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RELAXATION OF STRESS: Losing oneself in the art-making process can be a temporary and welcome break from reality and stress. CATHARSIS: Making art releases energy that builds when you carry emotion or stress. Getting feelings out in a safe place is a relief, and artwork provides a safe structure in which to express them. VISUAL COMMUNICATION ENHANCES CONVERSATIONAL THERAPY: Art making awakens the creative- spatial hemisphere of the brain, helping you discover new perspectives on previously entrapped thoughts, feelings and patterns of coping and relating. Sometimes you create art to communicate what’s going on. Sometimes the Art Therapist creates a visual image to help teach a cognitive behavioral concept or coping skill. ANYONE CAN DO IT: You don’t need to be an artist to benefit from Art Therapy. Self-proclaimed non-artists usually benefit from Art Therapy as much or more than the proficient artist; you just need a willingness to try. Your Art Therapist will help you find materials that work best for you. EMOTIONAL DISTANCE AND OBJECTIVITY: You’ll create art and set it a few feet away from you and the Art Therapist to discuss, as if it is a helpful third party in the Art Therapy room with you. You can talk about the artwork as if “this challenge isn’t inside me; it’s over there”. Temporarily distancing from challenging issues and feelings allows you to see them with new eyes without becoming overwhelmed. PERMANENCE: An art product is a snapshot of how you think or feel at the moment of its creation. Your Art Therapist can save the piece as a reminder from one session to the next. It’s powerful to compare an earlier image with a new one to stimulate exploration or review progress. CLARIFYING COMPLEXITY & CONCRETIZING THE ABSTRACT: In artwork, complex or opposite feelings can share space on a page. You can concretely see their relationship, rearrange things, and gain power over the issue. Once you see it so clearly, it’s possible to plan your next coping steps. https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/individual-art-therapy daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1604268828809-OP8D5VOMIYHWV5SIDGWE/woman+art.jpg Individual Adult Art Therapy To search for a therapist who may be a good fit for your needs, please read our professional biographies. https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/child-adolescent-art-therapy-and-social-skills-groups daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1602366185710-T7SIOQAN1XD7KI11GA1S/child+photo.jpg Child & Adolescent Art Therapy and Social Skills Groups Emotional, Behavioral, & Academic Challenges CFATC offers an award-winning individual therapy model that holistically wraps around a child’s whole world, “Child and adolescent therapy with parent support and training”. It is a powerful resource for a wide range of challenges faced by children and teens. If you have a child between the ages of 4-19 who needs emotional, behavioral, or academic help, please visit: ChildAndFamilyArtTherapyCenter.com Socialization/Social Skills Challenges The Art of Friendship Social-Coping Program® helps children who struggle with socialization and social skills. AoF is a regional leader in supporting neuro-diverse children with High Functioning Autism, ADHD, and learning differences. Camp Pegasus, the therapeutic summer day camp on the Main Line is an outgrowth of the Art of Friendship. For additional information please visit: ArtOfFriendshipSocialSkills.com CampPegasus.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1603676463350-LY1582FNZRW1TD8QX2RR/camp+pegasus+logo.png Child & Adolescent Art Therapy and Social Skills Groups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1603676325773-OTO6XWNFG2X9I62AMOX8/art+of+friendship+logo.png Child & Adolescent Art Therapy and Social Skills Groups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1603676364248-O2BSXOE7SRJBPK29DZJN/CFATC+logo.png Child & Adolescent Art Therapy and Social Skills Groups https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/diversity-inclusion-social-justice daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1603761958066-FIJK594FOVRBYZVM7VYA/rainbow+pata.png Diversity, Inclusion & Social Justice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1601146525874-WIXLVYUDAN3EI28PB6QH/couple+with+kids.jpg Diversity, Inclusion & Social Justice Philadelphia Art Therapy Associates was founded on principles of clinical love, diversity, inclusion, belonging, and social justice. An ally of anti-oppression and anti-racist ideology, PhATA strives to undo systemic patterns of bigotry through its actions, policies, and personal interactions. Seeing through society’s veil of historic privilege and power is an ongoing process of education and reflection. We believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to be a part of this process and PhATA is committed to it. We intend that our clients and therapists reflect the glorious diversity of humanity including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, socioeconomic status, etc. All are welcome and we wish to have everyone feel safe and accepted in our therapy spaces. There can sometimes be an unspoken/implicit power structure between therapist and client. We wish to identify and undo that dynamic, so clients feel equal, empowered, and collaborative in their treatment throughout their experience with PhATA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1601146347240-L44KC6UNFUW4OKSHFL2P/couple.jpg Diversity, Inclusion & Social Justice We constantly strive to learn and improve our anti-racist and inclusive policies and habits. We view our relationship with our clients and the larger community as a partnership to create a better world. Every staff person at PhATA invites questions and feedback about diversity and inclusion, and power and privilege, so we can create a better world, together. https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/fees-insurance daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/our-parent-organization-services daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1603675970107-C4EBNE6TTDEHFQV6WPQ4/art+of+friendship+logo.png Our Parent Organization & Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1601857747052-LXL0QM3YPA539G6VWA7U/CFATC+logo.png Our Parent Organization & Services Philadelphia Art Therapy Associates is a division of the Child and Family Art Therapy Center, P.C. (CFATC). https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/the-pata-difference daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1601859113654-BJ6U7SLCNE4UXPYGOCNN/light+bulb+art.jpg The PATA Difference - The goal of therapy, at its essence, is to develop insight and awareness: Awareness of feelings. Awareness of thoughts. Awareness of identity. Awareness of old patterns of coping and relating to others. Awareness of new coping abilities and personal power. Awareness of new possibilities. When you develop awareness, you expand choice. Choice fuels freedom. It’s freedom that enables you to intentionally craft the life you desire and deserve. Our clinical associates are obsessed with continuously improving our clinical interventions and enhancing our clinical wisdom. To accomplish these objectives, we meet regularly as a team to: Consult together as a group for confidential case conferences to ensure objectivity and the highest possible quality of care Mutually educate each other about cutting edge interventions Hold each other accountable for our collective performance and maintain our stellar reputation. https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/patas-founder-mike-fogel daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1602452722588-EBCTDU78EISK9QIGOMYA/Mike%2B2020%2Bheadshot.cover.jpg PATA's Founder - Mike Fogel - PHATA's Founder, Mike Fogel https://www.phillyarttherapy.com/our-services daily 0.75 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f597f46e0ec9c543bdec775/1602431729729-4745SGX13OV2MXCQNHKD/leaves.jpg Services Overview Our clinical associates have training and experience working with even the most intense and challenging mental health issues. Creative Arts Therapies (Art, Music, & Dance Movement Therapy) are a powerful tool to help you work through and cope with issues including (but not limited to): trauma, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, anger, conflictual relationships, loss, grief, family conflict and parenting issues, academic or professional challenges, self-identity, self-esteem, aging, and medical or health issues. We take a developmental approach to adulthood. Our associates address the needs of the entire adult lifespan, whether you are launching in your twenties, partnering with a special person and creating a home life, creating and/or navigating your career, transitioning through midlife, caring for children or older family members, entering retirement, or reflecting on your life in old age. 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