Skills Unlimited
Drug Rehab Center in Oakdale, New York
- Mental Health
- Dual Diagnosis
Skills Unlimited is an outpatient mental health and dual-diagnosis treatment center in Oakdale, NY that offers evidence-based addiction and mental health treatment services, including individualized treatments, family and couples therapy, experiential therapy, CBT, nutrition therapy, trauma therapy, and NRT, and accepts private health insurance, with a focus on client recovery and long-term success.
About This New York Facility
Skills Unlimited is an Oakdale, New York-based behavioral health care center that specializes in dual diagnosis and mental health treatment. Their primary goal is to help patients of all ages and backgrounds develop the skills needed to lead healthy and productive lives. The highly-skilled team at Skills Unlimited is dedicated to offering individualized mental health services and tailored treatment plans to each patient.
The comprehensive services offered at Skills Unlimited range for outpatient treatment and dual-diagnosis services to individual and group therapy, trauma therapy, nicotine replacement therapy, couples therapy, experiential therapy, family therapy, and nutrition therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy is also available and the center provides residential-style long-term care.
Patients can also take advantage of a personalized payment plan and Skills Unlimited accepts private health insurance. The center works with third-party insurance providers to help cover the cost of treatment as much as possible.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
A dual diagnosis is when someone deals with both alcohol and mental or emotional disorder. Emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression can be part of dual diagnosis therapy. It must happen simultaneously to get care for these conditions to handle any of them effectively.
Levels of Care Offered at Skills Unlimited
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.
In outpatient programs at Skills Unlimited, the Oakdale resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Skills Unlimited. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.
Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Skills Unlimited helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Skills Unlimited brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.
Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.
The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at Skills Unlimited in Oakdale, NY believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
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Experiential Therapy at Skills Unlimited
Experiential therapy involves recreating or creating new experiences for the patient. Many people struggled with past issues such as memories or trauma. By creating a new experience, it allows people to work through the issues associated with those moments in a new experience. This can give them a new measure of control and can help them role play a new scenario. That can help push addiction into their past and help them begin the healing process.
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Oakdale, New York 11769 Phone Number(631) 567-1626 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Oakdale, 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.
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