Meet Our Haverford Team
The child-therapists at the Child and Family Art Therapy Center in Haverford are master’s level art therapists. We have uncommon training in visual and nonverbal communication, play-therapy, supportive structure, and child development, providing deep understanding about the unique ways our young clients think, feel, and behave. We can’t wait to help! Our award-winning child counseling approach consists of art therapy, play therapy, and verbal therapy with parent support for children, teens, and college students. It is our passion to help them overcome challenges and succeed at home, school, and in relationships.
Our Haverford office is convenient to Philadelphia's Main Line: Bala Cynwyd, Merion, Narberth, Wynnewood, Ardmore, Bryn Mawr, Rosemont, Villanova, Radnor, Havertown, Media, Springfield, Drexel Hill, Swarthmore, Penn Valley, Gladwyne, and Wayne
You can reach our therapists at our main number, (610) 649-1080, and by dialing the phone extension found by their name.
Michael Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, PAATA HLM ext. 4
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Board Certified Art Psychotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor
Founder/Director
Mike Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, PAATA HLM, is an author, visionary art therapy entrepreneur, and child whisperer. Passionate about childhood, parenting, and playfulness in therapy, he was inspired to found award-winning child therapy programs and businesses: the Art of Friendship Social-Coping Program® (2000), Child and Family Art Therapy Center (2007), Camp Pegasus (2013), and the BetterWorld Affordable Art Therapy Program (2019). Mike’s work is supercharged by heartfelt faith that every person has the innate capacity to heal, grow, and progress towards their vast personal potential. Mike published his first book in 2020, “The Social-Emotional Guidebook: Motivate Your Child to Master Social & Emotional Coping Skills”. The Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association twice honored Mike with awards for Innovative Application of Art Therapy in 2006 and Honorary Life Member in 2021.
Mike treats a wide range of childhood emotional-behavioral challenges at his private group practice. Since 1995, Mike cultivated a specialty in social skills group therapy with neuro-diverse children with autism, ADHD, and learning differences. The unique needs of this population stimulated Mike to create a comprehensive social skills training program (The Art of Friendship) and visually communicated S.E.L. curriculum. The program teaches young people social and emotional coping-skills and the Guidebook empowers parents and professionals to support and reinforce skill development. Mike preaches: social skills are for everyone, and social-coping skills hold the key to a kinder, more effective & compassionate society, and nothing short of world peace!
Mike is constantly involved in lay and clinical education. He was an adjunct professor and clinical supervisor at Drexel University’s graduate art therapy program for years. You’ll find Mike presenting at conferences and workshops around the country. His community service included volunteer positions on the board of directors of the Asperger & Autism Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association.
Mike lives outside of Philadelphia, PA with his wife, two children, and Penny the Shih-Tsu. He loves comic books, progressive rock music, all things comedic, college basketball, and rooting for his Philadelphia Phillies and Eagles.
Candice L. Lespoir, B.S., MSW x714
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Director of Operations
Candice is a social worker and is passionate about the development of others. She attended Chestnut Hill College and Temple University where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Communication and Master’s in Social Work, respectively. Candice worked at the
American Board of Internal Medicine (“ABIM”) where she served as an administrator to the Senior Vice President and was responsible for the development and distribution of all marketing publications for the organization. Candice continued her education and transitioned
to social services. During her time at United Communities of Southeast Philadelphia, she was a Program Coordinator for a girls’ mentoring program, Girls Today, Leaders Tomorrow (“GTLT”). Candice supervised nine case managers in a truancy prevention program that supported over 150 families on a monthly basis to break down barriers preventing their school-aged children from attending school daily by meeting families’ basic needs. A true self-starter, Candice also started two businesses!
Candice is passionate about watching and helping others grow, win, and become the best version of who they are. She is an excellent project manager and possesses skills which allow her to empower others to utilize their gifts and talent through advice and mentoring. One of her goals is to become a certified counselor and Life Coach to continue to empower and impact lives. She considers herself a life-long student and is driven to become who she was created to be- someone who empowers and impacts lives.
Candice enjoys spending time with her close-knit family and circle of friends. She likes to travel, eat, take 5-mile walks, and crash open houses.
