Child and Family Art Therapy Center

Our center offers three renowned services in four area locations: Haverford, Paoli, Plymouth Meeting and Center City, Philadelphia. We are a private-pay practice that also has an affordable/reduced-rate therapy program. Read to the bottom of this profile to learn about the BetterWorld Accessible Therapy Program.

We are child-adolescent art/play therapists who create an ideal child-friendly therapy experience so kids feel comfortable and use therapy to overcome their toughest challenges. We treat a wide range of emotional/behavioral/social challenges of childhood and adolescence, but specialize in the treatment of neurodivergent children with autism, ADHD, and learning differences. The services we provide are:

MIKE FOGEL'S ART OF FRIENDSHIP SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS
We are neurodiversity specialists who provide Philadelphia's original Art of Friendship social skills program to help children with autism, ADHD, & learning differences decrease struggle & thrive at home, school, & in friendship. Since 2001, our social skills specialists have supported thousands of children in outpatient social skills groups, school-based programs, consultation, & Camp Pegasus. Small groups meet weekly to learn Mike Fogel's memorable social skills curriculum and practice socializing.

INDIVIDUAL ART-PLAY THERAPY WITH PARENT SUPPORT & TRAINING FOR 3-12 YEAR OLDS
We specialize in art and play therapy with parent support to help your child overcome challenges & succeed at home, school, & friendships. Parents participate in the first 15-20 minutes of each session, learning child-friendly CBT coping skills language with your child so you can reinforce successful coping at home! After caregivers step out to the waiting area, the therapist follows your child's lead to their favorite play or art therapy materials, making treatment fun & comfortable. Feeling super safe and relaxed, children tend to open up and communicate stuck or sensitive feelings and concerns indirectly through art and play communication. Without realizing they are "doing therapy", they rework complex feelings, traumas, self-image and self-esteem, and gain confidence!

INDIVIDUAL ART & VERBAL THERAPY FOR 13-19 YEAR OLDS
We offer adolescent art therapy services with parent support & training to help teenagers & their parents overcome emotional/behavioral challenges so they can succeed at home, school, & in relationships. Teens usually prefer that caregivers don't participate in the therapy room, but we never forget that the adolescent is still living in your home, their formative environment. We collaborate with parents in your teenager's care, translate teen behavior for you and collaborate on supportive strategies for home and school. The key to our teen counseling services? We accept them for who they are follow their lead to art, play, or verbal therapy. Our mission: to help your child find their own voice, communicate their needs effectively, and develop healthy coping skills and relationships in and out of the home.

INDIVIDUAL ART & VERBAL THERAPY FOR COLLEGE & TRANSITION-AGE INDIVIDUALS
We specialize in helping college students & transition-age individuals overcome emotional
challenges & succeed in school & relationships. We love helping young people navigate their path to adulthood! Our college & transition age counseling services embrace diversity & LGBTQIA+ issues, & specialize in the treatment of neurodiverse clients. Discovering who you are - both in- and independent of the family - is critical. We use art therapy or verbal therapy techniques to help our transition-age clients clarify points of confusion, overwhelm, and stress to discover how to stand on their own two feet, and cope with life's demands authentically and successfully.

**We also offer a reduced rate individual therapy program, called the BetterWorld Accessible Therapy Program in which we slide fees as low as $15 for families facing financial insecurity.**

Our practice is founded on the notion that Love will create a BetterWorld: Love of the individual, love of children and childhood, and transforming Love from an invisible feeling to palpable acts of caring. Our acts of caring begin with acceptance of each person for who they are, finding out precisely what they need to cope and succeed...and working with parents and children to give them exactly what they need to overcome and thrive. Let's create a BetterWorld together!

Experienced with:

*Autism

*ADHD

*Learning Disabilities

*Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder

*Sensory Processing Disorder

*Expressive/Receptive Language Disorder

*Anxiety

*Depression

*Anger

*Disruptive Mood

*Dysregulation Disorder

*Trauma

*Bullying