Behavioral Health and Wellness
Delivering hope and wellness to diverse communities
As a behavioral health provider serving refugees in the Puget Sound region, LCS Northwest provides a multicultural environment where everyone feels welcome. Our staff is as diverse as the people we serve, offering services and support in over a dozen languages. You are welcome here!
Services are provided without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, ability, military or veteran status, source of income or political affiliation.
REFUGEE COUNSELING
Our work centers on those coming from refugee, immigrant and asylee backgrounds. Our counseling staff speak over a dozen languages and many share immigrant backgrounds similar to those of the client community. We offer:
- Outpatient individual and group counseling for adults aged 18 and older
- Focus on treating trauma, often for Survivors of Torture
- Current funding allows us to treat Medicaid recipients
- Medication management offered by ARNP to those participating in counseling
- Currently providing services via telehealth (individual sessions only) or in person
- Programming based in Kent with an optional SeaTac location
Call (253) 487-7573, fax (253) 220-8977 or click HERE for referral information.
SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMMING
Our Behavioral Health and Wellness team is partnering with King County Department of Public Health to support students within the Seattle Public School system. We’re excited to launch several new roles, including eight Behavioral Health Referral Coordinators who will be placed in various Seattle Public middle and high schools. These Agency-Affiliated Counselor-Level positions will work within existing school frameworks to facilitate referrals to behavioral health and social service programs across the Seattle area.
While the primary focus is on behavioral health and ensuring students are connected to the right resources, these new team members will also undergo training with our Greater Puget Sound District staff. They’ll learn about the programs available at LCSNW to help expand referral options for Seattle Public Schools students.
Learn more about school based programming in Seattle Public Schools
WRAPAROUND WITH INTENSIVE SERVICES (WISe)
Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe) is designed to serve youth with mental and behavioral health challenges in their homes and communities, and to decrease the reliance on out-of-home placements. When other strategies haven’t worked, it’s time to try WISe.
LCS Northwest WISe offers:
- A strengths-based approach.
- Facilitation of the wraparound process to identify needs behind the behavior.
- Development of individualized strengths-focused plans to address those needs while allowing the youth to remain in their home.
- A team-based, collaborative approach with the family’s voice at the center.
- A therapist to help the youth process life events and find healing.
- A plan that works for your family.
WISe equips families with skills to manage the stress and complexities of having a child with mental and behavioral health challenges and provide support to youth while allowing them to safely remain home and in the community. We specialize in working with youth who have multiple system involvements including Juvenile Justice, Child Protective Services, etc.
Who we serve:
LCS Northwest WISe serves youth ages 8-21 who:
- Reside in King County or Snohomish County
- Have a qualifying mental health diagnosis
- Are Medicaid eligible
- Have an MCO and an active ProviderOne number
- Are interested in, and want to parpicpate in our voluntary services
We specialize in immigrant and refugee populations, as well as Transitional Age Youth (ages 16-21). WISe is a voluntary program.
Submit your referral form here.
If you have questions, please email [email protected] or call 206-238-0946.
For more resources regarding the WISe program, click here.
Community Education Groups:
Our WISe team is launching group sessions with families to help prevent gender-based violence. These groups will focus on recognizing the signs of gender-based violence within communities and implementing strategies to reduce its prevalence among the families and individuals we serve. This new opportunity will strengthen our WISe wraparound programming in King County, allowing us to provide even more comprehensive support.
SAFE NETWORK
The Seattle Asylum Forensic Evaluation (SAFE) Network provides free medical and psychological evaluations to support asylum claims, coordinating over 100 professional clinical evaluators who provide probono forensic evaluations. Asylum seekers who receive a forensic evaluation are 50% more likely to be granted compared to the national average.
SAFE Network also supports training for new clinical evaluators and community partners, an education and supervision program for PhD candidates, and a research arm focused on spotlighting asylee and refugee populations. The network is dedicated to the three prongs of support, training, and research to serve asylum seekers in Seattle.
Who is eligible for services:
Asylum seekers must have legal representation and a connection to the city of Seattle (such as living, working, going to school, or volunteering in the city).
Visit Seattle Asylum Forensic Evaluation (SAFE) Network to learn more about the free medical and psychological evaluations provided for asylum seekers.
