The Growth Opportunity Center (GOC) is one of the largest behavioral health providers in the region. We have over 40 years of providing mental health and consultation services to children, families, individuals and institutions. GOC's main, handicapped accessible office is now located in Southampton with a satellite office in Narberth.
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Services Offered
Individual Therapy for Adults - GOC has several therapists who specialize in providing adult individual counseling from young adult throughout the age span, including older individuals and their caregivers. In addition to having clinicians with substantial experience working with a wide range of mental health difficulties, some of our clinicians focus specifically on understanding the needs of men, women, or individuals who identify themselves in other gender categories. Our clinicians are as diverse as our client base, and we pay special attention to providing each client with the care they need to manage their individual challenges and needs, providing multiculturally competent therapy that takes into account gender, ethnicity, cultural, disability, and other diversity issues. Our therapists operate from a wide range of theoretical models and techniques, including short-term therapy, CBT, mindfulness, and psychodynamic therapy.
Child, Adolescent and Family Services - Family therapy is integral to our work with children and adolescents. In working with children, we consider family to be the essential unit that holds the child. Our family therapy work involves a unique problem-solving, change-oriented approach that considers the daily challenges and situations families may face in life. The work also involves connecting and consulting with other external systems such as schools, social and extracurricular groups, and extended family, all in support of the nature and needs of the child. Each developmental stage for the child, as well as the family, provides distinct needs and challenges, and our work takes into account emotional, social and physical development.
Our family and child services start at the pre-school stage, and continue through early childhood, school age, adolescence and late adolescence, supporting and helping children and families transition through each stage. Our work encompasses a wide range of difficulties that children and families face, including struggles with depression and anxiety, difficulties in sibling and peer relationships, school and academic difficulties, behavioral difficulties, discipline problems, social difficulties, risky behaviors, and parenting challenges. We also understand and address the specific challenges met by single, divorced and separated parents and their children, as well as by stepfamilies and non-traditional families.
Couples Therapy - We provide counseling service for couples who are having difficulties or considering divorce or separation, as well as for those who are considering marriage or partnership and wish to explore similarities and differences. When providing child and family services, we often meet with the parents together, regardless of their marital situation (e.g., together or separated/divorced), to work on parenting skills and address co-parenting challenges.
Group Therapy - Can provide significant therapeutic benefits, including being able to share with other individuals with similar difficulties, feeling as if one is not alone or unique in their difficulties, hearing others' stories, giving and receiving support, and having the ability to try out new therapeutic skills and techniques while getting feedback from others who might be "in the same boat". GOC offers a variety of groups throughout the calendar year, including social skills groups, groups for men, women and adolescents, bereavement groups, and groups on Mindfulness.
Autism Spectrum Disorders - GOC is known for being an experienced provider for individuals on the Spectrum, with a variety of services designed to meet the needs along the age span. GOC's skilled therapists provide individual and family therapy using a variety of approaches, including DIR/Floortime, Relationship Development Interventionâ„¢ (RDI), and Social Thinkingâ„¢. We set individualized goals to help clients on the autism spectrum learn to read social cues, become more flexible, and improve social interactions and coping skills. Other areas of specialized support include: * School support and consultation * Behavior Management * Social Skills Training * Family Support * Psychiatric Consultation
Anxiety Based Treatments - Using highly effective, empirically validated therapeutic services, GOC providers treat a variety of anxiety-related challenges, including OCD, panic attacks, phobias, Generalized Anxiety Disorders, and PTSD.
Bereavment Services - GOC offers a comprehensive bereavement program to foster a healthy resolution of grief. In addition to individual therapy, we provide groups on loss of a loved one due to addictions, complicated bereavement, and bereavement support groups.
Fees and Payment
Costs of most clinical services can be covered by health insurance or out-of-pocket payment when insurance cannot be used. In addition to our Managed Care affiliations, economic circumstances are considered on a sliding fee schedule.
GOC is in network with the following insurance plans: Aetna, Allied Trade, AmeriHealth, Carebridge EAP, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Independence Administrators, Independence Personal Choice and Keystone, Magellan, Medicare, Penn Behavioral Health, Railroad Medicare, Total Care Network, and United Behavioral Health.
This is a non profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare
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