Marlie Krickus, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, x709
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Board Certified Art herapist, Licensed Professional Counselor
Marlie Krickus is a board certified art therapist and licensed professional counselor from Philadelphia, with experience practicing in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Marlie received her Masters of Art in Art Therapy and Counseling from Drexel University. Prior to joining CFATC, Marlie enjoyed several fulfilling art therapist positions across inpatient, educational, residential, and outpatient settings, providing her the ability to effectively work with even the most intense and challenging situations. Additionally, Marlie has also held many roles over the years at Camp Pegasus up to and including Clinical Supervisor, a rewarding experience that greatly informed her child centered approach and ability as a social skills therapist.
Marlie treated children and adults experiencing trauma, sexual abuse and sex trafficking, depression, anxiety, PTSD, schizophrenia, mood and personality disorders, Autism, ADHD, and the psychiatrically incarcerated. Passionate about helping individuals heal after trauma, Marlie helps children and teens overcome their individual challenges to accept and celebrate who they are. Marlie feels most inspired by the resilient, inquisitive, and inherently accepting nature of children and teens. She believes strongly in the healing power of the creative process in art making, as well as in the value of reflecting on art products’ meaning. She encourages clients to engage with treatment at their own pace, always highlighting their strengths. Equally adept at verbal therapy approaches, Marlie welcomes nontraditional approaches to art materials or exploring artistic metaphors as a means of creative problem solving and expression.
While completing her graduate studies and also training at a mixed martial arts gym, Marlie became interested in the similar effects art-making and physical activity have on executive functioning and emotion control. This interest ignited clinical and literary research resulting in her development of a group art therapy method which created opportunities for movement and peer interaction while engaged in the therapeutic art making process. A registered coach with USA Boxing, Marlie does not employ any gym techniques in her current practice, but continues to integrate these ideas into her work at CFATC. Feel free to ask Marlie how this works!
Outside of the office, Marlie enjoys supervising art therapy graduate students, remains active in her community and social justice initiatives, and engages with many hobbies, including bike riding, art making, exploring new cities, and reading.
Kerry Janson, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC x710
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Board Certified Art Therapist
Kerry Janson is a board certified art therapist and licensed professional counselor from Bryn Mawr. Kerry received her master’s degree in Art Therapy from Drexel University. Her graduate thesis explored the development an original art therapy treatment approach for reducing anxiety in school aged children directly in the classroom through journaling with mandalas (traditional circular design motifs).
Prior to joining CFATC, Kerry enjoyed working with people of all ages with a variety of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger issues, and relationship struggles, among a wide range of general psychiatric issues., She treated teens and adults in acute inpatient psychiatric and partial hospitalization settings, and children and teens with autism in school settings, and certainly has seen it all!
Most recently, Kerry served as a school-based counselor in the emotional support classroom in a local public middle school, as well as a group therapist in an after-school program for children with autism. It is through these positions Kerry developed a dual passion for working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as emotional-behavioral challenges. Her gentle, compassionate manner and easygoing sense of humor puts her young clients at ease. Kerry is equally ready to use creative arts and play approaches or pivot to verbal therapy and CBT to meet her client’s needs.
Outside the office, Kerry enjoys spending time in nature with her seven nieces and nephews. She crafts artisan soap with her sister and spends time propagating her large collection of indoor plants.
Donald "Donn" Lonnquist, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, x703
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Board Certified Art Psychoherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor
Donald “Donn” Lonnquist is a Registered, Board Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania. He completed Drexel University’s graduate program in Creative Arts in Therapy with his Master’s thesis entitled ‘Treatment of the Bullying Phenomenon: A Survey of the Art Therapy Community’.
Donn is passionate about treating children and adolescents, in fact, it’s his specialty! He has 17 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families. Donn spent most of his career as a school-based therapist and advocate for children’s needs and rights with the School District of Philadelphia, as well as private facilities and alternative emotional/behavioral placements for children.
Donn’s passion has been recognized through honors, awards, and promotion to supervisory/management levels for his outstanding therapy work with and coordinating services for children at multiple schools in the Philadelphia School District. He also was a part of the Child and Adolescent Crisis Response Team, where Donn compassionately and ably supported children with the most severe of emotional needs.
Dedication to professional learning and development is also important to Donn. He attended seminars/trainings on Treatment of DSM 5 disorders, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness and the Body, Autism Awareness, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He has also organized trainings on multiple topics, including multiculturalism, childhood health disorders, and safety precautions.
