Lifeskills South Florida

About Lifeskills South Florida

Located in picturesque Deerfield Beach, Florida, is the dually licensed drug recovery and mental health facility, Lifeskills South Florida. If you’re struggling with your mental health or have a co-occurring substance use disorder, you’ll find compassionate and robust care here. They accept most major insurance providers including out of network coverage.

Services are offered in a residential treatment setting. You’ll live in a comfortable, fully furnished townhome while taking part in therapeutic activities and exercises that will help you succeed. They also partner with military veterans groups and the Jewish community to provide culturally-sensitive care.

Situated just under thirty minutes north of Ft. Lauderdale, and minutes away from the emerald shores of southern Florida, this is a calming recovery facility that allows you to practice the recovery skills you’re learning in a realistic social setting.

Lifeskills South Florida offers a resort-like feel to it, providing you with a calming and tranquil setting to move through their evidence based recovery programs. The residence features spacious floorplans, community spaces, and amenities like an outdoor pool hidden beneath a canopy of palm trees.

The clinical pathways you’ll follow are created and led by doctorate level or licensed clinicians, many of whom are specialized in mental health and addiction disciplines. Their approach to care is comprehensive and if you’re struggling with challenges related to schizophrenia, psychosis, and other complex mental health challenges, the care team here can help you.

When you start your treatment program, you won’t be locked into a singular approach. Rather, there are both primary and secondary recovery pathways that can always be adapted to meet your recovery needs.

Addiction Treatment Programs

Alcohol Rehab
The goal of an alcohol rehab in Florida is to give you the tools and skills you need to achieve long-term recovery. Alcohol rehab may include detox, inpatient treatment, and/or outpatient care. You’ll learn the roots of addiction and learn how to build a substance-free life.
Dual Diagnosis
Mental health concerns and substance use are often linked, which is known as a dual diagnosis. The right rehab in Florida can help you break free. A dual diagnosis program uses evidence-based approaches to help you overcome both your mental health concerns and substance use. This may include mental health medication, counseling, and more.
Opioid Addiction
In Florida, rehab provides a combination of therapy and education to help clients overcome opioid addiction. In an opioid treatment program, you’ll not only receive treatment, but you’ll participate in activities, receive peer support, and learn how to have fun without substance use.
Adult Program
An adult program in Florida addresses the recovery needs of clients in this life stage and gives them the tools they need to succeed. An adult program gives you the skills you need to overcome addiction and address the unique challenges of managing your work, relating to your family, raising children, and balancing a variety of other responsibilities
Men's Rehab
Men’s rehab programs in Florida address the unique needs of men in a safe, gender-specific environment. A men’s program gives you the skills you need to overcome addiction and address challenges such as family relationships, fatherhood, emotional management, and more.
Women's Rehab
A women’s rehab in Florida addresses the unique needs women have and allows them to build relationships in a gender-specific environment. A women’s program gives you the skills you need to overcome addiction and address your unique challenges, such as motherhood, building a career, having healthy relationships, and more.
Young Adult Rehab
Young people need unique support, and a young adult rehab in the state of Florida helps them learn new life skills while overcoming addiction. A young adult program gives you the skills you need to overcome addiction and address the unique challenges of transitioning from the teen years to adulthood.

Insurance Coverage

Self-pay options
Using self-pay in Florida to pay for rehab means writing a check, using a medical loan, or having money electronically sent to the treatment center. Be sure to check on the fee structure, which may depend on the level of care.
Private insurance
One of the best ways to pay for rehab in Florida is to use private insurance, which can pay for some or all of the cost. Contact your insurer to get full details, such as what centers are in-network with your plan and what out-of-pocket costs you might be responsible for.
Employee Assistance Program

Levels of Care

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Detox Treatment
Don’t be afraid of detox in Florida. It’s the first step toward building a new life you love. Detox is often medically supervised, helping it be safe and as comfortable as possible. Medical supervision may include FDA-approved medication and other treatments.
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Inpatient Rehab
Inpatient treatment in Florida allows clients to live full-time in the facility while getting the care they need. Some of the elements of inpatient treatment include individual and group counseling, skill-building, relapse prevention, and help with essentials like employment and housing.
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Outpatient Rehab
If you want to attend school or work during rehab, consider outpatient treatment in Florida. You’ll live independently except when you’re attending rehab. Outpatient treatment sessions generally last 60 to 90 minutes and may include discussing a specific issue, sharing wins and challenges, education about specific topics, or developing life skills.
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Aftercare Support
Aftercare in Florida is focused on helping you access the resources and ongoing support you need to stay sober long-term. Aftercare may include connections to 12-step and other support groups, housing and employment resources, community recovery centers, and more.
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Sober Living Homes
During sober living in Florida, clients will receive ongoing support that makes it easier to practice their new habits and maintain recovery. Sober living may provide resources such as connections to 12-step and other support groups, employment resources, info about community recovery centers, and more.
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Partial Hospitalization Program
Attending a partial hospitalization program (PHP) in Florida allows you to get evidence-based care without living in the facility, helping you establish long-term recovery. PHPs don’t just involve therapy, you also enjoy activities and outings, and many programs have holistic treatment like yoga, mindfulness, and more.

Therapies

Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy in Florida gives you tools to challenge your thinking patterns. During treatment, you’ll examine common thought distortions, identify learned negative behaviors, and develop the skills necessary to consciously choose a different reaction to each situation.
Creative Arts Therapy
In Florida, creative arts therapy is a holistic therapy that is widely used in addiction treatment alongside other treatment approaches. During treatment, the art therapist may ask you to draw specific things related to recovery, help you interpret your feelings, and guide you in building toward new habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical behavioral therapy in Florida gives you tools to learn new behaviors to improve and change your life. During treatment, you’ll unlearn unwanted thoughts and behaviors, practice and reinforce positive coping strategies, and empower yourself to create the life you want.
Family Therapy
Overcoming substance use is easier if you have support from your loved ones. During family therapy in Florida, you can address challenging relationships and family conflicts to restore peace and make recovery easier. Family therapy is only one element of rehab treatment, along with activities, peer support, individual and group counseling, relapse prevention, and more. Together, all these methods support you in establishing long-term recovery.
Group Therapy
Overcoming substance use is easier if you’re not alone. During group therapy in Florida, you’ll hear others’ perspectives and get the support you need. Group therapy sessions generally last 60 to 90 minutes and may include discussing a specific issue, sharing wins and challenges, education about specific topics, or developing life skills.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy in Florida helps clients overcome substance use by providing individualized, confidential support. Individual therapy is a normal part of evidence-based treatment programs, and may be a part of inpatient treatment, outpatient care, or both. Topics include processing past events that may have contributed to substance use, learning new life skills, and relapse prevention strategies.
Rational Behavioral Therapy
In Florida, rational behavior therapy is one of the evidence-based approaches widely used in addiction treatment. Rational behavior therapy is a common part of both inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment, and may be used to help with skill-building, overcoming problematic behavior, and managing substance use triggers.
Trauma Therapy
Many people with addiction issues in Florida use substances to decrease difficult feelings such as guilt, shame, fear, and more. Trauma-informed therapy can help you understand where these feelings come from and how to deal with them in a better way. Trauma-informed therapy may be part of both inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment and may include peer support, mental health medications, mindfulness, and developing new coping strategies.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing