About this facility
Lifeskills Orlando provides personalized and quality care for adults (18 years and older) with complex mental health disorders. Their comprehensive whole-person approach, unique setting, and high staff-to-client ratio support individualized attention and real-time interventions, to help provide the best possible outcomes for each client.
They use evidence-based treatment methods tailored to each client’s needs. Their team utilizes a social integration approach, which enables clients to receive real-time therapeutic interventions while experiencing real-life situations. Social integration is used to ensure social and life skills treatment concepts are not only learned but also become accessible tools for clients transitioning back to independent living.
Located in downtown Orlando, Lifeskills offers a quaint, homelike environment combined with a supportive staff that is available 24/7. The central location provides access to a variety of activities that Florida has to offer. Clients can enjoy recreation and social integration activities, such as hiking, art therapy, writing, eating at local restaurants, and more.
Services
A quick overview of services associated with this facility.
Type of Care, TC, Substance use treatment; Mental health treatment; Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.), SET, Residential/24-hour residential
Facility Type, FT, Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults
Pharmacotherapies, PHR, Fluphenazine; Haloperidol; Loxapine; Perphenazine; Aripiprazole; Clozapine; Olanzapine; Risperidone; Nicotine replacement; Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Treatment Approaches, TAP, Activity therapy; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Cognitive remediation therapy; Couples/family therapy; Dialectical behavior therapy; Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy; Group therapy; Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment; Individual psychotherapy; Abnormal involuntary movement scale
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public), FOP, Private for-profit organization
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted, PAY, Private health insurance; Cash or self-payment
Special Programs/Groups Offered, SG, Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders; Clients who have experienced trauma; Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Assessment/Pre-treatment, ASPT, Screening for tobacco use
Testing, SCR, HIV testing; STD testing; TB screening; Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV); Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV); Laboratory testing
Education and Counseling Services, ECS, Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
Facility Smoking Policy, SMP, Smoking permitted in designated area
Age Groups Accepted, AGE, Young Adults; Seniors
Facility Vaping Policy, FVP, Vaping not permitted
Ancillary Services, AS, Assertive community treatment; Family psychoeducation; Psychosocial rehabilitation services; Supported housing; Case management service; Suicide prevention services