Donn has experience working with children and adolescents diagnosed with Mood Disorders, Anxiety, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders, PTSD, Thought Disorders, Adjustment Disorders, and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder. His unique person-centered, strength based, holistic approach helps children and families reach their fullest potential. Donald believes deeply and passionately that each individual has the ability and strength to learn and grow. “All we need to do is to create a space with the right balance of ingredients: safety, consistency, and trust - and children work through and overcome their issues naturally.”
Eve Atkins, MA, LSW x712
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Licensed Social Worker
Eve Atkins is a licensed social worker who graduated with a master’s degree summa cum laude from New York University's Silver School of Social Work. Impressively, she simultaneously obtained a master's degree in infant and child development from Sarah Lawrence College.
Eve was an intern and then a staff social worker at The Parent Center at Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan offering parent and child/infant dyadic therapy, individual parenting support and therapy, and psycho-educational groups for parents of children with developmental delays and behavioral challenges. Eve offered intervention to a variety of complex presentations, including multiple traumas such as forced parent/child separations, abuse, substance use, and poverty. Her grounding in trauma-informed attachment-based work shaped her supportive approaches to clients. Eve gained additional clinical experience in an outpatient clinic in the Bronx treating children and adolescents with anxiety and depression, behavioral and attentional challenges, and relationship difficulties. There, Eve collaborated with caregivers, teachers, and other professionals to maximize young clients’ gains in the therapy office.
Throughout her life, Eve has always been passionate about working with young children. She participated in a hospital-based training for child-life specialists and worked at a daycare center. For two summers, she was a counselor for the youngest campers at Camp Pegasus and returned triumphantly in summer of 2022 as a clinical supervisor. Eve employs a flexible and integrated approach to therapy, geared toward fostering self-expression, coping skills, and healthy relationships. She applies a child-focused and attachment-based framework, incorporating play and evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
In her free time, Eve enjoys art using watercolor, clay, and resin, reading, and spending time with friends and family.
Emma Anderson, B.A., x707
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Art Therapy Intern
Emma Anderson is an art therapy intern in the BetterWorld Accessible Therapy program. She possesses a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University and is presently a graduate student in the Masters of Art Therapy and Counseling program at Drexel University.
Emma has clinical experience in behavioral health, rehabilitation, specialized private schooling, and Camp Pegasus. Previously, she interned for Magee Rehabilitation Center, where she used art therapy interventions as one piece of the total rehabilitation program for patients who had experienced stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, or other forms of physical limitation. There, she trained in a person-centered approach, focusing on how to empower patients through art. Emma brings a person-centered philosophy to her practice, as well as a relational-cultural approach. She seeks to work along with families and believes that powerful healing and growth is achieved through art and play in the context of a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship. Emma is passionate about using art and visual communication to help identify obstacles and empower youth to reach their full potential.
In her free time, Emma enjoys crocheting, needle felting, embroidery, kayaking, Pilates, and spending time with her friends and family.
Mia Stavarski, BA x711
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Art Therapy Intern
Mia Stavarski is an art therapy intern with the BetterWorld Accessible Therapy program at the Child and Family Art Therapy Center. She is thrilled to be at the Haverford location on Sundays and Mondays and Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) on Tuesdays.
Mia is in her final year at Drexel University's Masters of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Before joining Drexel’s program, she completed her undergraduate degree majoring in Art Therapy with a minor in Psychology at Temple University. Her clinical education began providing psychoeducational resources for continuing education students during an internship at Temple University’s Resource Resiliency Center at Tuttleman Counseling Services. Mia completed two clinical practicum experiences at Drexel’s Art Therapy graduate program. Fist, she interned at Temple University Hospital Episcopal Campus in Kensington where she contributed to group art therapy services with an in-patient adult mental health population. Mia’s second practicum was at Embark Behavioral Health in Berwyn where she worked with teenagers in a partial hospitalization program specializing trauma-focused practice. There, she observed and assisted with groups such as talk therapy, art therapy, and skill-based groups like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), and SMART Recovery.
Mia is thrilled to learn about and practice the BetterWorld program and its integrated approach merging art therapy and the family system. In the future, Mia hopes to continue to work with children, adolescents, and families while integrating a trauma-focused approach utilizing a wide range of psychotherapy approaches in a client-centered practice. In her free time, Mia likes to watch television, cook, spend time with friends, and of course, make art.