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Tamarack Center

Spokane, Washington

2901 W. Elliot Dr.
Spokane, WA 99224

About Tamarack Center

Tamarack Center is a Non-Profit center located in Spokane, WA. Tamarack's program offers a wide variety of services for adolescents who struggle with isolation and frustration.

Tamarack’s focus is to help young people break the cycle of self-destructive behavior, low self-esteem, and emotional illness by providing intensive inpatient treatment, regular school education, and family involvement.

Tamarack Center pays particular attention to what works for each young patient installed at their facilities. This center is registered in District 81 School District, so all residents at Tamarack Center attend school on a regular basis. Depending on the resident’s treatment progress, some will participate in off-campus school to transition back into a community school.

Payment Options

Private insurance
Self-pay options
Medicare
Military insurance
Financial aid
Medicaid
Military Insurance

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Inpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

24-Hour Clinical Care

At certain points in the recovery process, it's important to have support available 24/7. 24-hour clinical care offers a safe environment in which to recover from drug or alcohol addiction in peace, knowing medical detox and other treatment will happen with professionals on hand.

12-Step

12 step programs support participants' psychological, spiritual, and emotional development as integral to sustained recovery. Though 12 step recovery programs are based on the belief in a non-denominational higher power, religious affiliation is not required. Group meetings are paper-led, anonymous, free, and available daily, including on holidays, in most communities. Peer sponsors selected by the participants provide one-on-one coaching and support. Specialized formats are widely available, including programming for youth, seniors, and families.

Programs

Teen Program

Child Program

Program For Men

Program For Women

LGBTQ Program

Settings & Amenities

Wilderness Setting
Residential Setting
Basketball Court
Recreation Room
Private Rooms
Swimming Pool
Hiking
Gym
Day School

Insurance

Our Policy: Tamarack Center works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact us to verify your specific insurance provider.

Aetna

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Cigna

Humana

UnitedHealth Group

Treatment

Mental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Clinical Services

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Experiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Family Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Fitness Therapy

Fitness therapy blends exercise with psychotherapy for a fun, inspiring, and effective way of treating addiction and other issues. By incorporating movement into counseling sessions, clients become more empowered, motivated, and goal-oriented, all while strengthening their bodies and becoming more flexible. Fitness Therapy is usually used to complement a course of treatment (inpatient or outpatient) to make it even more successful. Increasing the connection between a patient’s mind and body helps both with healing as well as in creating new, healthy habits.

Group Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

Individual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life Skills

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Nutrition Therapy

Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.

Recreational Therapy

Recreational therapy (aka therapeutic recreation) uses creative and fun activities to help with addiction recovery. Recreational therapists lead patients in entertaining and engaging activities like sports or games; art (drawing, painting, sculpture); drama, music, and dance; and/or community outings (field trips) to improve patients' physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Often, substance use disorder originates with negative thinking patterns. Cognitive behavioral therapy in Washington is designed to help individuals change these patterns of thought, which leads to changes in behavior and freedom from addiction.

Motivational Interviewing

Clinicians who apply motivational interviewing techniques engage with their clients as equal partners. This method avoids warnings and confrontation and instead allows clients to analyze their situation and explore their options. This technique is often used when the client feels unsure about their ability or desire to change.

Accreditations

Joint Commission

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes
Accreditation Number: 1298

Contact

(800) 736-3410

Website

2901 W. Elliot Dr.
Spokane, WA 99224

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Reviews

3.19 (28 reviews)

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Google (26)

Google Rating

3.2 (26 reviews)

Russell Colmore

2 months ago

Absolutely changed my life and made me the man and father I am today! It's fantastic to see Longshore still "chiselled" on the website!

