Addiction Medicine and Health Advocates
928 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
My Sisters Place
Also known as Thomas Jefferson University
Address: 1239 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 · Map
Phone: (215) 955-6000
Intake: (215) 955-3792
Website: jeffersonhealth.org
About My Sisters Place
Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, which is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University, provides the highly regarded MATER program for mothers facing substance use disorders and mental health challenges, with particular focus on opioid use.
The MATER program includes multiple levels of care for mothers dealing with addiction. These include an outpatient option called Family Center, a residential program known as My Sister’s Place (MSP), and ongoing aftercare. My Sister’s Place runs for 12 weeks and is built around a mindfulness-based parenting approach, giving mothers the ability to have up to three children live with them in the residential setting. Childcare is available across all MATER programs.
Treatment through Jefferson emphasizes individualized care, using individual counseling as well as group and family therapy. The program also offers medications such as methadone and buprenorphine during pregnancy and afterward to help support the shift away from opioids.
MATER is part of Jefferson Health, connected to Thomas Jefferson University. When patients receive services from other Jefferson Health departments, such as family medicine or emergency care, their records from those visits are connected to their MATER file to promote consistent care over time.
Patients can review treatment updates, learning resources, and other information from their Jefferson Health visits using the patient portal MyChart, also referred to as MyJeffersonHealth. Through a mobile app or the Jefferson Health website, the portal displays content from MATER and other department encounters, including instructions, appointment details, and billing information.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Residential/24-hour residential · Long-term residential · Short-term residential
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment
- Opioid treatment
- Buprenorphine maintenance · Prescribes buprenorphine · Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere · Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
- Medications used
- Acamprosate (Campral®) · Buprenorphine with naloxone · Buprenorphine without naloxone · Medication for mental disorders · Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis · Nicotine replacement · Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Treatment approaches
- Anger management · Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Contingency management/motivational incentives · Motivational interviewing · Matrix Model · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Trauma-related counseling · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy · 12-step facilitation
- Education and counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support · Hepatitis education, counseling, or support · Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis · Substance use disorder education · Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling · Individual counseling · Group counseling · Family counseling · Marital/couples counseling · Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
- Special programs
- Young adults · Adult women · Pregnant/postpartum women · Seniors or older adults · Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients · Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders · Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders · Clients with HIV or AIDS · Clients who have experienced sexual abuse · Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence · Clients who have experienced trauma
- Ages accepted
- Young Adults · Adults · Seniors
- Genders accepted
- Female
- Payment accepted
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs · Medicaid · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid · SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Licensing and accreditation
- State substance use treatment agency · State department of health
- Ownership
- Private non-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Self-help groups · Housing services · Assistance with obtaining social services · Mentoring/peer support · Employment counseling or training
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning · Naloxone and overdose education · Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Other services
- Residential beds for clients' children · Case management service · Child care for clients' children · Domestic violence services, including family or partner · Early intervention for HIV · Mental health services · Social skills development · Transportation assistance · Suicide prevention services
- Language services
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Facility-provided information
- Accreditation
- Joint Commission
- Care offered
- Detox · Outpatient
- Substances treated
- Alcohol · Cocaine · Drug Addiction · Opioids
- Conditions treated
- Anxiety · Bipolar · Eating Disorders · Internet Addiction · Trauma
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Family Therapy · Group Therapy
- Approaches
- Evidence-Based · Family Involvement · Gender-Specific · Individual Treatment · Trauma Informed
- Who it serves
- Pregnant Women · Women · Women only
- Aftercare
- Aftercare Home Support · Mentoring and Peer support
- Languages
- English
Before you call
- Have your insurance or Medicaid card ready and ask whether the facility is in network.
- Ask how soon they can do an assessment and whether there is a waitlist.
- Confirm the facility is licensed by Pennsylvania.
- If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.