Lakeside AcademyResidential Treatment in Buffalo, MN
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Lakeside Academy is a premier residential treatment and recovery center for boys ages 14–18 located on 48 acres in Buffalo, Minnesota. The facility offers licensed substance use disorder treatment, mental health counseling, and other services with a faith-based option available. The program features a holistic approach to treatment combining psychoeducation, counseling, values-based programming, and character development. Services include medical stabilization with medication-assisted treatment for withdrawal management, 24-hour residential care in a structured environment, an on-site licensed high school with conventional, online, and project-based learning, and family involvement through parent weekends. The facility is staffed by licensed clinicians, medical providers, therapists, chemical dependency counselors, nurses, and a psychiatrist available 24/7.
Role
Residential Treatment
What a first session looks like
Virtual & In-PersonContact the expert admissions team Monday through Friday from 8am–5pm CST at 844-768-8336 to provide preliminary information such as age, prior treatment history, medications, legal obligations, and insurance information.
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Evidence-based approaches
MAT
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). Pairs FDA-approved medications with counseling and behavioral therapy. Standard of care for opioid and alcohol use disorder; emerging evidence in gambling for impulsivity-targeting agents.
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
Faith-based
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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