We’re in this for the long haul

We’re in this for the long haul

For fifty years, Evergreen Treatment Services has had the privilege of serving the greater Puget Sound community. Since first opening its doors in 1973, much has changed about ETS –...

Five Recovery Lessons from ETS Staff and Clients

Five Recovery Lessons from ETS Staff and Clients

Photo credit: Ted Zee A harm reduction approach to substance use means making appropriate services accessible to the people who can most benefit from them. It also means recognizing that...

Acupuncture at ETS

Acupuncture at ETS

Photo credit: Ted Zee for Evergreen Treatment Services Evergreen Treatment Services provides evidence-informed recovery services for clients seeking substance use treatment. Substance use is often the result of traumas and...

“My life is just continuing to get better”

“My life is just continuing to get better”

We introduced our supporters to Brandon back in 2014 when he was well into recovery as a patient at Evergreen Treatment Services and studying molecular biology at Western Washington University....

Taking a Deep Breath

Taking a Deep Breath

We want to give you an inside look at our response to the COVID-19 crisis from the points of view of our incredible staff. They’ve been working together to keep...

Mobile clinics break barriers to treatment

Mobile clinics break barriers to treatment

We first reported on Treatment in Motion (TIM) back in April. We’re proud to report that TIM made great progress taking treatment on the road over the summer. TIM is...

South Sound Clinic Is Now Bigger and Better

South Sound Clinic Is Now Bigger and Better

Evergreen Treatment Services recently celebrated an expansion and renovation of our clinic in the South Sound area. Thanks to the increase in space, we are now able to serve more...

Celebrating the Grays Harbor Clinic

Celebrating the Grays Harbor Clinic

Evergreen Treatment Services is regretfully closing our Grays Harbor County facility in May 2019.   Our patients are in the process of transitioning to a new clinic, Grays Harbor Treatment...

We’re taking our life-saving treatment on the road!

We’re taking our life-saving treatment on the road!

We're excited to launch Treatment in Transit! Our life-saving treatment will be traveling to our patients in the University District, Belltown, and North Seattle. The program is expected to start...

What’s Working in Seattle

What’s Working in Seattle

By Chloe Gale, REACH Co-Director and Sean Soth, Director of Clinical Services—   If you haven’t seen the recent KOMO special “Seattle is Dying,” watch it with a skeptical eye....

April’s Story

April’s Story

“I was tired of living, had nothing, lost everything, just tired of it,” says April.   April is a Flex Care patient at Evergreen Treatment Services. “I truly feel if...

When defining recovery, let the patient decide.

When defining recovery, let the patient decide.

“Recovery looks different for everyone,” says Michael, a counselor at Evergreen Treatment Services South King County Clinic in Renton. “I’m not here to tell people how they should recover; I...

Joseph’s Story

Joseph’s Story

We recently sat down with Joseph Conniff, a treatment provider for people with substance use disorder at Therapeutic Health Services (THS) in Seattle. Joseph struggled with substance use for much...

Why you should read our latest impact report

Why you should read our latest impact report

We want you to read our newly published impact report for three reasons:   In the midst of a crushing opioid epidemic and homelessness crisis, this report provides hope. Last...

Ride on to Recovery

Ride on to Recovery

One morning while doing outreach in downtown Seattle, one of our REACH care managers, Garrett, met a woman who was packing up a bedroll into her Harley Davidson three-wheeled motorcycle....

Flex Care: Check out our new video!

Flex Care: Check out our new video!

Flex Care is a medication assisted treatment program that provides patients the option to be prescribed buprenorphine from a medical prescriber. Through this program, we pair the medical prescriber with...