Teamed up for treatment

BOULDER — When John Shokett moved to Boulder County five years ago, he was struggling with depression and desperate to see a therapist.

Shokett, now 68, was referred to People’s Clinic in Boulder, one of five clinics of Clinica Family Health Services, a local nonprofit health-care group.

When Shokett got to People’s, he explained his problem and was seen immediately by Michael Dow, a psychologist at the clinic. Dow dropped what he was doing and invited Shokett into an exam room for a quick chat, Shokett said.

Shokett said he had just gone through a divorce and had been living on his brother’s…