About LifeStance Therapists & Psychiatrists Brandon – Brandon
DACCO is a behavioral health treatment center located in Tampa, Florida. They
specialize in providing treatment to individuals who have a co-occurring mental health and substance abuse through comprehensive approaches to healing that treat the whole person.
DACCO provides residential treatment, medication assisted treatment, and outpatient treatment services.
The residential treatment services at DACCO are gender-specific. The women’s treatment location accommodates residents in small dorms to encourage the building of a therapeutic community. Pregnant and postnatal mothers are welcome. The men’s treatment program provides treatment for adult men in four large dorm areas with inside and outside recreation areas. Both programs aim to promote physical and emotional wellbeing. Building recovery skills, promoting and offering GED classes, and vocational rehabilitation are incorporated to help with personal and real world skills needed to maintain recovery. Traditional clinical approaches to treating addiction are also included, such as therapy and counseling.
Outpatient programming at DACCO includes individual therapy with licensed mental health counselors, social workers, family therapists, care coordinators, peer specialists, and certified addiction professionals. Case management services, peer support, and parenting groups are offered. Those who need medication assisted treatment will have the opportunity to meet with a medical professional to discuss this type of treatment.
At DACCO, the Medication Assisted Treatment Program provides medications along with comprehensive medical, psychiatric, and behavioral counseling. FDA approved medications are used to support withdrawal from opioid drugs and to help maintain long term abstinence. By combining medication with mental health treatment, a greater chance of success is achieved for long-term abstinence.
Family involvement is an important element of long-term success. Ensuring the family unit understands the complexity of addiction will better support each person who is choosing to live a life of recovery. The unhealthy family dynamics can be worked through in therapy, and new communication skills can be developed.