This would be 5 stars only that she is unavailable by email…read more I had my first visit with Dr. Carmen Hering. She was kind, attentive and a fantastic listener. Which, I am gathering, is what osteopathy is about. Listening to the body and helping guide it to heal as a whole. I come to Dr. Hering with 3 years of back and sciatic pain. 4 chiropractors, accupuncture, physical therapy, rolfing, private yoga instruction. But, still haven't found the root of the problem. I am hopeful with osteopathy.

We have seen Dr. Carmen - she's a good listener and pays attention. She provides good advice for…read morekids but she's not a primary care physician so the care is incomplete. She'll say things like I would like to not see you on antibiotics again or take Tylenol/IB for fever but when you're in the middle of illness and she's not available like a PCP to have conversations about appropriate measures of care, what's one supposed to really do? I end up calling my PCP and the advice is different and the illness and pain/fever need to be addressed, and quite frankly relieved. The care is mostly wholistic but it's not complete so I feel unsatisfied at times. My chief complaint is that she tends to run behind schedule. Since I pay her up front and submit a bill to my insurance I expect more timeliness. And I have noticed that she has started booking appointments every 15 min online. As a reference point my family and I see other physicians where we pay up front and submit super bills on our own, and these other doctors almost always run on time. It's the courtesy of paying the whole fee upfront.

Valerie Carpenter has been my amazing #1 healer for the past four years,and I happily travel an…read morehour each way to see her. She has an abundance of abilities and techniques, and has helped me immensely in recovering from my traumatic past. During these years, we have dealt with one deep place or another, and the work has been so healing without any need to relive the traumas. In fact, more powerful than hypnosis and other modalities I have experienced, Valerie's work lifts the traumas up, up and away. Issues we have dealt with do not resurface again like a broken record. A few years ago, Valerie conducted a soul retrieval for me, reintegrating younger parts of me who had "split the scene", so to speak. There is no possible way I can describe this experience, so many emotions flowed through, and since that healing I have felt more whole, and many "checking out" behaviors have diminished or disappeared altogether. I am now enrolled in Valerie's "Humming Along" program, which I plan to continue for the foreseeable future. This month's session was scheduled just days before the mandatory stay at home order, and I wasn't sure if I should travel and risk exposure for either of us. Valerie suggested we do a remote session, and it was so powerful. There I was comfy in my favorite chair in my living room, and while it was a different experience than being physically in the same room, Valerie's abilities enable her to tap in remotely as if we were in the same room. My work with Valerie is my gift to myself, for my wellbeing. I am sleeping so well, free of bad dreams and panic attacks, and I am the happiest and healthiest I've ever been. Feeling 70 years young and loving my life. Thank you, Valerie!

I can barely find the words to describe my session with Valerie…read more The space itself is beautiful, light-filled and peaceful. One of the most energetically bright interiors I have stepped into in a long time. I felt completely held by Valerie and the Vestibule which allowed me to sink into the experience feeling calm, open and safe. Although I thought I was going in for a simple liver cleanse, what surfaced was deeper and more profound and Valerie was right on it! I received a powerful energetic healing that has left me feeling 500 pounds lighter and the clarity keeps increasing as the days go by. I look forward to my next session with this gifted woman in this truly magical place.

Dr. Gratz is nothing short of amazing. He is quick to respond, knowledgeable and above all else…read more(for me), compassionate. The one-on-one care and attention to detail he provides is unmatched by any other physician I have had experience with. I really felt like he listened to me and my concerns and was so comprehensive in his recommendations and treatment options. He found issues with my posture and footwear that have never been addressed by any of the countless doctors I've seen before. He didn't rush me or talk down to me as other Dr's have done. Dr. Gratz has restored my faith that there are still good health care providers out there that genuinely care about their patients and don't think of them as numbers on a screen or a piece of paper. I feel so fortunate to have found a truly caring and genuinely compassionate care provider, I can't recommend him enough. After telling my wife about him, and after her personally witnessing the inattention, lack of returned calls and delayed appts I had been receiving from my previous Dr's office, she described him as an "angel". I agree completely.

Dr. Adam Gratz genuinely cares for his patients. He has been my doctor for nearly five years…read more Whether you seek an old fashioned in home, office or tele visit, Dr. Gratz gives his patients the attention we need and deserve. He has also been a great patient advocate when working with other medical professionals. If Dr. Gratz says he will speak with another provider on your behalf, he will. Not just a note or VM, he takes the time to actually speak with them.

I have received help with my back and neck pain with osteopathy treatments from Anthony. He has…read morealso worked on helping with my sciatic pain. Its not overnight help but definitely longer term relief especially from daily morning headaches.

My whole family has had such a great experience at Nourish. I started coming when I was pregnant…read moremany years ago for pelvic stability. As someone who is hyper mobile, this was the only healing modality that had lasting results for me. Since then, I have come in for tune-ups to support me in increasing my physical activity without lasting injury. My husband stopped throwing out his back every 1-2 months after coming in for treatments, and we've even seen results with my daughters who are coming in to support their orthodontic treatments. Every practitioner has a slightly different style. Some of them work more directly with more physical manipulation while some of them work indirectly, but we have had great results with all of them, even if the experience is different. I also work in the rehab space and have sent many clients over who have had fabulous experiences.

