Meet Our Therapists
Michael Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Board Certified Art Psychotherapist;
Licensed Professional Counselor - PA
Director, CFATC
Michael Fogel is a nationally registered, board certified art psychotherapist, and is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania. After completing a master’s thesis entitled “On the Use of Patients’ Humorous Art Products in Art Psychotherapy” he graduated from Hahnemann University’s graduate art therapy program in 1995. Michael is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy graduate program at Drexel University. He supervises student interns, sits on thesis committees and teaches the group supervision class for first year art therapy students. A frequent presenter at local and national conferences on a variety of topics, Michael was honored with the 2006 “Innovation in Art Therapy Award” by the Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association for his “tireless effort to take art therapy to forward-looking and ground-breaking places”.
In over 15 years of clinical experience in the Philadelphia area, Michael has provided individual and group art therapy for patients between the ages of 3-92 in a variety of settings. In 2000, Michael pursued his dream of specializing in child therapy in a full time outpatient private practice. He pursued postgraduate training and supervision to become expert in family systems and therapy, parenting-training, child-centered art and play therapy techniques, neurological disorders, and individual and social development in children.
For the past 10 years Michael has maintained a private practice specializing in the treatment of preschool through adolescent children and their families. There are two foci in Michael’s practice. One focus is providing individual child art therapy in a family therapy context. Child-centered art therapy is integrated with parent-support for deep, long-lasting healing and growth. The second main focus of Michael’s practice is a social skills program, called “The Art of Friendship”. This art-based social skills program provides individual and group social skills therapy for children facing neurologically-based social challenges such as ADHD, learning disabilities and Autism Spectrum disorders.
Michael lives just outside of Philadelphia, where he enjoys the joys and challenges of raising his two children with his wife, Lisa.
Luisa Gray, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Board Certified Art Psychotherapist;
Licensed Professional Counselor - PA
Luisa Gray is a registered, board certified art therapist and a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania. Luisa earned her Master of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Art Therapy from the Naropa University. Her child friendly art therapy approach to treatment helps both expressive and non-expressive children resolve a wide variety of emotional, behavioral and social problems. Her work with families is influenced by a child centered art therapy approach, play therapy, family systems and a Buddhist inspired outlook.
Her experience stems from working in a number of outpatient mental health clinics where Luisa worked both with individuals and families dealing with a variety of issues: grief and loss, truancy, depression, parenting issues, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders. Luisa also gained valuable experience in facilitating art therapy groups for children with emotional and peer relationship problems. Luisa is involved in the social skill program at the Child and Family Art Therapy Center called “The Art of Friendship”. One of her main goals is to promote social awareness and to help children learn how to connect to others in meaningful and respectful ways. Luisa is currently taking a post graduate training course in play therapy at the Family Play Therapy Center in Mt. Airy. When Luisa is not working, she is enjoying the whirlwind of raising her two young children with her husband.
Sean Halloran, PhD
Certified School Psychologist, Art Psychotherapist
Sean Halloran, Ph.D. is a Certified School Psychologist and Art Therapist who has lived and worked in the Philadelphia region for over 15 years. A lover of arts, Dr. Halloran has always recognized the intrinsic benefits of art making and the positive impact that the creative process can have on mental health. This insight led to graduate studies at Hahnemann University and Temple University. Dr. Halloran has worked with children, adults and families in a variety of settings as a clinician and clinical administrator. In addition to his professional work, Dr. Halloran is also a Board Member at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and is a member of the Council of Advocates working with the Philadelphia Compact for Children’s Behavioral Health. He is an artist who works in oil, ink, and collage, and remains a terrible guitar player. He lives with his family in Chester County.
Molly Nace, MA, ABT
Art Psychotherapist
Molly Nace received her graduate degree from the Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy program at Drexel University, which houses her thesis entitled, “The Use of Narrative Quilt Making in Trauma Resolution.” Molly has specialized in working with children and families for the past ten years in a variety of roles: as an art therapist, a teacher, and as a caregiver for children with emotional and behavioral challenges. For the past four years, her art therapy work has focused on helping children and families who have experienced trauma, attachment disorders, leaning differences, anxiety, depression, attention deficits, impulsivity, developmental delays, and challenging life transitions.
Molly has a special interest in working with siblings of children struggling with emotional or behavioral difficulties. Molly completed a rigorous advanced-practice training entitled, “Child Art Therapy: Child Centered Art Therapy in a Family Therapy Context.” She possesses additional post-graduate training in Theraplay©, a structured and directive play therapy approach designed to facilitate parent-child relationship and attachment. Molly is passionate and determined to realize her dream of combining a child and family-centered philosophy with her love of art therapy.
Tracylynn Navarro MA, ATR-BC
Board Certified Art Psychotherapist
Tracylynn Navarro is a registered and board certified art therapist. A graduate of the Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy program at Drexel University, Tracy was the recipient of the Sherry Jaspan Lyons Award for Clinical Excellence in Art Therapy with Adolescents and Children in 2003. Tracy also completed her master’s thesis in 2003, entitled, “The Use of Art Making to Recount Parallel Process in the Supervisory Relationship: A Pilot Study.”
Tracy values the open art studio approach, and she aims to meet each client where their art can unfold to match their inner world. Using fine arts, crafts, modern media, or a blending of the creative arts, Tracy aims to expand her clients’ capacity for self-awareness, social awareness, insight and change. Tracy has worked throughout New Jersey, and Philadelphia for the last 10 years with both child and adult populations. Settings in which she has experience include: residential homes, nursing homes, outreach, inpatient and outpatient hospitalization programs, school-based programs and traditional outpatient therapy. Currently, Tracy provides individual therapy and also facilitates The Art of Friendship art therapy social skills groups in Pennington, NJ. Tracy also provides art therapy groups for adults with mental illness and addiction at Princeton House Behavioral Health in Princeton, NJ. Tracy is an expressive artist creating multi-media collage, sculpture, acrylic and watercolor paintings, and jewelry.
Jennifer Ross, MA, ATR-BC
Board Certified Art Psychotherapist
Jennifer received her Master of Arts degree from MCP Hahnemann University. She is a Registered Art Therapist and is currently in the process of attaining her Board Certification and LPC status in Pennsylvania.
Jennifer’s experience includes providing individual and group therapy to individuals from 18 months, to 90 years of age. Jennifer has provided service in a variety of settings, including: home based treatment, residential facilities, group homes, public and private schools, nursing homes, outpatient clinics and private practices. She has assisted both children and adults in the treatment of emotional, behavioral, cognitive and social difficulties including: autism, Asperger’s syndrome, PDD, anxiety disorders, depression, ADD, ADHD, and substance abuse.
Jennifer has specialized in working with children and adolescents diagnosed on the autism spectrum for over 7 years. Most recently, this has included teaching at a private school dedicated to children and adolescents with developmental delays and social interaction difficulties. Jennifer spent 4 years at The Center for Autism as a therapist and supervisor. She has experience with several treatment approaches including: Floortime, Relationship Development Intervention, Verbal Behavior, Picture Exchange Communication System, TEACCH, sensory integration, and direct instruction. She continues to work with children and adolescents on several home teams.
Jennifer’s focus has been on achieving an integration of treatment approaches tailored to meet each individual child’s needs. This includes: relationship formation, communication and self-expression, emotional/developmental growth, behavioral regulation, and social interaction. Jennifer strives to meet each child where they are and to provide them with the tools they need to create successful and joyful experiences both individually and within social settings.