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Jes Churchman

4 months ago

Bottom line, if you're looking for a place to help your child, this isn't it. Period. This place is the stuff they make documentary expose movies in 10-20 years. The only reason this place is still open is the fact that so few places for people under 18 exist in Washington State. It is a mockery of rehabilitative behavioral medicine, or any kind of medical practice, behavioral health or otherwise for that matter.In my experience with this facility, several laws were broken repeatedly, both against the children and basic standards of practice of the facility itself. The bathrooms (when working) and kitchen were disgusting with cockroaches running around the place, and a massive spider problem. There is not adequate space or facilities for the volume of children they house. I would estimate 85% of the staff were woefully unprofessional, under educated/trained and showed extreme prejudice toward certain children and parents. Please note, this was far beyond the compassion fatigue we are all aware of.They allow non custodial guardians to check children into treatment without authorization, they do not check if these adults are legally able to do so (court orders, etc). In WA Minors have the right to determine their own care at 14, which makes it problematic when they refuse a self checkout, for a stay that wasn't legally required. The staff use misinformation and outright falsehoods to intimidate children and parents.They misrepresent the law, and speak to legal matters they have no legal authority, education, or experience to do so. Worse yet, the level of errors in diagnoses and subsequent medications coming from this place are staggering.The therapists are combative and emotionally immature, resorting to passive aggressiveness and tactics like withholding, name calling, and 'diagnosing' parents and guardians, whom they have not treated- ever, with a variety of mental health conditions to manipulate the minors during treatment. They violate HIPPA and discuss medical/therapy related items with other family members when an appropriately aged minor did not give permission to provide that information to that family member.They provide preferential treatment to certain kinds of kids (rich white 'normal' kids), while speaking, yelling and acting abusively toward others, including those who seemed 'less than middle class'. These are children in need of care, and many of the staff are legally negligent in the level of unobservant 'care' or 'treatment' they provide. The kids were often left to their own devices and engaged in self harm sitting on the sofas in the main hall, in full view of the attendant who sat reading their books less than 10 ft away.Many will try to explain this away due to the overburdened conditions of treatment places like this, however, what I have personally experienced and witnessed is borne from apathy and willful neglect.I am a retired law and government professor, and also a trained addiction counselor who specialized in working with minor children; it is my opinion, that this institution should have likely been closed for the flagrant abuse/neglect of minors that occurs there, if not for the many many health code violations, much less the legally abominable and questionable way the administration/caregivers conduct themselves and official business of the supposed 'treatment' facility.If you have looked at or have chosen this facility, please reconsider for the safety and wellbeing of your children. The few folks who seemed to have the kids best interests at heart are not enough to outweigh the majority who shouldn't be allowed to be working there.Take care and best wishes!

E T. S. S

6 months ago

The best place i've ever lived at. There my first family and favorite family. I miss Andrea (my PRC), Jason, Mike, Zack, Rurik, Bill, Lori, Don, Bev, Jennifer, Didi, Martina, Melody, Gina, Jack, Tim, Grace, Chris, Betty, Mark, Wayne, Trish, Casey, Stacey, Marc, Kyle and Claire. The staff and everyone are very, very awesome and good hearted people. Their all very caring and funny....very funny staff there. Mike gave me the nickname chewie after Chewbacca because I love star wars. I cherish Tamarack immensely. I went by a different name then which was Rebecca, and only them can call me by my former name. There the best people in the world to me. I think about the staff I knew and tamarack itself everyday. I miss them. I love everyone there. I highly recommend Tamarack from a person who cherished the time being there almost 2 years. I even changed my middle name to tamarack because how much they mean to me. Which is now Elara Tamarack Skyobi Sherwood. Thank you to every person there, Tamarack made me feel heard and seen. Thank you. I will never ever forget Tamarack. I think of them daily and use my coping skills I learned there. There the best ever. Thank you.

Madisyn Lynn

8 months ago

I've been in and out of residential, and let me tell you, I felt so "normal" here and it was amazing! The only problem I would have is with irp. I remember being so anxious all the time thinking I was doing something wrong and going to get irp. I only did once. I have no idea if they still do that because I was there 5 years ago. But most of the people there are amazing! I hated BJ with a passion

Adriana Jade

9 months ago

I was sent here against my will. The staff treated me like a prisoner with no rights. I was forced to take extremely high doses of drugs that i didn t need. I was improperly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. As were many of the other patients but let s be honest we were all prisoners. If you are a parent and you re seeing this. I highly suggest that you do your research and get a second opinion. I wouldn t wish what i had to go through on my worst enemy. This is a facility that abuses adolescents for profit. They want the insurance money. They want to tear children from their homes and traumatize them, make them believe that there is something wrong with them. All for greed.When in reality the solution might be a lot simpler than force feeding toxic mood stabilizing drugs down CHILDREN S throats while their precious brains are still developing.Please if you love your child. Don t do this to them. Don t let these people take your children because they might never come out the same. This could cause life long trauma like it almost did for me.

