About this facility
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
A quick overview of services associated with this facility.
Type of Care, TC, Substance use treatment; Detoxification; 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; Residential detoxification; Long-term residential; Short-term residential
Opioid Medications used in Treatment, OM, Buprenorphine used in Treatment; Naltrexone used in Treatment
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment, AUT, This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
Type of Opioid Treatment, OT, Buprenorphine detoxification; Prescribes naltrexone; Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
Pharmacotherapies, PHR, Disulfiram; Buprenorphine with naloxone; Buprenorphine without naloxone; Naltrexone (oral); Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable); Medication for mental disorders; Nicotine replacement
Treatment Approaches, TAP, Anger management; Brief intervention; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Contingency management/motivational incentives; Motivational interviewing; Relapse prevention; Substance use disorder counseling; Trauma-related counseling; 12-step facilitation
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public), FOP, Private for-profit organization
License/Certification/Accreditation, LCA, State Substance use treatment agency; State mental health department; Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF); SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted, PAY, Private health insurance; Cash or self-payment
Testing, SCR, Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing; Drug or alcohol urine screening; HIV testing; TB screening
Transitional Services, TRSRV, Discharge Planning; Outcome follow-up after discharge
Other Services, OTHR, Treatment for gambling disorder; Treatment for other addiction disorder
Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services, DETOX, Alcohol Detoxification; Benzodiazepines Detoxification; Cocaine Detoxification; Methamphetamines detoxification; Opioids detoxification; Medication routinely used during detoxification
Facility Smoking Policy, SMP, Smoking permitted in designated area
Age Groups Accepted, AGE, Young Adults; Adults
Sex Accepted, SN, Female; Male
Facility Vaping Policy, FVP, Vaping not permitted
Ancillary Services, AS, Integrated primary care services
