Lifeskills South Florida
Founded
1991
Program Length
45+ days
Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Lifeskills South Florida has dual licensure to treat addiction and primary mental health disorders. Their residential facilities in Fort Lauderdale and Deerfield Beach provide furnished townhomes with 24/7 professional staffing. Lifeskills South Florida treats substance use disorders, process addictions, mental health conditions, and dual diagnoses. Their evidence-based treatments fall into 6 clinical pathways, with medical evaluations, diagnoses, and treatment progression determining which primary and secondary paths clients take to recover. Lifeskills South Florida uses a variety of evidence-based therapies to help clients recover from addictions and mental health conditions, each led by clinicians with specialized credentials and experience. These therapies include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy and radically open dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT, RO-DBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), cognitive remediation therapy (CRT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT), seeking safety, and exposure and ritual prevention therapy (ExRP). Clients have their own primary therapist and family therapist throughout treatment. Lifeskills South Florida offers treatment for mental health conditions like borderline personality disorder (BPD), anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma/PTSD, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, psychosis, other thought disorders, and dual diagnoses. Their 6 clinical pathways meet each client in their stage of treatment, unique life situation, and diagnosis. These include a DBT path, CBT path, addiction path, CRT path, trauma path, and a complementary metabolic fitness path. Lifeskills South Florida’s clinicians assign and change treatment pathways based on each client’s needs, diagnosis, and progress throughout treatment. Clients at Lifeskills South Florida receive tailored clinical treatment and adjunct treatments. Lifeskills South Florida provides yoga, culinary classes, meditation groups, transportation to any community events and off-site treatment, art and music therapy, and gym outings. They’re Psych Armor Veteran Ready Certified. They also cater their services to veterans and Jewish clients, with specialized services meeting their unique needs. On site, Lifeskills South Florida provides shared bedrooms, community living areas, and a swimming pool.
Services
Key offerings grouped by category
Type of Care
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)
Opioid Medications used in Treatment
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
Type of Opioid Treatment
Pharmacotherapies
Treatment Approaches
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
License/Certification/Accreditation
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
Testing
Transitional Services
Other Services
Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services
Facility Smoking Policy
Age Groups Accepted
Sex Accepted
Facility Vaping Policy
Ancillary Services
Contact Information
Address
4841 NE 20th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33308
Phone
(855) 954-0377Contact
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