Lifeskills South Florida
Lifeskills South Florida, located in Deerfield Beach, FL, specializes in addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. This treatment center offers personalized care grounded in evidence-based practices with over 25 years of experience. Clients benefit from a dual diagnosis approach and a compassionate, respectful environment for recovery.
The mission at Lifeskills South Florida is to foster lasting change by supporting clients with innovative, customized treatment plans. The dedicated staff believes that everyone has the intrinsic ability to heal and transform their lives with the right support.
- Offers residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and transitional living programs, tailored to individual needs.
- Features five clinical pathways, including cognitive behavioral therapy and gender-specific trauma therapy.
- Residential program includes fully furnished, professionally staffed townhomes to practice new coping skills.
- Amenities include yoga classes, mindfulness training, sessions with a dietitian, and access to a gym and fitness classes.
Specializing in the treatment of anxiety, bipolar disorder, depressive disorder, substance use disorders, OCD, PTSD, and more, Lifeskills South Florida serves a diverse clientele of those seeking recovery from both mental health and addiction issues.
- 33 Conditions Treated
- LGBTQ+ Allied
- Insurance Accepted
- 8 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 34 Therapies & Programs
Staff
- Daniel BoberD.O.Medical professional associated with Lifeskills South Florida.
- David OckmanDirector Of Clinical Services and Clinical PsychologistOversees clinical services and provides psychological expertise at Lifeskills South Florida.
- Klay WeaverExecutive OfficerServes in an executive leadership role at Lifeskills South Florida.
- Sergio MurielDirector of AdmissionsManages the admissions process for new patients at Lifeskills South Florida.
- Alice SaltzmanCSW, Yoga InstructorLeads yoga classes and contributes to holistic treatment approaches.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Using both legal medications and illegal substances in order to maintain an addiction is substance abuse. Illegal substances can become addictive after a single use. If you are obtaining legal medications illegally, you may be suffering from substance abuse.
Fortunately facilities like Lifeskills South Florida in Deerfield Beach, FL are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction treatment facilities in Florida, like Lifeskills South Florida cover both illegal and prescription opioids abuse. Most plans include detoxification and subsequent medications to ease the process. Behavioral therapies and counseling are also necessary to resolve the root cause of addiction.
Dual-Diagnosis
When someone in Florida struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Inpatient rehabilitation aims to treat severe addictions and co-occurring disorders. Depending on individual requirements, the duration of the stay at Lifeskills South Florida ranges from four weeks to six months. Florida inpatient recovery guarantees that the patient resides in an environment free of drugs.
An intensive outpatient treatment program is set up for those struggling with an addiction to begin the recovery process. Patients come to Deerfield Beach, FL to Lifeskills South Florida for therapy, support, programs, and medical supervision. Intensive outpatient treatment is often very tightly scheduled and heavily structured.
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) are meant for individuals experiencing trouble functioning at school or with work and other occupations, medical instability, inadequate support at home, simultaneous mental health issues, and substance use disorders in Florida. They are also meant for those experiencing the risk of self-harm or the urge to harm others. It is a short-term treatment program offered at Lifeskills South Florida, aiming to improve individuals enough to be reassigned to a lower level of care. The program operates within a psychiatric hospital for several hours daily, usually three to five days per week.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Lifeskills South Florida in Florida after they attain initial sobriety.
Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.
Lifeskills South Florida‘s Therapies & Programs
Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. It becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Some facilities like Lifeskills South Florida in Deerfield Beach, FL offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal.
When family members are more proactive and involved in the treatment procedure, it encourages the patient to advance his or her progress. Moreover, it shouldn’t be ignored that genetics play a role when it comes to addiction, so it’s better to approach the problem as a unit. Also, with proper education, family members can help an individual avoid addiction triggers and guide him or her in making lifestyle changes necessary for his or her sobriety.
It has been said that unhealed trauma is the root of most addictions. Trauma therapy is a way of addressing trauma while in a safe situation in order to heal. Healing past traumas and introducing coping strategies are strong foundations for sustained recovery from addiction. This may involve individual or group counseling or both, in a Deerfield Beach, FL facility. Other forms of therapy have been proven to assist in healing past traumas.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps those who attend Lifeskills South Florida understand how their feelings, beliefs, and thoughts affect their behaviors. DBT is particularly useful for people with self-harming behaviors, as well as those with substance abuse disorders. DBT teaches people how to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, and how to become mindful.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the underlying thoughts and behaviors that caused the problem of addiction in the first place and may cause a relapse. Negative feelings are common in substance abuse disorders, and if not recognized, they can cause co-occurring disorders.
CBT involves strategies that help to change the thinking and behavioral pattern by cognitive restructuring. In simple terms, it helps to remove negative thoughts and provides long-term benefits. Also, CBT promotes self-awareness, self-control, and healthy ways to respond to negative thoughts. It can be administered as a mono-therapy as well as a part of combination therapy.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic method used to treat emotional trauma. In an EMDR session, a Lifeskills South Florida therapist provides a stimulus for the client, such as hand-tapping or moving a visual stimulus that the client tracks while recounting a traumatizing event. EMDR is notably effective in treating PTSD.
In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety and rebuild your life in Deerfield Beach, FL. Some examples of this are time management, social skills, nutrition, hygiene, stress management and taking care of yourself.
The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment. In this program, peers help each other to achieve the goal of abstinence. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Due to its huge success, the 12-step program is included as a part of other substance abuse treatments.
The 12 steps guide at an individual level. It begins with the individuals accepting that they are addicts, and they understand its consequences. It is followed by focusing on the recovery process and making amends for hurting others. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring, which refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.
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Location & Contact
1431 SW 9th Avenue
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
Phone Number
(754) 600-8279
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Location
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1431 SW 9th Avenue
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 -
(754) 600-8279
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+)
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Deerfield Beach, Florida Addiction and Treatment
Florida is one of the nation's epicenters for substance abuse and drug-related overdoses. In 2014, around 410,000 Florida residents were addicted to drugs and alcohol. Over the last 10 years, 12% of all deaths in the state were attributed to substance abuse. Treatment admissions for alcohol reached 24,329 patients in 2016, and 2.5% of Florida high school students admitted to using crack cocaine.
Deerfield Beach is a coastal Florida city with a family-friendly vibe and arts scene. In 2016, Broward County, where Deerfield Beach is located, saw 72 heroin overdose deaths and a 21% increase in cocaine-related deaths, indicating a significant substance abuse problem.
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