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Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo

Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo

Drug Rehab Center in Buffalo, New York

  • Mental Health
  • Dual Diagnosis

Lake Shore Behavioral Health- Buffalo is a comprehensive behavioral health facility in Buffalo, New York, specializing in dual diagnoses and offering outpatient, intensive outpatient, and residential long term treatment with a holistic and personalized approach.

About This New York Facility

Lake Shore Behavioral Health- Buffalo is a comprehensive behavioral health facility located in upstate New York that specializes in treating patients with dual diagnoses, such as co-occuring disorders and mental health issues. Our staff, including medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals, is dedicated to providing compassionate and evidence-based care that is designed to meet the individual needs of our patients. We offer many levels of care, including outpatient, intensive outpatient, and residential long term treatment.

At Lake Shore Behavioral Health- Buffalo, we believe in providing a holistic and personalized approach to treatment, combining evidence-based therapy modalities such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Nutrition Therapy, and Trauma Therapy. Our team is committed to helping our patients identify and develop tools to break free from destructive or unhealthy circumstances, gain personal insight, and embrace life in all its complexity. We strive to create an environment that is healing and safe, so that all individuals can regain stability and enjoy a healthy and productive life.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Multiple Centers
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    Mental illness includes conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. It can also happen that mental illness causes drug addiction and vice versa. Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo in New York knows it is vital to diagnose dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder.

    Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Mental Health 

    Levels of Care Offered at Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Outpatient programs are the standard for addiction treatment. About 9 in 10 U.S. adolescents entering addiction treatment enroll in these programs, so you’re not alone in New York. Treatment is delivered in different settings – offices, clinics, and primary care clinics.

    Facilities like Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo offer a variety of services, such as individual and group counseling and family therapy. During the sessions, you work with a team of experts that include: General physicians, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists. The main goals of outpatient recovery programs are to help addicted individuals reduce drug use and addictive behaviors, eventually becoming entirely sober.

    Therapies & Programs

    Therapy plays a major role in addiction recovery. It encourages patients to get to the root of their addiction and learn how to better handle the issues that led to using. Therapy can be conducted in group and one on one settings. In Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo‘s individual therapy, the patient meets with the therapist in a one on one setting. This allows them to focus on the underlying issues of addiction and come up with solutions to prevent future abuse.

    When the whole family is involved, healing can be far more successful. Family counseling involves genetic factors to the family of the addict. This offers the means to cope with addiction and its underlying emotional disorders for loved ones. It is a helpful method for addicts in helping to adjust to sober living.

    Attending group therapy at Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo in Buffalo, New York allows those seeking sobriety to realize they are not alone in their battles. This is when a group of people all in different phases of recovery get together and speak about their battles. They talk about their triggers, their successes, their failures, and the things they can do to get on and stay on a sober path. These sessions also teach life skills, communication, healthy habits, and can include alternative types of therapy.

    Trauma therapy allows people who struggled with a past trauma to face the situation and learn to overcome the situation. Many people who went through trauma early on, struggle with addiction later in life. By addressing the trauma and moving past the issues, it can help someone attending treatment at Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo in Buffalo, NY move forward with their recovery and begin to take a better hold of their sober future.

    Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a method of individual and/or group counseling in Buffalo, New York that focuses on acceptance and change. It was developed to advance the idea of balancing opposites. It is a coping method of avoiding black and white approach to situations and problems. DBT can be very effective in developing coping strategies for negative emotions and experiences, and is available for patients at Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo.
    The relationship between the thoughts, feelings, and actions of a patient is explored by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). As an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol in Buffalo, New York, it helps to create a balanced response to thoughts and feelings. Effective communication between users and those around them is also encouraged. It is an efficient treatment for individuals suffering from all sorts of addictions, professionally provided by Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo.

    Addiction commonly results in malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This can be reflected in weight loss, hair loss or hair changes, skin irregularities. Eating correctly to replace lost vitamins and minerals while balancing your diet can build confidence. Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo will help you get back on track.

    Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low-dose nicotine drugs to eliminate tobacco addiction from smokers. Without smoking, the treatment at Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo in Buffalo, NY brings nicotine into the bloodstream to minimize dependence on the physical habit, while detoxing the body from the attachment. To alleviate withdrawal symptoms, it also helps abusers to adapt to lower doses over time.

    Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Dual-Diagnosis, Experiential Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Nutrition Therapy, Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Trauma Therapy

    Patient Experience

    Experiential Therapy at Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo

    This is a type of therapy that involves activity to recreate situations that may have caused trauma or negative emotions. Experiential therapy at Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo in Buffalo, NY can involve acting, props, arts and crafts, animal care or other tools that may be effective.

    This therapy is done on an individual basis and can help revisit and heal from past traumas. Trust between the therapist and individual is important for success. Experiential therapy can help you more closely become you and move through life in a positive and authentic manner.

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

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    Lake Shore Behavioral Health - Buffalo Location and Directions
    Address Information254 Franklin Street
    Buffalo, New York 14202 Phone Number(716) 852-1117 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Buffalo, New York Addiction Information

    More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.

    10.8% of New Yorkers aged 12-17 reported using an illicit drug. In Buffalo, NY, the number of drug overdose deaths increased from 33 in 2015 to 70 in 2016. Methamphetamine use is rising in Buffalo, with more meth seized in 2017 than any other year on record. Buffalo is home to several treatment facilities. Treatment typically begins with a detoxification process, followed by individual and group therapy.

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