4025 Chestnut Street, First FloorPhiladelphia, PA 19104

www.councilforrelationships.org

Annual Report

FY18

2018 was a wonderful year for Council for Relationships! We made great strides meeting our mission of helping people from all walks of life improve the quality of their important relationships by providing exemplary therapy, educating and training clinicians in the family systems approach, and advancing the behavioral health field through research.

Our therapy services grew during 2018 in a variety of ways. There was a 4% increase in the number of therapy sessions provided to our 5,416 clients, a third of whom receive services at low- or no fee. We also grew in terms of the therapy-related services we offer, launching both Women’s Psychological Health Services and Online Therapy.

In 2018, more mental health providers in the region participated in CFR’s continuing education workshops than ever before, with topics ranging from The Family Brain to How to Help Men Express Emotions. These professional development workshops, along with the 25th Treating Couples Conference, complemented CFR’s banner education programs: the Master’s in Couple and Family Therapy (provided in partnership with Thomas Jefferson University) and the Post-Graduate and Sex Therapy Certificate programs.

In March, CFR’s signature research effort – the Transcending Trauma Project – held a 60-person, enthusiastically-received Future Direction meeting. The outcomes of this gathering inspired strategic planning that will help determine how different populations can benefit from TTP’s findings.

While FY2018 was a year of growth for CFR programmatically, it was a year of thanking some and welcoming others on the CFR Board. We thank Santiago Pujadas and Lynn Zubernis who finished many years as Board members, with Nancy Ameen retiring as Secretary as well. And, of course, we honored Reid Blynn with the Emily Hartshorne Mudd Award in May to thank him for his service as Board Chair. We are very pleased to welcome new Board members James Ask, David Brown, Jeff Gibbard, Marla Green, Robert Perkel, and Steven Kempf.

Thank you, supporters, for all you have done to strengthen CFR in the past year and all you continue to do to enable us to help more people in the Philadelphia area – and beyond – lead healthier, more productive lives.

Dear Supporters:

Deb D’ArcangeloCEO

Patti OwensBoard Chair

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Several research projects, including the Transcending Trauma Project and our Community Partnerships Initiative, explore how we can better provide therapy services to all.

Our therapists, psychiatrists, and supervised interns provide individual, couple, family, and group therapy to more than 5,000 people each year.

We train the next generation ofclinicians through our Master’s andPost Graduate Programs in Couple and Family Therapy and Sex Therapy, and continuing education workshops to mental health professionals.

COUNSELING

EDUCATION

RESEARCH

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The Dr. Emily Hartshorne Mudd Award honors outstanding contributions towards improving family life and relationships in our region. The honoree, Reid Blynn, commented, “One of the honors of my life has been to be involved with Council for Relationships for the last 10 years.”

Women’s Psychological Health Services matches women to the therapy and psychiatric services they need. The program is designed to serve women experiencing psychological symptoms related to reproductive or hormonal health issues such as premenstrual syndrome, menopause, perinatal health concerns, and breast or gynecological cancers.

Council for Relationships hosted the 25th Treating Couples Conference in November 2017 with Drs. Rita DeMaria, Nancy Gambescia, and Gerald Weeks. Council also offered a full calendar of continuing education workshops on a variety of topics for mental health professionals and members of the clergy.

Reid Blynn and family at the event

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

Professional Development Grows with Conference and Increased Continuing Education Offerings

Women’s Psychological Health Services Founded to Help Women with Challenges Across the Lifespan

Mudd Award Honored Long-Time Board Chair Reid Blynn May 30, 2018 at Merion Tribute House

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We continue to explore how the findings of the 30-year Holocaust

survivor family research project will be applied to bring resilience

and healing to the Philadelphia community and beyond.

Transcending Trauma Project Moves Forward with Strategic Plan to Apply Research Findings

GROWING IN 2019

Online Therapy Program Serves Pennsylvania Clients Facing Barriers to Mental Health Care

Future Directions Working Group Collaborative at Thomas Jefferson University

Partnership with Headstrong Project to Provide Cost-Free Therapy Services to Post-9/11 Veterans

Online Therapy reaches clients whose mental health care needs may have previously gone unmet due to location, medical diagnosis, or accessibility issues. People across the state will now be able to work with our specialized clinical team via secure web-based video software.

National nonprofit organization Headstrong Project has partnered with Council for Relationships as its sole clinical partner in Philadelphia to provide EMDR and other therapy services to post-9/11 veterans and veterans with a history of military sexual trauma.

