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Lifeskills South Florida
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Lifeskills South Florida

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Program length
45+ days
Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Founded
1991

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.

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Services & programs

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Type of Care
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.)
Residential/24-hour residential Residential detoxification Long-term residential Short-term residential
Opioid Medications used in Treatment
Buprenorphine used in Treatment Naltrexone used in Treatment
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
Type of Opioid Treatment
Buprenorphine detoxification Prescribes naltrexone Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
Pharmacotherapies
Disulfiram Buprenorphine with naloxone Buprenorphine without naloxone Naltrexone (oral) Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable) Medication for mental disorders Nicotine replacement
Treatment Approaches
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)
Private for-profit organization
License/Certification/Accreditation
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
Private health insurance Cash or self-payment
Testing
Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing Drug or alcohol urine screening HIV testing TB screening
Transitional Services
Discharge Planning Outcome follow-up after discharge
Other Services
Treatment for gambling disorder Treatment for other addiction disorder
Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services
Alcohol Detoxification Benzodiazepines Detoxification Cocaine Detoxification Methamphetamines detoxification Opioids detoxification Medication routinely used during detoxification
Facility Smoking Policy
Smoking permitted in designated area
Age Groups Accepted
Young Adults Adults
Sex Accepted
Female Male
Facility Vaping Policy
Vaping not permitted
Ancillary Services
Integrated primary care services

Contact information

Address

4841 NE 20th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33308

Location

4841 NE 20th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33308

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