Skyler Tidwell

1 year ago

The PRCs are awesome. (Shout out to Olivia, Daisy, and Hannah) They still give us ones if we break rules because it's part of their job but they still validate your feelings and don't treat you differently. The food is very good. However the food is in very small portions and if we are hungry all we can do is wait until the next meal or snack which is usually one 50 calorie thing of fruit snacks. Also there is a HUGE spider problem. To the point where I have to empty out my shoes before I put them on. Also you are required to do sports and be active or you get punished. Sometimes I will be on my period with horrible cramps and be outside playing volleyball. Definitely needs some changes

Jackson Dines

I don t even want to talk about it,I am so traumatized

Natasha Davis

Staying here was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. I was improperly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was placed on an INSANE amount of medication I didn t need. Forced to stay here for 9 months against my will. Only to find out as an adult that I have histrionic personality disorder. You cannot fix a personality disorder with meds. Please do not send your children here. Take the time to do your research and find the right doctors that actually care about helping their patients. Not send them to a treatment facility they profit off of.

Andi Hartwig

2 years ago

I have mixed feelings about this place. I was there for 3 and a half months and I got better but I think they could have done more. They made it very clear that they didn t treat Eating disorders at all so if you need help with that Tamarack isn t the place. If u had problems with purging they wouldn t let u use the bathroom after meals but they also took away breakfast as a punishment for sleeping in. I was punished for waking up late a lot tho when I had meds that s made me tired and other physical illnesses. The teacher there (Adele) was great and helped me take breaks so I didn t burn out and talked with me about my classes and helped where she could. Her assistant (Bev) was older and definitely not with the times but she tried. My nurse (Cody), psychiatrist (Dr. Emch), and individual and family therapist (Allyse) were all great though. Jason and Mark were a little tough work with and didn t really seem to understand mental illness and they punished me for being too depressed to get out of bed to do rec by letting me go rec. overall a good place to practice building good habits

Dawson Konkright

This place makes miracles happen and has helped me along with most others that have gone through its doors

Hannah Currie

3 years ago

***My experiences may vary from other residents***The staff there are very caring and empathetic. You can tell which ones are there for the money and ones who are there to genuinely help. They were very understanding and nonjudgmental of my needs. I m thankful they accommodated to certain things to make my stay there somewhat bearable. The meals were top tier, thanks to chef Jude and Josh. There are other reviews saying you are in your rooms a lot for transition times ; this is true. These times vary from 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the days and times. I think of these like personal or break times. They encourage practicing new coping strategies you have learned, allow residents to learn how to structure their time independently, and doing it effectively. They do get occasionally boring, because some of the staff forget we re in transition or they re late getting us out. Staff do checks , meaning they allow you out of your room for bathroom, personal hygiene, and meds. If you want certain things in your room that aren t typically allowed (such as makeup, music instruments, and looming), you can create a contract, which helps pass the time during transition! The nurses are amazing, special shout-out to Russ, Cody, Jason L, and JV. On days I ve struggled, they ve used their time out of their day to comfort me; and they love spending free time with the residents. You will meet up with your nurse for session a couple of times a month. If you refuse to take your medications, they will not force you to take them. We have school Monday-Friday from 7:30 to 1:00, with breaks. Teacher Mark and Bev (the teacher aid ) are very helpful in a curricular setting. You learn through Apex or through your school (provided with accommodations.) Both are funny as heck, and I graduated there, thanks to them. As far as resident rooms, they re somewhat clean. Deep cleaning happen on Sundays. The bathrooms cleanliness on the other hand, is entirely up to the residents. During my stay there, the bathrooms were not the cleanest because sharing 3 bathrooms with 16 teen residents is hard to maintain, apparently. The janitor does clean bathrooms at night, so in the mornings, it s a fresh new start. From a therapy standpoint, you have 4 sessions not including meetings with the doctor, psychologist, dietician, nurses, and recreation staff. You meet with your PRC twice a week, and your therapist twice a week; one individual session and one family session. The doctors are very caring, thanks to Dr. Emch and Dr. Lavvy. They listen to your concerns and will have a thorough discussion about anything if you have any questions/concerns. Tim Davis, the director of the place is very kind. Residents are allowed to play with Snuffy, the campus dog. Overall, my experience with this place has been mostly positive, and I recommend this to anyone who is not stable enough to be left alone, but stable enough to not be in acute care.

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