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📍 400 NE 7th Street, Gresham, OR 97030
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<p><strong>ABOUT LIFEWORKS NORTH WEST - GRESHAM</strong></p> <p>LifeWorks NW operates 17 facilities in Oregon, which provide treatment and support for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors who are struggling with addiction and/or mental health disorders. LifeWorks' Gresham facility is one of the state's <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OR17.pdf" target="_blank">144 (63.7 percent</a> facilities to provide <strong>outpatient-based care</strong>, as well as one of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OR17.pdf" target="_blank">117 (51.8 percent)</a> facilities in Oregon to offer <strong><a href="http://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">dual diagnosis treatment</a> for adults</strong>.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The center particularly emphasizes treatment for addiction to alcohol, methamphetamine, and prescription drugs, though LifeWorks’ website notes that other addictions are treated, too.</p> <p>LifeWorks provides assessment, consultation, and therapy, describing its programming as flexible, tailored, and holistic. The facility’s website provides links to a variety of self-help groups, including <strong>12-step meetings, Celebrate Recovery, and <a href="http://www.smartrecovery.org/" target="_blank">SMART Recovery</a></strong>, indicating that the center supports these programs. Along with referrals to self-help fellowships, programming may include <strong>individual, group, and family counseling sessions</strong>, skill development workshops, and educational classes. </p> <p>Group counseling may be tailored to specific mental health and behavioral health concerns, and <strong>medication management</strong> may be available to those struggling with co-occurring disorders. </p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>LifeWorks employs staff from a diverse range of backgrounds including African American, Native American, and Slavic, and <strong>aims to provide culturally sensitive treatment.</strong> This is one of Oregon's only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OR17.pdf" target="_blank">eight (12.3 percent)</a> treatment centers to employ counselors who are fluent in "other languages", offering programming in Spanish, Russian, Filipino, and Chinese languages. LifeWorks NW as a whole employs more than 700 people, including licensed clinical social workers, registered nurses, and medical doctors.</p> <p>The single alum of the Gresham facility polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the center four out of five stars for its staff’s level of training and experience.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave mixed feedback. Though they would not commit to recommending or not recommending the facility, they gave the center four out of five stars for its overall effectiveness and its holistic options, and three out of five stars for its exercise and leisure program. For its counseling options and treatment for co-occurring disorders, however, they gave the facility just two stars. “Yhe people were a strength. The rules were a downfall,” they wrote.</p> <p>At the time of this writing, <strong>secondary review sites yielded mostly positive coverage,</strong> including a 4.3 out of five-star average rating based on 36 Google reviews to date.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> Google reviewers <strong>repeatedly praised the facility’s staff.</strong> “Great counselors and friendly helpful staff…,” Kim wrote in a representative review. "Im a client there and everything there has been rewarding to say the least," M.K.C. added.</p> <p>A single, one-star rating on YellowPages.com at the time of this writing, however, revealed an opposing opinion of the facility.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> “If you are seeking help that requires something more than a pill to eat and a patronizing pat on the back, please do yourself (and your insurance provider) a favor and keep looking elsewhere,” the reviewer wrote.</p> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>At the time of this writing, LifeWorks NW as a whole had a three out of five-star rating based on 26 reviews on Glassdoor<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-3"><sup>[3]</sup></a></small>, and the Gresham location had two four-star reviews and one three-star review on Indeed.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-4"><sup>[4]</sup></a></small> Though all three employees of the Gresham facility described drama and gossip at the center, they noted that it was a good place to work. “Organization cares about what it does and tries to make things the best they can be,” one anonymous current employee wrote.</p> <p>On Glassdoor, reviewers frequently <strong>praised their coworkers and the company’s mission,</strong> but cited a lack of time off, low pay, and difficulties with upper management. “Pros: Working with this demographic is important. Cons: The pay and pto, primarily,” one former employee wrote in a representative review.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>LifeWorks NW accepts most major insurance plans and offers special programming for uninsured and underinsured clients. <a href="http://citehealth.com/rehab-centers/oregon/cities/gresham/lifeworks-northwest" target="_blank">CiteHealth</a> also indicates that the center accepts Medicaid and state insurance. The single alum polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the center four stars for its affordability.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://goo.gl/JHyezM" target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a> </small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="http://www.yellowpages.com/gresham-or/mip/lifeworks-nw-gresham-451525548?lid=451525548" target="_blank">http://www.yellowpages.com/gresham-or/mip/lifeworks-nw-gresham-451525548?lid=451525548</a> </small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-3"><sup>[3]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/LifeWorks-NW-Reviews-E320782.htm" target="_blank">https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/LifeWorks-NW-Reviews-E320782.htm</a> </small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-4"><sup>[4]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Lifeworks-Nw/reviews?fcountry=US&floc=Gresham%2C+OR" target="_blank">https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Lifeworks-Nw/reviews?fcountry=US&floc=Gresham%2C+OR</a></small></p>
— Samantha Harper · 2019-01-30 08:52:11 PST
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