Sea Mar Bellevue Medical Clinic

Neil Talbot

I had an appointment booked for 10am this morning and when I arrived at 9. 58am the receptionist advised me that because I was late (stated I should have been there 15 min early) I should reschedule or sit and wait for someone else who might arrive late, as they had already given my slot to someone else. Never heard of such rubbish in my life.

Let me add that my previous appointment I waited for over half an hour for the doctor after having my vitals taken by a nurse. Furthermore no apologies given by the doctor for being late.

November 29, 2023

Jay

I’ve been going to this clinic for years since I was a teenager because that was what I had known. I stopped going here in the last few years because I’ve developed severe anxiety after my last few attempts to seek medical care here and their lack of proactiveness. I remember on one occasion, a nurse in training was withdrawing my blood, but she could not find a vein—even though my skin is pale and the vein was so very easy to see! She stabbed me multiple times and it felt like the needle was being dug around in my arm. It was so painful!! I told the doctor about it during that visit and asked for someone else to withdraw my blood, but was told the nurse needed training. This did not make me comfortable at all.

On several other occasions after that, I had tried to seek assistance for behavioral health. I filled out the required survey and was told there would be at least a 2-6 month waiting period because they had so many other patients also seeking behavioral health (because of the pandemic). Well, 6 months passed and I did not get contacted. It has now been 3 years since I applied for it, TWICE, because the first time they lost my survey application. I hate this place.

I hate that it’s one of the few places available for those on low income/Medicaid/Medicare in the area. I hate that my experiences here have led to my anxiety about medical places in general.

June 22, 2024

Tori Garcia

Dr Havens was amazing very patient, easily to talk to and great communication. Went into further detail to describe certain things I was worried about! Overall clinic was very well managed everyone was very nice and the appointment went pretty quick and no issues at all!

June 25, 2024

Cat V

For the behavioral health department: I’ve been coming here for about 8 years. In that time I had three therapists because they don’t stay here long. The first one was fine, she really did try and she cared, but she just wasn’t very good. Maybe if you have minor problems or have never been to therapy before. The second one was amazing, and I got a lot from my time with her, but she eventually left too. The most recent one I had, Valentina, was awful; she didn’t know what she was doing. Her approach was very entry-level and formulaic. She just sat there “active listening” and had little to nothing to contribute.

She wasn’t even warm or supportive. My dad died and I had trouble getting myself together enough to make appointments. When I finally collected myself enough to schedule, I found out Valentina had “closed my case”. This meant that, without any warning or being notified, she had ended my access to services at SeaMar, who I’ve been with since about 2016. SeaMar will only allow you to see their psychiatrist (Hoffman is wonderful by the way) and therefore be prescribed medication if you agree to see specifically *their* therapists regularly (even though I see an external therapist weekly). So when she closed my case, she made me unable to see my psychiatrist, who will now no longer prescribe my *very important* medications, which run out in about 3 days. Now, in the midst of an emotional breakdown, I no longer have access to my medications or any therapeutic services. I know that SeaMar has always been poorly reviewed but for those past 8 years I would have given it a solid 3.

5 stars. But after this experience it’s barely a 1. When I needed care the most, in that whole 8 years, Valentina made the decision to cut me off. Do not invest your time or money or energy into receiving services here. If it’s your only option then at least don’t let them assign you Valentina. I got bad vibes from her right off the bat and I ended up being right. She should not be given the responsibility of providing care to patients if she can’t support them.

August 21, 2024