Hurley, Wisconsin—Thanks to a generous grant from the Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation, NorthLakes Community Clinic – Hurley will begin offering dental services in June. Earlier this year, the Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation awarded NorthLakes with a grant to support the provision of dental services in Hurley as part of their effort to improve…
Lakewood, Wisconsin – NorthLakes Community Clinic is pleased to announce that Betty Thunder, LCSW, MSW, CSAC, will be joining the Lakewood Clinic. She will be offering Behavioral Health therapy to the Lakewood Community. She will be seeing school age children, adolescents and adults in the clinic and students in the Wabeno and Crandon School District.…
Iron River, Wisconsin – NorthLakes Community Clinic is excited to announce that Ellyn Conhartoski, LPC-IT, has joined the Iron River clinic as a behavioral health therapist. She will be seeing school age children, adolescents and adults in the clinic as well as students in the Northwestern Elementary and Middle Schools, once classes resume. Ellyn earned…
Hurley, Wisconsin – NorthLakes Community Clinic is pleased to announce that Rebecca Kucinski, LPC-IT has joined the team and will be providing behavioral health services in Hurley. She will be seeing school-age children, adolescents and adults. Rebecca received her Master’s in Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University in Grand Rapids, Michigan and earned her B.A.S…
Medicaid 101 Written by Kelsey Tody, Patient Financial Advocate The world of healthcare is one that we are all immersed in, yet so few of us truly understand. We visit an emergency room or make an appointment for our child, skimming the pages to be in and out as quickly as possible and sign our…
By. Dr. Lorelei Wakefield NorthLakes Community Clinic We live in a toxic filled world. Toxins are found in our food, air, water, home and body. Studies show there are approximately 84,000 chemicals introduced into food and consumer products in America each year. There are more than 13,000 such chemicals used in health and beauty products…
To respond to the health care needs of our communities with an integrated array of quality services and actively remove barriers to care. These words drive the work that NorthLakes Community Clinic does daily. The mission, written by a patient-majority board of directors, pushes the staff to go beyond traditional healthcare service delivery to serve…
NorthLakes Community Clinic – Joe Koeller, MD and Patrick Liedl, DDS who have close to 100 years of experience treating patients between them retired from NorthLakes Community Clinic. For years, they have embedded themselves into their respective communities and their absence will not go unnoticed. Patrick graduated from River Falls with a BA in Music…
Iron River Clinic – 7665 US Highway 2, Iron River, WI 54847 NorthLakes Community Clinic and Marshfield Mobile Mammogram unit are teaming up to offer you your annual mammogram at our Iron River location on May 28, 2021. Please call the Marshfield Mobile Mammogram office directly to schedule an appointment at (715) 221-6086. If you…
NorthLakes Community Clinic – Turtle Lake Welcomes Tamzid Mafiz, DMD Turtle Lake, Wisconsin – NorthLakes Community Clinic is pleased to announce that Dr. Tamzid Mafiz has joined the team and will be providing dental care to the Turtle Lake Community. He will see patients of all ages. Dr. Mafiz earned his Bachelor’s Degree from the…
NorthLakes Community Clinic Receives Funding for Employee Emotional Support Line Turtle Lake, Wisconsin—NorthLakes Community Clinic was awarded $1000 from the St. Croix Valley Foundation, United Way St. Croix Valley and United Way Washington County East’s COVID-19 Response Fund for the St. Croix Valley. This fund is in response to the basic needs of those most…
Hurley, Wisconsin—NorthLakes Community Clinic-Hurley is moving to a new location on May 1 to respond to the growing needs of the community. The clinic which is currently located at 210 5th Avenue North will re-open at 115 5th Ave. North. The move is in anticipation of an expansion of services this summer. The clinic currently…
What NorthLakes Community Clinic is doing to address addiction.
Iron River, Wisconsin—NorthLakes Community Clinic is a recipient of an Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW) grant that is designed to support health care and community agencies in the fight to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 across Wisconsin. The $108,628 grant will support Community Health Workers and communication staff to reach residents in…
Submitted by Allison Allen So, you know how sometimes you get all wrapped up in something and really dive in. Then at some point you step back and take stock…and realize you have skipped something really basic. But really important! Well, I was reading through all my previous missives to all y’all, you know, to…
Submitted by Allison Allen If you frequently read my articles, you know that I usually take a pretty light tone. It’s just my style. Today, though, that somehow doesn’t seem quite right. The news has been pretty heavy recently, hasn’t it? We’ve surpassed 100,00 folks lost to COVID-19 in the US alone, we see people…
Iron River, WI – Each year, White Winter Winery brings some “jazz” into the seasonal transition from winter to spring. They host a Speakeasy Cellar Jazz fundraising event that includes a swinging band from Chicago, costumed participants, games, libation and food. This year it happened prior to the “Safer-At-Home” home order being issued. This year,…
To respond to the health care needs of our communities with an integrated array of quality services and actively remove barriers to care. These words drive the work that NorthLakes Community Clinic does daily. The mission, written by a patient-majority board of directors, pushes the staff to go beyond traditional healthcare service delivery to serve…
Trauma and suffering are words that we are all familiar with. For some us the mere mention of trauma and suffering brings an intense emotional reaction that can hold us hostage and even be gut wrenching. Trauma exists across systems, cultures and communities and affects us without discrimination through man made suffering or natural disasters. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) more than half of the adult population has been exposed to at least one traumatic event, and 90% of clients in public behavioral health settings have experienced trauma. These statistics do not include the trauma that has gone unreported or unacknowledged in our country.
The better question is why not? Many people who receive counseling discover that the idea of being in therapy is worse than the actual experience. The reasons people avoid therapy are endless—does it mean I’m broke or crazy, will people think I’m unsafe, that’s only for suicidal people, I can’t afford it—but yet they remain unhappy with some element in their life. Why not consider a different route?
Group Therapy: People Helping People Find Safety and Meaning Written by Todd Joseph, LPC-IT, CSAC The Blueberry Fest and County Fair have passed. Evenings and mornings are cooler. With these and other signs of fall’s approach, we at NorthLakes Community Clinic are looking for ways to help those in the area struggling with behavioral health…
We have all experienced stress and being lost in our emotions. Those feelings can be very overwhelming and hard to move on from. Mindfulness is a great way to overcome those feelings. Mindfulness is a state of mind where you are observing your thoughts and feelings without judging them and helps to teach us to…
Written by Tami Nelson, OTR/L, Registered Occupational Therapist NorthLakes Community Clinic- Ashland Downtown Clinic & Iron River Clinic NorthLakes Community Clinic (Published 10/2017) Have you ever noticed your child having challenges with attention? How about trouble completing motor tasks or sensitivity to sensory input like loud noises or certain textures? If so, your child may…
Written by NorthLakes Community Clinic, Hayward, WI (Published 2015) Since February is National Dental Health Month it is a good time to discuss how drinking soda and sports drinks can affect our teeth. Did you know that 51 million school hours are lost each year in the U.S. due to dental cavities or dental infections?…
Written by Jennie Zelenak, MS, CCC-SLP; Speech Language Pathologist, (Published 2018) NorthLakes Community Clinic, Ashland, WI While kids are off school for summer vacation, parents can continue to foster language development, expand vocabulary learning and listening comprehension through storybook reading at home. No matter how young the child, storybook reading is an important piece to…