John F. KennedyBehavioral Health Center

The John F. Kennedy Behavioral Health Center provides high quality behavioral health services for residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They’re all about improving the general wellbeing of the community through clinically effective treatments. Their tailored care encourages self reliance and grants residents an opportunity to lead a productive life. They serve adults, adolescents and seniors in recovery.

Their main office is located along North Broad Street in the bustling neighborhood of Center City Philadelphia in Philadelphia County. It is within a short walking distance of downtown Philadelphia and super close to City Hall, Pennsylvania Convention Center and Love Park. Schuylkill River Trail and Washington Square Park are also just a mile away and add to the overall charm of the area. Multiple SEPTA bus routes serve Broad St and nearby Market St.

You can access various outpatient services in this main office. They offer intensive outpatient substance use treatment for adults and general outpatient care for adults and adolescents. Intensive outpatient care is suitable for people seeking relatively structured and intensive treatment support for moderate substance use issues. The general outpatient program is for mild addictive behavior or substance use disorder.

Both programs involve recovery-focused therapy groups alongside individual sessions that equip you with practical coping skills that encourage sobriety and relapse prevention. The program may include psychoeducational classes to help you grasp the disease and cycle of addiction, relapse warning signs and stages of recovery.

The facility also offers emergency support and crisis intervention for people with severe mental health and substance use issues. This focuses on stabilizing the patient and connecting them to the appropriate level of care for ongoing recovery support.

Residential services may be available here as well via referrals. Their full spectrum of adult recovery services includes blended case management. This may involve care coordination, linkage to community resources and assistance with housing and employment support.