I came to Kylie in December 2017 after a year of low back and hip pain that wouldn't go away. From…read morethe first appointment my pain was relieved. After several sessions the pain went away. Kylie's knowledge on the body and how to heal it is superb! Her passion to help particular prenatal & postpartum women truly shows. She's someone who is compassionate and goes above & beyond for her clients. Even my Toddler has been seen my Kylie to help her with muscular development she's having. My daughter was very timid at first but after the 1st session she's super comfortable and feels right at home at Kylie's office. Parking is street parking and super accessible. I've rarely had problems finding immediate parking spaces.

She was 5 min late and we ended 5 min early....not a big deal, but for what she charges and the…read morebare minimum that she does, I felt robbed. I've been to several other osteopaths in the last 15 years, and I thought I'd give Kylie a try. Her bedside manner is terrible, and on top of that she is not professional. The "treatment" consisted of her putting her arms under my bacK and not moving them whatsoever except for once when she also moved a finer, this for about 20 min. Then she stopped and left me on the table for another 20 min while she CHECKED HER EMAILS RIGHT NEXT TO ME! I was confused and felt like speaking up, but I remained open minded...besides, I had paid for an 1.5hr initial consultation and there was still some time left for something else to happen. When she did finally get back to me for the last 2 mins or so, she did the same thing and simply asked "how does that feel?" I was honest and as said "I don't feel like anything changed, bUt hopefully I feel the benefIts of the treatment later," as I awkwardly got up and she left the room only saying "I'll meet you outside". I was baffled. I left with the impression that she has very little knowledge of what she's doinG, and was simply trying to kill time during these extended initial consultations. She seems to lack concern and has a very unfriendly/cold demeanor.

I was thoroughly pleased with my experience with Dr. Simon for two years, and happy that I had…read morefound such a good doctor. The only thing that I didn't like was that she retired in 2022.

I had been a patient of Dr. Simon until my employer increased the health insurance premium that i…read morehad to change providers. I was terribly sad to leave such a caring, thorough and knowledgeable Doctor. Dr. Simon really got to know my history; took the time to listen to my concerns. I truly felt she went beyond most. Hoping negotiations with health care improve and the costs are manageable so I can be her patient again.

Dr. Brown is one of the most gifted healers I have had the privilege of experiencing…read more Her intuition, holistic approach and vast body of knowledge continue to expand my growth, healing, and trust in my abilities to heal myself. I met her over 12 years ago and found her again when I moved back to the bay; she has helped facilitate major healing and transformation in my life, on all fronts. All the stars in the sky, if I could. :)

Office surroundings feels relaxing in this residential neighborhood. Interior is zen like clean and…read moreclear as is her treatment room. Colors are pastel and healing (lavender). Dr. Brown's attitude is clear, straight, and unemotional in a good way. I had two sessions before yesterday and prior to yesterday left wondering what if anything was accomplished. Yesterday after a 45 minute session, I was absolutely astounded at my body's response to her treatment. She replied that in a way she didn't do anything except listen to my body, and assist in it's own healing of itself. I left in a wondrous state of consciousness: one of clarity and openness with my body literally breathing itself. I could feel my breath and for lack of a better word, my life force or chi running from my feet to my head as if traveling through an empty bamboo flute. My neck and back hurt as always but somehow I sensed that the "life force" was now accessible to those areas that had been blocked. I could easily go on and on here for the experience was totally different from my mind's "evaluation" of her treatment. What I can say is that I have found a true healer in Dr. Brown - a person that intuitively senses the body, respects it's current state, and somehow encourages it to let go of holding and withdrawal and then allow it's own innate wisdom to heal itself. Dr. Brown is the midwife holding the space and encouraging all to happen in it's own time with it's own wisdom. What a difference from standard allopathic medicine where it is the practioner that thinks they know what is best rather than myself. I encourage you to take advantage of this wonderful healer - and stick with her as if you are at all like me, it takes a few visits to realize that real healing is actually happening. Ten Stars!

This place is a disaster. Let's see - they said I was was enrolled in their group when I scheduled…read moremy first appt but I wasn't and the insurance dinged me for it. They took weeks to schedule procedures, then scheduled them at out of group places so you have to pay for them. They didn't fax records or return phone calls. And a hundred other things I've repressed since moving on to another group. I'd really choose SF General if it came down to it.

