Lifeskills Mental Health Resources

Treatment Methods

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Mental Health

Why Should I Choose a Treatment Center Over Alternative Medicine?

Alternative therapeutic approaches have grown increasingly popular over the past decade. Offerings like equine therapy, reiki, acupuncture, and yoga have made their way into many ...
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Depression

How Does Cognitive Remediation Therapy Help with Depression?

Depression is a serious condition. It affects millions yearly, and most research has shown that it impacts almost 3.8% of the world’s population.[1] As such, ...
Treatment Methods

How is DBT Different From CBT?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are two primary therapeutic modalities. CBT is one of the most commonly used approaches in therapy ...

Mental Health

Mental Health

Explaining Outpatient Therapy for Mental Health: Advantages and Options

Mental health treatment is not “one size fits all.” Different people require different approaches to ...
Addiction/Substance Abuse

Understanding Alcoholism: Is It Considered a Mental Illness?

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a multifaceted condition that affects more ...
Bipolar Disorder

Coping with Mania: How to Recognize and Respond

Bipolar disorder is a serious mental health disorder that causes drastic shifts in mood, activity, ...

Testimonials

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Mental Health

Transforming Pain into Healing at Lifeskills South Florida

Before entering Lifeskills South Florida, Kathy’s life was in turmoil. Emotionally, she was distraught, grappling with a failing marriage and self-doubt about her motherhood. Despite ...
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Addiction/Substance Abuse

Breaking Free from Darkness: Jordan’s Lifeskills Journey

Meet Jordan, a Lifeskills alumni, who courageously shares his remarkable journey of transformation. From a place of despair, Jordan found hope, healing, and a renewed ...
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Mental Health

Anna’s Journey of Transformation with Lifeskills Treatment Center

Discovering Lifeskills: A Glimmer of Hope Before coming to Lifeskills, Anna’s life was a whirlwind of turmoil and distress. While pursuing her master’s degree, she ...

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Depression

Why Do I Have Seasonal Depression?

The fall and winter months can be some of the most stressful times of the year for many. Added holiday pressures can trigger heightened difficulties ...
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Mental Health

What is the benefit of an internship in the mental health field?

Mental illness affects millions of people every  year, in fact, just over 47 million adults in the US experienced a mental illness in 2018. These ...
Addiction/Substance Abuse

Is Internet and Video Gaming Addiction real?

What does the word addiction mean? According to Merriam-Webster, it is the “compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (such as heroin, nicotine, ...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Exploring Traditional DBT and RO-DBT

By Michelle Quilter, PsyD, CASAC, DBT-LBC Traditional Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed in the early 1980s by Marsha Linehan to treat individuals with Borderline ...
PTSD/Trauma

The Difference between Type I Trauma and Type II Trauma

Trauma is a word that’s used quite liberally in everyday language, typically to identify a highly stressful event. When we refer to trauma in the clinical ...
Depression

What is the Truth about Depression?

Depression affects nearly 1:6 people at some point in their lives. It is more than feeling sad or depressed, which is a normal reaction to ...

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