North Philadelphia Health SystemsResidential Treatment in Philadelphia, PA
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The Behavioral Wellness Center at Girard is a Philadelphia-based drug and alcohol treatment center offering both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and substance abuse counseling and treatment services. The center provides effective, evidence-based behavioral health services including inpatient psychiatric care, inpatient drug and alcohol treatment, and outpatient drug and alcohol treatment. Services include therapy sessions with psychologists, art, music, and movement therapy, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), 24-hour care, counseling, bilingual staff, and community reintegration assistance. The center operates one of Philadelphia's oldest and largest methadone programs, and also provides Suboxone and Vivitrol. Additional services include wound care combined with substance use disorder services at ASAM 3.7 level of care. The center delivers services in a manner that is spiritually and culturally sensitive, and responsive to community needs.
Role
Residential Treatment
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Evidence-based approaches
Anger management
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Brief intervention
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
Contingency management/motivational incentives
Contingency Management. Evidence-based reinforcement approach: small, immediate, tangible rewards for verified abstinence and engagement. Strongest evidence base of any non-medication intervention for stimulant + gambling disorder.
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing. A collaborative conversation that strengthens your own reasons for change rather than arguing you into it.
Matrix model
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Relapse prevention
Relapse Prevention. Identifies your specific high-risk situations, warning signs, and choice points. Then builds a written, rehearsed plan for each so the moment is not the first time you decide.
Substance use disorder counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Telehealth Therapy. Real clinical sessions delivered over video. Same evidence base as in-person care for most conditions; meets you where you actually are instead of where the office is.
Trauma-related counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
12-step facilitation
Twelve-Step Facilitation. Helps you engage with mutual-aid fellowships (GA, AA, SMART) as a recovery community rather than a solo grind.
What this facility offers
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