A welcome letter from Dr. Jason McCloskey
“An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy.”
It is with sincere pleasure that I welcome you to Palm Beach health Coaching at Arete Health! I understand your decision to entrust us with your health is not one taken lightly, and I want to assure you this trust is a privilege we hold in the highest regard.
Like all the great medical visionaries and idealists, we view patient care as a noble calling - a profound commitment to improving lives, rather than simply a business. We are driven by a genuine passion for making a positive, meaningful difference in the lives of our patients, and one of the most meaningful ways we can achieve that is through patient education. We know an educated patient is an empowered patient, and empowered patients are healthier patients. Healthcare is a calling and a privilege now, more than ever, and we are committed to providing you with compassionate, high-quality care that prioritizes your well-being above all else. We founded Arete Health because we care deeply about making a difference in people’s lives - your life. Our greatest success is seeing you thrive, and that’s what motivates us every day. We’re here to listen, educate, and empower you in any way possible. From the moment you walk through our doors, we want you to know that you are not just a number or a name on a chart to us. You are an individual with unique experiences, questions, concerns, and aspirations, and we are dedicated to understanding and supporting your personal health goals. Every experience with us should reflect that unwavering dedication. Every detail of your care is designed to be as unique as you are, ensuring that each interaction, treatment, and outcome reflects our relentless pursuit of excellence. To us, your journey, and your success, is deeply personal - and our goal is to offer an improved standard of care as uncompromising as your expectations.
We look forward to getting to know you and working together to achieve your health and wellness goals. It is our deepest honor to be part of your journey, and we look forward to helping you achieve the extraordinary health and vitality that you deserve. Let’s get to work.
With the highest regard,
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“Before meeting Dr. McCloskey, I struggled with balancing my hormones, PCOS, blood sugar, and gut issues for a few years now, and the symptoms were debilitating. I was constantly fatigued, I couldn’t sleep, and my hormones were causing all kinds of horrible symptoms. After receiving treatment at 3 different wellness clinics and investing thousands of dollars out of pocket, I was desperate to find answers. Dr. Jason McCloskey came highly recommended, and since I started working with him, I’ve seen a dramatic improvement in my health. I have more energy, fewer symptoms, and finally, I feel like I’m genuinely healing. From nutrition to supplement regimes, to lifestyle, Dr. McCloskey treats your entire body, not just the symptoms, and the results were immediate. Not to mention, he’s far more knowledgeable than doctors I’ve spoken to who have 30+ years of experience (and I’m a health nut). I especially appreciate his bedside manner, and any time I want to try something new, he’s supportive, responsive, and helpful. I couldn’t recommend him or his team more highly. He’s the kind of doctor you can’t afford not to have in your wellness team.”
Step 1: Submit New Patient Paperwork
Downloadable Forms
As you begin your health coaching journey with us, we begin a relationship together that will potentially take course over the following months and/or years to come. As inherent in our health coaching model, we will want to understand the complexity of who you are, your personal story, the triggers and precipitating factors that have impacted your health, and where this has brought you to date. This discovery process is part of us getting to know you, your history and your needs, and helps us formulate a treatment plan that is specifically catered to you. There are many facets to this initial discovery process.
You will be asked to complete and submit the following patient questionnaires prior to scheduling your appointment. We may recommend laboratory diagnostics to be performed prior to your coaching appointment so we can personally-tailor your coaching experience based on your specific needs and goals. Please do not submit screenshots of your medical records. We require copies of your original medical documents.
Male
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To better help you understand what medical records are useful, we have outlined the following guidelines:
✓ Medical summary within the last 12 months from your Primary Care Provider
✓ Conventional lab results within the last 3-6 months
✓ Functional Medicine and/or advanced testing results within the last 12 months
Items we ask that you DO NOT SEND:
✗ Notes from routine medical office visits
✗ Routine exam notes (this includes immunizations, routine physical exams, etc.)
✗ Lab results that are over a year old
✗ Diagnostic imaging films or disks
* While we recognize that everyone is unique in the journey that has brought you to us, so can this apply to the information that may be pertinent. Please remember, more is not always better. If you request multiple past medical records to be reviewed by our physician, an additional $125 fee will be applied.
Female
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To better help you understand what medical records are useful, we have outlined the following guidelines:
✓ Medical summary within the last 12 months from your Primary Care Provider
✓ Conventional lab results within the last 3-6 months
✓ Functional Medicine and/or advanced testing results within the last 12 months
Items we ask that you DO NOT SEND:
✗ Notes from routine medical office visits
✗ Routine exam notes (this includes immunizations, routine physical exams, etc.)
✗ Lab results that are over a year old
✗ Diagnostic imaging films or disks
* While we recognize that everyone is unique in the journey that has brought you to us, so can this apply to the information that may be pertinent. Please remember, more is not always better. If you request multiple past medical records to be reviewed by our physician, an additional $125 fee will be applied.
Exactly where you should be.
When you’re true to who you are, you can be true to where you are. Our coaching services are purposely designed for patients who take their health and their goals seriously. This coaching package can be a truly disruptive and transformative process for those willing to fully invest in themselves.
Make the Most of Your Coaching Experience
Do the Exercises. Answer all the self-assessments honestly, completely, and with vulnerability. This is not the place to defend our egos. Embrace your strengths and weaknesses, “areas to improve.” Progress can only be made if we’re willing to look inward with a clear lense.
Take time to reflect. The exercises are best done one, two, or, at most, three in one sitting. Do a few, and then come back to the concepts and next exercises later - this pace will give you some time to digest what you’ve learned so each session can build off previous ones. Going too quickly through the exercises often results in missing some of the most useful and transformative experiences.
Think and feel as you go. Progress requires reflection - this means thinking and noticing your feelings about the concepts and insights you develop from the exercises.
Pay attention to how, when, and where you use your coaching resources. Your state determines your story. Your story determines your strategy. If you are like most high achievers, you will probably try and squeeze these learning resources into your time on planes, at the end of the day, etc. We strongly recommend you give yourself the gift of focus when you are at your best. You want the focused, clear-headed version of you offering logical, rationally-based solutions - not the tired, distracted, version of you making emotionally-guided solutions.
Don’t rush it. It took you years (or decades) to get to this point. You will not find a desired path to the future in a few minutes (or even a few hours). Give yourself the gift of time and realistic expectations.
Consider working with a friend, partner, or loved one (someone who knows the real you and won't shy away from honest feedback). Often, people find talking with trusted confidants helps them extract additional insight from the thoughts and feelings evoked by the exercises.
Clarity doesn’t strike, it unfolds. At times we offer educational resources that might overlap in helping you craft your vision of a desired future and your plan to get there. If you have achieved tremendous insight from a few exercises, and are reading another that seems familiar or redundant, you may spend less time and energy on it. But remember, each exercise is has a distinct purpose and meaning, tied carefully to those that come before and after. It is best to try and do them all, and in order.
Arete Health
501 Palm Street C4
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Hours
Monday–Friday
8am–6pm
By Appointment Only
Phone
(561) 222-1849
Fax
(561) 261-6361