Visiting the El Cerrito Medical Group's Walk-In Clinic was by far the most horrifying and…read moredisturbing experience I've had interacting with the medical community and under no circumstances do I recommend anyone going to this abomination of a practice. When I arrive I immediately I learn that they don't accept my health-insurance. I could've easily walked away at this stage in the game but instead I decide to wait to see the doctor, as I see it I need to get on some antibiotics - no biggie. At one hour and fifteen minutes into the wait I ask the receptionist how long it's going to be and she says twenty minutes. Another hour goes by and they finally call my name. Here's where the horror show begins sports fans. The doctor's assistant leads me into the room and I explain to her my symptoms. It began three days before, I woke up and could barely move, I had swelling, redness, and pain all along my right leg, esp. in the thigh/groin area. The night before I thought I had just pulled a muscle in my inner leg, and now it was much worse. I stayed home, bedridden, me and my girlfriend naturally began to fool around a bit, and as more blood went into my penis it suddenly began to hurt very much. What inspired me to visit the clinic was the next morning I even found a spider bite-like wound on my penis (WTF!!!) When I mention this she immediately says "Maybe it's herpes (!!!) ...I mean, you know, not that I'm saying that uh, I'm just saying duh duhhhh dudh de de daa....." She leaves after getting all the information she needs for her purposes and hands me my paper doll dress. After a while a doctor comes into the office whom did not introduce herself. After more Q&A she explained that they'd like to take some tests AND get some antibiotics into my system so that they can help to flush out any potential infection. She also explained that in order for us to go on any further she would have to examine "the area" with another practitioner in the room to assist and "witness" taking a culture of the wound on my penis. I thanked her as she left and after another wait, a woman in a strange and tacky green outfit walked into the room with the first doctor. The name she gave me began with an "N", although I don't remember it. The examination was very tense and very awkward, more so than usual as I felt the second, domineering doctor's bedside manner to be pushy and very cold. The first doctor was obviously afraid of this woman. She sort of barked at me to move my genitals around for her...As if it were absurd of me to not immediately begin the examination myself. They took a sample for a test and began to rail off a list of STD tests they were going to give me, telling me they think it might be herpes, but they're not totally sure and they have to be sure. No mention however is made of the antibiotics that the first doctor, now present, said was standard procedure to administer at this stage. When I ask about the antibiotics I'm now told by the second doctor that their policy is to administer said STD tests, all of them, racking up the hefty bill and making more money as usual, before they can prescribe me antibiotics. "You know, how can we treat if we don't know the cause" - kind of policy. The first doctor makes no acknowledgement whatsoever that she explained to me a very different policy not fifteen minutes before. Wow. So after waiting in this hole where the receptionists barely acknowledge my existence, I'm then subject to a stuttering nurse with the bedside manner of a jackyl while wearing a paper skirt with my ass hanging out in a cold room, am then humiliated before two women doctors who are terrified of my genitals and most likely have a disdain for their own bodies as well, compensating because of their own insecurities, they treat me like a disease, lie to me, and then charge me $58. And I still have no insight as to what might be going on with my body when I leave, because the clinic I just visited is really a front, like so many medical facilities are, for making cold hard cash, not educating or helping their patients. In the end, I went to a Kaiser Permanente facility, was tested and came up negative on every STD. Four days prior to my visit to ECMG I had injured myself on the job, pulling my sartorius muscle and that evening had indulged in alcohol and cigarettes, not something my body is used to...All this combined helped spark a case of what's known as epididymitis. I had many of the common symptoms. But at the El Cerrito Medical Group, this is known as "herpes". SKY HERPES that I contracted from a HOBO UNICORN. WEEEEEEOO!!!

Dr. Ella Khan is simply wonderful. She takes the time to listen to my concerns and always making…read morethe best recommendations. She truly cares about her patients and even taking the time to keep a video appointment even when she was sick, just to meet and do my annual review. I can't say enough about what a great doctor she is. She is so knowledgeable and caring.

Dr Khan is one of the most caring doctors I have had the pleasure to meet as a patient. She listens…read morecarefully and takes the best of care. There is simply no better doctor for a primary doctor and I appreciate her more than words can adequately express. I would recommend her without a second though. She is knowledgeable and takes the time to make sure her patient have the best of care.

She is fantastic. I am so very sad she is no longer practicing. I've seen many practitioners and…read moreshe is the only one who really "got" me.

An epic doctor? You don't see that everyday!…read more Dr. Karen Peters exemplifies the very best of what a healer can be. When I first met her years ago, I had just survived being a medical experiment in Guatemala (now there's a story!) and was fully fed up with western medicine and its egotistical butchers, and had little faith or patience with its practitioners. On a whim I tried the naturopathic approach and she turned me around 180 degrees with the anti-inflammation dietary approach. Naturopaths know far more about healing systems and dietary effects than traditional doctors. They have "evolved" beyond western medicine. They are also not shy about using other modalities, they go for what really works. Dr. Karen as a practitioner is gentle and wise, patient and incredibly attentive and clear. Kindness just flows from her. She is the first doctor I have ever looked forward to going to see, by far. She has that special je ne sais quoi... She is super smart and knows Spanish and handled my Spanish medical records no problem btw! She just all around rocks. Can you say that about your doctor? Let Dr. Karen Peters help you. I bet she changes your life :)