Meet Our Paoli Team
The child-therapists at the Child and Family Art Therapy Center in Paoli 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 Paoli office is convenient to Malvern, Berwyn, Devon, Newtown Square, Media, West Chester, Frazer, Exton, King of Prussia, Phoenixville, Chester Springs, Oaks, Collegeville, and beyond.
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.
Sarah Voystock, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, ext. 713
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Board Certified Art Psychotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor
Sarah is a master’s level, registered art therapist, and a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania. A graduate of Drexel’s Art Therapy and Counseling graduate program Sarah was always passionate about helping children achieve wellness, have fun, and thrive. This drive to help children and families continued through her graduate experiences interning at the Easter Seals developmental preschool with young children with developmental delays. Since graduation, Sarah has worked with children and families in crisis to help create pathways for success and lasting positive change. Sarah has a deep understanding how to help parents and children better communicate and listen to one another, as well as how to develop meaningful structure, for a more peaceful home environment for all. She has extensive clinical experience providing therapy for children with a wide range of diagnoses and symptoms including (but not limited to) ADHD, ASD, PTSD, ODD, depression, anxiety, life transitions, and trauma.
Sarah pulls from several different therapeutic modalities while gravitating toward a child-centered systems-based approach to help family and individuals meet their goals. By allowing clients to work at their own pace and with their most comfortable art and play materials, Sarah facilitates an incredibly safe environment in which children can overcome and thrive. Trained and supervised in the Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy model for three years, Sarah also understands the importance of the family unit for the success of the child. Her non-judgmental appreciation for parents’ role in the family is disarming for the parent who in the past felt judged or criticized by others. Sarah is warm, caring, empathetic, accepting, enthusiastic, and silly. These interpersonal skills enable Sarah to build relationships with even the most skeptical child or family!
When Sarah is not at work, she enjoys creating mixed media artwork, reading, and most of all, spending time with her husband, their young daughter, and her dog, Leela.
Julia (“Julie”) Gotthold, MA, ATR-BC, LPC x702
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Board Certified Art Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor
Julie is a registered, board-certified art therapist and a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania. She completed her Masters of Arts in Creative Arts Therapies from Drexel University, with a thesis entitled, Communication Impressions: A Printmaking Method with Children in an Elementary School Setting.
Julie has clinical experience working across various settings including inpatient, residential, long-term care, public school, and Camp Pegasus. She worked extensively with children, adolescents and young adults with varied neurodevelopmental diagnoses including Autism, ADHD and Intellectual Disabilities and neurotypical adolescents that presented due to crisis stabilization and persistent behavioral obstacles. Additionally, she provided creative and caring treatment to youth seeking support with emotional and behavioral issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma from abuse, PTSD, grief and loss, suicidality, homicidal ideation, psychosis, OCD, ODD and general life/family transitions. Julie’s work with highly acute patients spurred her professional growth in trauma-informed and sensory-sensitive care practices for the neurodiverse community, as well as stabilization after trauma, and verbal de-escalation.
Julie is grounded in authenticity, curiosity and compassion to promote healing, self-regulation and social-emotional understanding. She imbues her therapy sessions with strength-based and mindfulness approaches to best bring about empowerment and self-awareness with her clients and their support systems. She utilizes wide-ranging methods to explore and identify healthy coping strategies including art, storytelling, play, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. In Julie, you will find a dedicated advocate of accessibility to resources, equity, inclusion, diversity, and basic rights for those who are part of the neurodiverse, LGBTQ+, and/or racial minority communities in her professional and personal life. Julie’s personal philosophy is about celebrating the little moments of open communication, connection, and kindness.
In her free time, Julie enjoys painting, hiking, swimming, kayaking, trying new recipes and spending quality time with her spouse, young daughter, and two pets, Rubi the pitbull and Mango the orange tabby.
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.”
Aimee Pugh, MA, ATR-BC, x705
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Art Psychotherapist
Aimee is a registered, board certified art therapist. She attained her Master’s Degree in Art Therapy from Drexel University, with a thesis that explored an art therapy approach to treating children with chronic pain (Art Therapy and Acceptance, an Approach to Treatment for Children with Chronic Pain).
Aimee began her clinical career as an outpatient therapist for a Philadelphia community-based foster care agency. Within this agency, she then worked as a member of a team that provided clinical transition and stabilization services for children and adolescents. Most children that Aimee worked with had a history of multiple traumas, separation from biological parents, and chronic psychosocial stressors. At this agency, Aimee was introduced to Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or TF-CBT. Through participation in postgraduate training and supervision meetings, she developed a stronger interest, and the necessary toolbox, to help children and adolescents cope with the effects of traumatic life events. Aimee gained further experience with children who encountered a different type of trauma, loss and grief, through participation in a unique volunteer program in the Philadelphia area. After intensive training in facilitating grief support groups for children, adolescents, and their families at Peter’s Place, Aimee harnessed the powerful healing potential of child-directed therapeutic group work for children of all ages.
In addition to her work at this private practice, Aimee continues to pursue her passion for working with children and adolescents through work in the Children and Family Services division of a large community-based agency in Philadelphia. Aimee works with children ages 4 to 18 who experienced chronic stress related to racism, marginalization, and other psycho-social stressors. Aimee’s overall treatment approach with children and adolescents combines art therapy, teaching coping skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), elements of mindfulness, and other expressive arts (movement, music), play, and verbal therapy, depending on each client’s needs.
In her free time, Aimee enjoys yoga, spending time with friends and family outdoors, sketching and reading authors from every corner of the globe.
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.