family crisis, I went back to Michael, and he gave me so much support and courage while at the same time being uplifting. He has helped me find inner strength and courage, while also validating and supporting the parts of me that I sometimes miss. I am filled with appreciation and gratitude for his support, and I recommend him highly.

Michael is an absolutely amazing therapist -- just next level. I have been seeing him on and off…read morefor several years, but boosted it to weekly more recently when it became clear that I really needed it. Truly, he has helped me change my life in all sorts of ways. He is engaged, shares his insights, reframes my less-than helpful stories, and supports my long-term health. I cannot say enough good things about him. What a gem. Thank you, Michael.

This is my second review. My story maybe a little long- but worth reading here. I'm continuing to…read morebenefit from the information and care that Dr.Toups has provided for me over the years. She uses nutrition, supplementation, medications and her superior diagnostic skills and research skills as a physician to care for her patients. Her care plans and personalized data sheets to get you on track functioning and enjoying life - they are treasures! I am turning 66 in November and recently had to review my notes and information provided by Kat regarding my initial treatments because I had fallen out of the parameters and the functional way of living (supplements when needed, nutrition and exercise) for optimal health and was not functioning.I have adhd, anxiety, depression, arthritis, TMJ, Asthma, adverse medication reactions and metabolic problems (overweight) which is giving me borderline high blood pressure,borderline pressure in my eyes (re:glaucoma), IBS and prediabetes. A recent trip to the ER - made me reevaluate the low standards of self care especially regarding diet. Kat had the good plan and I strayed. In addition, I jumped on the WFPB vegan nutrition but I could never go all in and felt hungry and unable to digest the foods. I could only lose weight eating about 800 calories a day. I believe this way of eating also led me eating more High Carb processed food especially feeding my Sugar addiction. I decided two months ago to get back on track with "High Fat" keto diet prescribed by Kat and gave absolutely no regard for scale numbers. Initially, I gained weight - but now two months in (with very few cheats) it is stabilizing and the numbers are coming down slightly. My sugar cravings are almost gone. Here is what is now happening to me eating very few carbs, HIGH FAT, mostly grass fed beef or pork or eggs, a few what I call neutral veggies (example- green beans), few berries, no seed oils, olive oil, Kerry Gold butter, and a dash of cream for 1/4 cup coffee in morning, staying away from sugar substitutes - I feel "happy" I have "energy" I am exercising - swimming over 1 mile 5 days a week, I walk on my rural property 6K to 10K steps a day,I have no aches and pains, I recover from repetitive swimming easily, my recall for names and where I place items has improved, I have no doom and gloom in the morning, My ADHD symptoms improving (able to clean up messes and organize). My figure is changing, I have definition in my biceps and calves and my waist is smaller. My weight is now concentrated in my hips and thighs and butt. My TMJ has improved. Sleep improved- not perfect yet (supplementing with Magnesium). I was able to cut my BP med in half - soon hope to eliminate. Able to stop using daily Inhaler for Asthma and haven't used my rescue inhaler in 1 month. What arthritis? Gone! My skin looks vibrant. For sugar cravings I drink bone broth. I stay full as not to stray from this way of eating and I only counted calories a few times to see how much I am really eating - it turns out to be 1500 to 2000 calories a day - that is what I feel I need. I only eat when I am hungry except if I think I might get tempted on an outing or something - I will eat before I go. Thank you Kat for helping me. I pray I will not be tempted back into the wrong diet - this way of eating and exercising is too important. I have big plans for my future and look forward to everyday.

In my desperate search for a practitioner who could help my son with his MTHFR diagnosis, I…read moreresearched & contacted many. Dr. Toups replied on a Saturday with feedback, referrals and resource links. She was not only professional, but k-i-n-d and encouraging. It made me cry. When your child is not well, it can feel like shouldering the weight of the world. It was beautiful that someone I never even met cared enough to take the time to give a generous response. I'm grateful for the list of practitioners and I'll certainly utilize it. I appreciate you Dr. Toups!

Very friendly, professional staff and experienced doctors. I've been a Vital Total Health client…read moreat their Walnut Creek office for several years, and they've helped me immeasurably.

