BetterWorld Affordable Art Therapy Option
We’re living though challenging times. Perhaps you struggled with emotions or relationships, or a job, or unemployment for some time. You tried everything you can think of, but things didn’t improve. You searched for excellent therapeutic help, but private pay therapy is too expensive. You don’t want to go with a random no-name therapist off your insurance provider list; that seems risky. Perhaps you don’t have insurance right now.
If this sounds like you, read on!
PhATA Offers an Affordable Therapy Service with Lower Fees & Adjustable Rates to Fit Your Financial Situation
Individual Therapy: $70 per 1-hour session
If these rates are still too expensive, DON’T WORRY! We will work with you to figure out a fee that won’t financially harm your family. We NEVER want finances to stand between you and critical Art Therapy services.
If you ask for sliding rates, we will need to review your most recent tax return or pay stub. The therapist will plug the information into a grid-system that determines the discount level you are eligible for based on income (according to U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines and size of your household).
* Need-Based Adjustable Fees
As you continue to read through this page, we hope you will be relieved because help is finally within reach! Imagine getting high level Art Therapy and you only pay what you can afford!
Why Have Fees at All?
For therapy to be successful there needs to be a meaningful exchange of VALUE. The value offered by the therapist-intern is time, training, effort, expertise, and customer service. Clients return value in the form of payment. Therapy does not work well when it is completely free because the exchange of value is missing. We respect your financial needs and we expect you to respect the clinician’s need to be paid.
Who Are The Therapists?
PhATA’s affordable therapy program hires, trains, and supervises outstanding Art Therapy interns. We interview and contract with only the very best Art Therapy graduate students from highly respected graduate schools. They must be emotionally mature, talented clinicians at top of their class and wonderful citizens in their programs. The interns we hire are passionate about ongoing professional and personal self-improvement. They receive intensive training and mentorship from PhATA’s clinical associates. You can feel confident that your therapy process is overseen by the power and wisdom of the entire clinical team at the Philadelphia Art Therapy Associates and the Child and Family Art Therapy Center.
How to enroll in Affordable Art Therapy at PhATA – The process is as easy as 1-2-3!
1) Contact our admissions coordinator, Candice Lespoir:
email: connect@childandfamilyarttherapycenter.com or
phone at: (610) 649-1080 x1
Let Candice know that you are looking for adult Art Therapy services and that you are interested in the Affordable Therapy Option and she will connect you with Marlie Krickus, BetterWorld Accessible Therapy Program coordinator. If we have a therapy appointment time that might fit your schedule…move to step #2.
2) The intern holds a free 30-minute phone consultation with you.
When you connect, the intern will describe our services in detail and inquire about your needs and goals for therapy. Together, you’ll figure out whether our services and fee structure will work for you.
3) If you and the intern agree on an appointment time, costs, etc., then you can schedule the first face to face assessment session and begin your therapy process.
If, for any reason our services are not a good fit for your needs, we’ll try to refer you and your child to another agency for therapy.
The Treatment Contract
When you enroll in therapy with us, you and the intern make an agreement:
Intern’s responsibility: The intern commits to reserve a meeting time for you and provide therapy for you at the scheduled times. If the intern cancels a session you are not charged. In the unlikely event that the intern no-shows for the session without communicating with you or leaving a message, your next session is free.
Caregiver’s responsibility: The client contracts to pay the agreed upon fee for each scheduled session. If the client cancels a session with at least 24 hours’ notice, then there is no charge for the session. If the client no-shows for an appointment or gives less than 24 hours’ notice for a cancellation, then the client is charged the session rate for that time slot.
Locations
The affordable therapy service is offered only in three locations in 2023-2024:
PhATA’s Haverford, PA office:
600 Haverford Rd.
Suite G-101 (ground/lower level)
Haverford, PA 19041
Our partner organization in Bala Cynwyd:
JFCS - Barbara and Harvey Brodsky Enrichment Center
345 Montgomery Ave
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
PhATA’s Center City, Philadelphia Office
1420 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Transportation
PhATA Haverford is accessible by car and has a large parking lot. It is next to the Haverford Station of SEPTA’s Route 100 Norristown High Speed Line (train). The Paoli-Thorndale Haverford Station is about a mile walk from our office.
JFCS Barbara & Harvey Brodsky Enrichment Center in Merion is accessible by car and has a parking lot. It can be reached via public transportation on SEPTA’s route 44 bus.
PhATA Center City is in the heart of downtown Philadelphia and is reachable by multiple bus routes and the Broad Street subway line. It is accessible by car, as well, as there is meter parking and several parking garages in the blocks immediately surrounding the office.
Accessibility
All of our offices are ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible.
Hours
PhATA’s affordable therapy division holds therapy sessions on weekdays and on weekends. Meetings are by appointment only and walk-ups are not available. You must first contact admissions coordinator, Candice Lespoir, before visiting the office for the first time:
Email: Connect@childandfamilyarttherapycenter.com or
Phone: (610) 649-1080 x1
PhATA has a non-discrimination policy and enthusiastically works with individuals of every race, color, creed, age, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. Let’s create a Better World together.