Counseling

Education and Training

Fundraising

Other Income

Fiscal Year 2018

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Clinical

Education and Training

Contributions

Other Income

Total Revenue

$3,550,000

$962,000

$381,000

$25,000

$4,918,000

R E V E N U E

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Clinical

Education and Training

Fundraising and Marketing

Management and General

Total Expenses

$3,323,000

$963,000

$209,000

$405,000

$4,900,000

E X P E N S E S

Counseling

Education and Training

Fundraising and Marketing

Managem

ent and General

F I N A N C I A L S

July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018

1,780 Clients received low or no fee services

Our Work in FY2018High quality therapy services to all, regardless of ability to pay

Low and no Fee Therapy

109operaTion home and heaLing

Veterans, active military members, and their families received services

964 Free therapy sessions on-site at 13 partner organizations

5,416 35,044total clients served hours of counseling

Focus on Fathers/ Health Promotion Council

on-SiTe

CommuniTy

parTnerS

Boys Latin Charter School

Acts Christian Transitional Services

Eliza Shirley House

Families Forward Philadelphia

Freire Charter School

HELP Philadelphia

Homefront Family Services

Mothers’ Home

Nationalities Service Center

Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network

Project HOME

Red Cross House

Southwark School

Supervision To Aid Re-Entry

oTher parTnerS

1/3 clients received low or no fee therapy services

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We are grateful for the support of the following donors:

Our Supporters

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FOUNDATIONS

Amazon Smile FoundationArdmore Rotary FoundationArlene R. Olson Charitable FoundationArthur and Gail Morgenstern Family FoundationAustelle FoundationBader PhilanthropiesBank of America Charitable Gift FundBoys’ Latin of PhiladelphiaBrind FoundationBristol Myers SquibbThe Buck Family FundD’Arcangelo and Dippold Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation

Families Forward PhiladelphiaGermantown Jewish CentreThe Haverford SchoolHilda and Preston Davis FoundationJeannine B. Webber FundMichael Veloric and Cindy Haveson Veloric FundPHMCRod and Kerry Henkels Family Charitable FundRoma Community Bank FoundationThe Schwartz FoundationShelley and Steven Harris FoundationThe Walter E. Hering Fund #2 of The Philadelphia Foundation

CORPORATIONS

BB&T BankBNY Mellon Corporation’s Community PartnershipBrandywine Realty TrustClifton Larson AllenDilworth Paxson LLPFresh GrocerGiant Food StoresiPipelineKershner Office FurnitureMcCausland Keen and BuckmanMeyer Design, Inc.NCCCO

Nolan PaintingObermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLPOrthogenRx, Inc.RHJ Associates P.C.Shelly Electric Company, IncShreiner Tree CareThe Hankin GroupTrader Joe’sWesley Enhanced LivingWorkspace Property TrustYour Part-Time Controller

INDIVIDUALSLinda AbramsDavid and Hallee AdelmanAnonymous (14)Toby Hoden and Nancy AmeenKeith AndersonTom and Betsy BalderstonWill BarnesLeah Margaret Barone-SatterKimberly BarlettLloyd BashkinMarilyn BaurleFrancie and Richard BaxterJames and Carol BeersDavid BehrendLeonas and Mariadela BekerisChristopher and Wendy BentleyFrank BernardFrank and Suzanne BinswangerJohn and Ann BlandPhilip BlumenkrantzEd Blumstein and Susan PerloffClarke and Barbara BlynnJanet and Reid BlynnRobin Bond, Esq.Ira BrennerGraham BrentDave BrickerClint and Cici BrooksJeremiah and Donna BuckleyDoris Cain and George MasterMark and Sonja CarducciJim and Anne CarinoEmily and Mike CavanaghWilliam and Jacqueline ChavisMaryalice CheneySonia ChinWilliam and Sandra CoffeyHoward Cohen and Karen SztencelJulia and Craig CorelliSandra and Kenneth CovelmanJohn and Lyn CoyneMichael and Ann D’AntonioDeb D’Arcangelo and Ed Dippold

Alaina D’ArcangeloDiane D’ArcangeloEphi and Lisa DardashtiDr. Rita DeMariaEdward DoughertyAnna May FeigeKilian FritschStephen and Diane GadomskiJeff Gibbard and Erica ChenSusan and Peter GilmanRabbi Rick Goldfein and Dr. Bea Hollander GoldfeinLupe R. GonzalezMercedes and Eric GreenblattSusan and Rob GretzZvika and Hava GrunwaldCarole Haas GravagnoDavid HaasLee HamiltonDoreen HardyElizabeth HarrisMr. and Mrs. Steven HarrisR. Radcliffe and Katherine Knox HastingsJohn HaywardRod and Kerry HenkelsG.C. Henricksen, Jr.Bruce and Cynthia InnisNancy Isserman and Joel HorwitzDouglas IxKaren and David IxRaymond and Dorothy IxDrs. George and Candace JamesMark Johnson and Christine JerpbakAndy and Wendy JohansonValerie JohnsonWendy-Anne Roberts-JohnsonBetsy JoyceJudith KastenbergSteven Kempf and Patti NobleArthur KironAriele and Steven KlausnerChristoph Koenen and Thomas GinnerupMark KohnMichael Kopelman