If I could give negative stars, I would. This place is egregiously bad. For all appointments,…read moreinformation, and services, you have to go through their absolutely atrocious answering service. NOTE - this answering service covers ALL of their offices in the state. If you want to reach your provider by email, they have a super helpful "info@" contact for you. I had TWO appointments, and several calls between Monday and Wednesday to get a simple doctors note. A week later, still no note. Every appointment is another $30, and you will get zero help on what you need - just more appointments for them to tell you they're waiting or it's your insurance, when THEY won't fill out any forms or have any idea on how anything works. STAY AWAY - There's a reason they have so many appointments available

Telemedicine makes life so much easier. They are fast and quick and have great serviceread more

I love the Workit Health program it works for me an got me off pills thank you Workit team love you…read moreguys

More to add. They…read moreuse deceptive marketing. Their pamphlets and website show therapeutic outings but it as far from the truth. Instead of activities on weekends, they force the children to wash staff cars inside and out in harsh heat. Instead of allowing you outside into the backyard and other facilities, you are stuck inside all day, forced to write on paper for endless hours. They take away all basic human rights, even taking away showers or using a timer with a cut off of a short as one minute. Staff will even violate bathroom privacy, forcing you to shit and piss with the door open for many to see. They strip search you daily. The staff will verbally abuse you and sexually harass you, if you stand up for anyone or yourself they will take away all your basic human rights and extend your stay. Even the daily schedule is brutal, especially for children struggling with their mental health. As soon as you wake up at 7am, you are forced to excercise for a full hour. You must excercise before even eating or changing your clothes, and if you stop for even a second you will experience severe consequences. Even if you physically can not due to a health problem, you will be punished. After exercise, you will sit in group for the entire day, with only a 30 minute break for lunch where you are forced to eat even if you can not. Throughout the day if the staff don't like something that a child does, all the children will be punished, even for something simple as speaking when you're not supposed to or rolling your eyes. You have no idea when you are getting out and if Taylor decides she will threaten to shop you off to an out of state facility for years.

The worst health care provider experience in the US…read more Amateurish staff, along with capricious discharge of patient under the lip service of 'we care', along with ghosting legal guardians by not providing medical report or prescription refills. The worst form of negligence by doctors in the facility and admins who are focused on seeing patients as liability and obfuscating records to remove any exposure to liability arising from careless and degraded operating processes.

Came to this UC to confirm a toe fracture. Apparently, Dr. Buckley gives great service. That's not…read morethe clinicIan I got. I got Dr. Thanh Nguyen-Dinh, and now this 2.9 Yelp score makes sense. Usually, I take a lot of these reviews with a grain of salt, but no, the reviews are pretty accurate for Dr. Dinh. He basically said toes can be badly bruised without a fracture. Yes, in the condescending way other reviews have described. I spent maybe 3min talking with him. He sent me to x-ray, and I asked what I do then? He said, the results should be back in about an hour. To go home, and if I have a fracture, to put a band aid on it to stick it to the other toe. So yes, it's true, the other toe serves as a splint, but I went to CVS and bought some medical tape. I looked up on ChatGPT to learn how to tape my broken toe to the good toe. I cannot stress what a waste of time it was to go to this UC. I could have saved myself a co-pay and an uncomfortable drive and just gone to ChatGPT. I don't even remember being asked if it was painful or asked about the 1-10 pain scale or to describe the pain at all. Just asked how it happened. I didn't get any tape or gauze to put between my toes, not even told how to do it beyond the band-aid comment. The AVS only provides RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevate, which, duh) instructions. I had to dig in the appointment notes to find any *mention of "buddy-taping" but no instructions on how to do it. If John Muir UC is seeing all these reviews of patients saying Dr. Dinh is condescending and dismissive, maybe they should reconsider their relationship with him. I don't think Dr. Dinh believed me when I said I thought I fractured my toe (I've fractured both hands, so I know a thing or two about what a fracture feels like). Then his tone changed completely when he saw the x-ray report and gave me a call back. Then he was "so sorry." Hire more Dr. Buckleys. It's the Dr. Buckleys that will make people want to continue seeing a human instead of relying on AI. I certainly won't be going back to this UC in case there's a chance I get Dr. Dinh again. The x-ray tech was was alright. Not personable, but I didn't need him to be. Did his job, and that's fine - that's why 2 stars instead of 1. Getting an x-ray confirmation was the only thing that didn't make this trip a 100% waste of time.

I have always had great care here but it went to excellent from Dr Beckley. She was friendly and…read morecaring and explained everything - having a real conversation with me about my condition. Can't speak more positively about her.