The Center: Art, Play & Traditional Therapy
our therapists
Lee Ann Thill, MA, ATR
Registered Art TherapistPhone: 215-990-4874
Email: leeann@leeannthill.com
Website: www.leeannthill.com
Lee Ann is a registered art therapist who has been providing services to children, teens and adults for the last 10 years. She favors a Humanistic counseling approach, but is generally eclectic in working with clients, understanding that therapy should be tailored to a client's needs and goals. Lee Ann works with clients of all ages to resolve concerns about physical illness, depression, anxiety, life transitions, identity issues, interpersonal issues, self-esteem, and personal development.
Lee Ann specializes in working with people with diabetes to resolve issues related to compliance, motivation, grief, anger, fear, finding acceptance, new diagnosis, body image, insulin misuse, diabetes complications, and interpersonal conflict surrounding diabetes care. In addition to individual therapy, she facilitates art therapy groups for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. She has done extensive research on issues of compliance amongst diabetic adolescents, and she is now an advocate for integrating behavioral health services into diabetes care because she believes emotional well-being is the foundation for good, life-long diabetes management.
Having had type 1 diabetes since 1978, Lee Ann has been interviewed about her personal experience with diabetes for local, national, and international media outlets. She is author of a widely-read diabetes blog, and a respected member of the Diabetes Online Community. Among some of her activities, she has been a guest presenter at the ACT1 (Adults Coping with Type 1) young women’s support group in New York City, she has facilitated community art projects in conjunction with World Diabetes Day in Philadelphia for the last two years, and this past summer, she was an invitee to the Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit at Roche headquarters in Indianapolis. In addition to her diabetes advocacy work, she is a practicing artist who believes that creative expression is a path to embracing life with chronic illness.
After receiving her BFA in ceramics and painting & drawing from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, Lee Ann earned an MA in Art Therapy from Drexel University. She is a professional member of the American Art Therapy Association, Delaware Valley Art Therapy Association, and American Diabetes Association.
Lee Ann is at The Center on Tuesday afternoons and evenings.