This is National Gambling Awareness Month, and one of LifeWorks NW’s Gambling Therapy clients wanted to share her great success story. A client we will call Helen came to LifeWorks NW Chemical Dependency (CD) program for her methamphetamine addiction. She worked with LifeWorks NW’s CD team for a long time, during which her gambling problem …
Less than two years ago, a consumer we’ll call Tom, came to LifeWorks NW for help. When he first came to us, he was suffering with Schizophrenia and depression, and had been homeless for 12 years. He also was using methamphetamines. Because he was very guarded and suspicious, Tom initially was difficult to engage with. …
On February 16, 2021, LifeWorks NW turns 60. Yet, we’re not feeling old! We feel more vibrant, innovative and nimble than ever before. And we are looking toward the next 60 years with great hope and excitement. Now and always, we constantly strive to provide the highest quality, culturally responsive behavioral health care possible. The …
“I think a lot of people feel like in society we’re discriminated against if you have a mental illness,” says Delia (not her real name). “I think letting go of how society sees people, and allowing yourself to see you as you would like to be seen, you’re more than a stigma…you’re not this damaged …
Jason Bourgeois, a LifeWorks NW Supported Employment specialist at our Milwaukie-International Way site, recently celebrated the success of a client dealing with Bipolar 1. We’ll call Jason’s client Mercedes. “I started working with Mercedes a little over a year ago, and last spring her supervisor reached out to me and said she was making mistakes …
Klue first came to LifeWorks NW for drug treatment. After completing drug and alcohol treatment, he was referred to the LifeWorks NW Hillsboro-Walnut Rehab program and now lives in a Rehab foster home. “In 2012, I was going to school at Chemeketa Community College,” says Klue, now a Supported Education client working with Jen Burke, …
Opinion Editorial run in Portland Business Journal on 12/12/20: Gov. Brown, please restore crucial behavioral health lifeline By Mary Monnat, LifeWorks NW, & Derald Walker, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Earlier this month, Gov. Kate Brown released her proposed state budget for 2021-2023. As our local, state and national governments continue to discuss further actions to curb …
It’s been widely reported that COVID-19 has had a widespread impact on mental health. As the pandemic continues, community members, may feel anxious, depressed or find themselves using more substances to cope. To get on the front end of the COVID-19-driven mental health crisis, Washington County sought and received CARES funding to arrange for free, …
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