A difficult situation
Yesterday a disheveled homeless guy came in, smelling of urine, staring into space, dragged in by his brother, whose wife and kids are very active members at Healing Grove.
“Hector” is a 59 year old male who started losing his mind about 7 years ago when he caught his wife with another man. The painful family betrayal unfolded slowly. Now he is living in his car and is nearly catatonic – psych ward level depression – and he is unable to remember simple things like the names of common fruits and vegetables.
The relationship
We talked about treatments. He will need medicine for depression. He will need a place to stay. And most of all, he has to forgive his family because the resentments are holding him captive. He won’t get better if he doesn’t let go of the resentments, and he won’t let go until he forgives. He agreed to try all of it.
Amazingly, this man whose brain currently can’t recall that a round red fruit is called an “apple,” may recover to the point where he will be able to come into his right mind, clean up, support himself, rent a room, and participate in the larger community through the power of a brother’s love, radical forgiveness, and prozac.
The Healing Grove Way
This is the Healing Grove way. Relationships are at the center of everything we do. Relationships with family, friends, the larger community, and God. We work with pastors to help repair people’s relationship with God. We invite the community to participate in healing. We support friends and family who are reaching out to their loved ones. We use spiritual truths and medical knowledge to make breakthrough healings possible.
The Healing Grove solution
At Healing Grove Health Center, we position ourselves outside of the broken medical system and keep our panel sizes low so that we can take excellent care of each of our patients. We charge $200/month for concierge medicine services, cutting out the middle man (insurance companies and their interests) and allowing us the luxury of focusing entirely on you, the patient. We answer the phone, we get to know you and your family, we understand your personality and your goals, and we can tailor your medical care to do what is right for you. We have same day appointments and even weekend and holiday appointments when needed, to keep our patients out of urgent cares, ERs, and hospitals as much as possible. We also have the flexibility to work within the system when needed for specialty care.
And the best news! We have plenty of SAME DAY appointments available. You can get an appointment today with your Healing Grove doctor! Try us out! Schedule a free introductory doctor appointment today!
Questions? Call or text us at 408.459.4443.