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INDIVIDUALS continued

Phyllis and Theodore KosloffGeraldine KozempelAbba and Ruth KriegerKaren KudlessCeleste and Rob LambPaul and Mary LankenBill and Carrie LawlorRobin LebowLeonore LeopoldElaine LevittJay and Deb LevittNorman LiedtkeJeffrey and Cynthia MackKenneth MaguireMarjorie MargoliesCharles and Amanda MarionMichele MarshKate and Edward McGinleyJohn and Catherine McLaughlinJohn and Karen McMeekinPam and Rich MerrimanKerstin MillerMichele MillerEllen MishelTim MorrisPeter and Martha MorseStanley Muravchick and Arlene OlsonSusan Neumann GordonPaul NewmanJames and Carol OverendPatricia OwensCharles and Phyllis ParkerKenneth PeoplesRobert L. Perkel, MDAviva Amy PerloLori and John PerutoTed and Anne PetersNancy PetersonDavid and Alecia PittinskyLisa PliskinLouisa PutnamMark and Irene RabinowitzStephen RaccuiaSteve and Beth RamseyRoss RiederShelby and Thomas Riley

Laurel RoeJohn and Theresa RollinsStephen and Peggy RothJohn and Susan SalvesonAlicia SandovalVirginia SayerKatie and Tony SchaefferKaryn L. Scher, Ph.D.Esther Schlessinger-MitaKeith SchneckStefanie SeltzerWanda Sevey and Ruth Anne TaylorMr. Stephen J. ShanahanBruce ShellyShraga ShermanTami ShermanPriscilla and Jeffrey SingletonSally Solis-CohenArthur R.G. SolmssenMiriam SolomonJeffrey Soulges and Stephen FreretTracey Soulges and Gary HillPaul Starita and Carolyn PrueEmma SteinerWendy L. SteinerDavid StewartHenry StursbergTasnim SulaimanJane SummersAngela SwavelyAmber Lynn ThompsonDr. Stephen and Elizabeth TreatMark and Judith TykocinskiCarol Vandewall-BacaMichael Veloric and Cindy Haveson Veloric Rebecca WallMaureen WardLee and Bill WardenLana WatkinsJerry and Robin WilliamsMrs. Nancy WoodsBill and Kelly YohJacqueline and David ZavitzNatalie ZemaitisLynn ZubernisAnthony and Tonya Zweier

Reid BlynnChair

Stanley Muravchick, MDVice Chair

Michael VeloricTreasurer

Nancy Ameen, Esq.Secretary

Keith Anderson

Dave Bricker

Edward Blumstein, Esq.

Graham Brent

Jim Carino

Karen Ix, LMFT

Patricia Owens, MBA

Santiago Pujadas

Paul Starita

Lana A. Watkins

Jackie Zavitz

Lynn Zubernis, Ph.D.

Tonya Zweier

Board of Directors(Active 7/1/17 - 6/30/18)

Executive Staff

Deb D’Arcangelo, MPPChief Executive Officer

Rita Brouwer-AncherDirector of Advancement

William F. Coffey, MSS, LCSWDirector of Clinical and Business Operations

Sara J. Corse, PhDDirector of Community Partnerships Initiative

Kenneth W. Covelman, PhDChair of the Department of Couple and Family Therapy with Thomas Jefferson University

Rita DeMaria, PhD, LMFT, CSTDirector, Healthy Relationships and Wellness Programs

Bea Hollander-Goldfein, PhD, LMFTDirector of Transcending Trauma Project

Nancy Isserman, MSW, PhDDirector of Operation Home and Healing

George James, PsyD, LMFTDirector, Couple and Family Therapy Program with Thomas Jefferson University

Priscilla Singleton, LCSW, LMFTDirector of Clinical Standards

Michele Southworth, JD, LMFTDirector, Post Graduate Certificate Program

Emma Steiner, MSW, LCSW, MFTAssociate Director of Clinical and Business Operations

Jane Summers, MDDirector, Women’s Psychological Health Services

Rebecca WallDirector of Administration

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L O C A T I O N S

Blue Bell, PA790 Penllyn Blue Bell Pike

Bryn Mawr, PA

625 Montgomery Avenue

Exton, PA317 Exton Commons

Lawrenceville, NJ2688 Main Street (Route 206)

Oxford Valley, PA1 Oxford Valley Rd

Paoli, PA171 W. Lancaster Avenue

Philadelphia, PA – Center City1800 JFK Blvd

Philadelphia, PA – University City4025 Chestnut Street

Voorhees, NJ1000 White Horse Road

Wynnewood, PA300 East Lancaster Avenue

info@councilforrelationships.org

(215) 382-6680

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