At LifeWorks NW, our mission is wellbeing for all. Wellbeing often requires more than just clinical treatment: it requires opportunities to grow as a person, and to grow a vision …
Client story: ‘Eventually I want to start my own business’ Read More >>
Working with people who have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), LifeWorks NW clinicians and staff focus on the here and now. They use a range of interventions to improve quality of …
Study: ADHD medication correlates to lower death rate Read More >>
On Jan. 11, we observe National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking occurs worldwide and is defined as the exploitation of another person for labor, domestic servitude or commercial sexual …
Therapeutic Challenges of Addressing Human Trafficking Victims Read More >>
When Rand [not real name] came to LifeWorks NW, he was experiencing bipolar fisorder, ADHD, OCD, and social anxiety. Not surprisingly, Rand says he didn’t know where to turn. He …
As part of our 60th-anniversary project, we talked with current employee, Diane Benavides Wille, who joined LifeWorks NW 15-years ago as a student intern. She then became one of LifeWorks …
As part of LifeWorks NW’s 60th Anniversary memory-capturing project, Dr. Mark Spofford agreed to talk with us about his 10 years at the agency, beginning in January 1988. “It’s been …
Phyllis Maynard is in competition with only a few members of LifeWorks NW’s staff for length of tenure. She joined the agency in 1982 and stayed 32 years until 2014. …
As part of LifeWorks NW’s 60th Anniversary Celebration, we are highlighting just a few of the many valued leaders who have shaped our organization and our community. Dotti Cowart’s children …
Our Tigard Day Treatment programs are excited about a $25,400 grant toward offering summer school this year. The grant was written by the NWRESD Day Treatment principal, Bethany Bowers. NWRESD …
As part of LifeWorks NW’s 60th Anniversary Celebration, we are highlighting just a few of the many valued leaders who have shaped our organization and our community. LaNae Bowles joined …
As part of LifeWorks NW’s 60th Anniversary Celebration, we are highlighting just a few of the many valued leaders who have shaped our organization and our community. Ebony Clarke began …
As part of LifeWorks NW’s 60th Anniversary Celebration, we are highlighting just a few of the many valued leaders who have shaped our organization and our community. More than 40 …
March is National Gambling Awareness Month, and one of LifeWorks NW’s Gambling Therapy clients wanted to share her story. Helen came to LifeWorks NW Chemical Dependency (CD) program for her …
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 …
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 …