Lifeskills South Florida

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.

Personalized, Evidence-Based Treatment

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.

Comprehensive And Clinically Excellent Care

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.

A Robust Recovery Experience

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.