Hope, Recovery, and Wellness Together
At St. Luke’s Penn Foundation, you’ll receive compassionate, personalized care designed to inspire change and strengthen your emotional, physical, and spiritual resilience.
Meet Ken
After a serious car accident left him unable to drive, leave his home, or get through daily life, Ken found himself struggling with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder – and struggling even more to ask for help. As a proud man, admitting he needed support was hard. Through his work with the trauma unit, neurology, psychiatry, and therapy at St. Luke’s Penn Foundation, Ken found a way forward. Now he’s healthy, engaged in life, and looking ahead.
Meet Maria
After a lifetime of emotional abuse – first in her family, then in her marriage – Maria came to St. Luke’s Penn Foundation struggling with depression, anxiety, and PTSD she hadn’t yet recognized. Working with Dr. DeLong, she found something she’d never experienced before: feeling safe. Over time, the weight of her trauma began to shift. Today, Maria is painting again, reclaiming her voice, and learning that she deserves to care for herself.
Meet Paula
For years, Paula moved through loss by burying the pain and pressing forward. When COVID arrived, everything she’d been carrying surfaced at once, and she disappeared into a fog. Through therapy at St. Luke’s Penn Foundation, she learned to recognize the negative thought patterns keeping her stuck and built a toolbox she now reaches for without thinking. When fresh losses came, she was ready. “There’s a huge difference between surviving and thriving,” she says. “And I’m thriving.”
Meet Chuck
For most of his life, Chuck carried the weight of words his father told him – that he was stupid, that he’d never amount to anything. It wasn’t until a chance conversation at work led him to therapy at St. Luke’s Penn Foundation that he began to see things differently. Through CBT and cognitive restructuring, the darkness slowly lifted. “Imagine a bird in a cage with a shroud,” he says. "When that shroud was finally removed, I flew out – and I soared.”
Meet John
At first, John didn’t even realize that he was struggling with depression. He knew he was feeling overwhelmed and frustrated by his physical health challenges such as the neuropathy in his hands and feet. He was also experiencing stress at home with his mother’s alcoholism, raising four daughters, marital discord, and financial issues. It wasn’t until he visited his doctor at TriValley Primary Care and was given a depression screening that he became aware that his feelings of sadness and anger were symptoms of a more serious mental health issue.
Meet Jared
Jared first tried drugs in the sixth grade, started using marijuana in the 10th grade, and in his early 20s, experimented with cocaine. He also struggled with schizoaffective disorder. Jared’s unstable mental, emotional, and physical health led to violent episodes, suicide attempts, and multiple lengthy hospitalizations.
Meet Ann
When she became a member of Wellspring Clubhouse three years ago, Ann didn’t know what to expect. Not only was she unfamiliar with the Clubhouse, she was also new to the area, having moved from Arkansas. Initially, she kept mostly to herself, completing a task and then leaving the Clubhouse without much interaction with other members.
Meet Laura
Prior to residing at Penn Foundation’s Village of Hope, Laura was struggling with bipolar disorder and drug and alcohol addictions. She has been hospitalized multiple times and spent several months in jail. Feeling alone, Laura appreciated visits from Penn Foundation’s FACT (Forensic Assertive Community Treatment) team while she was in prison. Once she was released, Laura worked with the FACT team to find housing that would support her recovery.
Meet Lisa*
For the first time in our lives, an unanticipated situation found my husband and me unsure about where we would live. It was very stressful. While family and friends offered to take us in, they lived too far away. We needed stability, a secure place to call our own, in order to feel like we could navigate our lives.
Meet Robert
I reached out to Penn Foundation during a desperate time in my life. Drugs had a hold on me, and I had reached a terrible bottom. I was in a relationship with a woman who was also using, and we were facing eviction. I didn’t know how to live – how to take care of myself, eat healthy, keep our home clean, pay bills, and take my medication. All I could focus on was getting more drugs. I was also struggling with mental health issues and feeling incredibly hopeless.
Meet Marcus
My name is Marcus, and I come from an upper middle class family with two loving parents and two successful brothers. In high school, I was an all-state athlete, and I received a scholarship to wrestle in college. My parents raised me with strong morals and an unbelievable work ethic. Yet, I still fell into the trap of addiction. I’m currently in recovery from a heroin addiction. I’ve spent years in and out of state prisons, county jails, and rehabilitation centers. I’ve been robbed, stabbed, and shot at. I’ve been homeless and on welfare. I’ve overdosed, and I’ve lost more friends to the disease of addiction than I have left. I’ve lost the chance to fulfill my dream of earning a degree in secondary education and becoming a gym teacher.
Meet Tom
For many years, depression and mania interfered with my daily life, including my job. Therapy had been ineffective. When a change in my insurance forced me to find a new provider in 2015, I came to Penn Foundation. I was no longer working, but I wanted to work again. My therapist told me about Wellspring Clubhouse, a volunteer program that helps individuals achieve goals similar to mine. I was skeptical about Clubhouse at first, but little did I know just how much this program would change me and improve my quality of life.
