TCP now accepts Aetna insurance, and our intake is open with no waitlist! Please schedule with us here or call us at 215-567-1111 to begin your journey.

Tag: healing journey

Home » healing journey
May 05 2025
Off

Mental Health Matters: Your Guide to Support in Philadelphia

By therapycenteradmin

In a city known for its resilience and community spirit, nearly half of Philadelphia adults report experiencing poor mental health at least once a month. Behind these statistics are real people—our neighbors, colleagues, friends, and family members—all navigating their mental health journeys in a city that faces unique challenges.

Mental health doesn’t discriminate, but access to care often does. In neighborhoods across Philadelphia, the disparity between those who need support and those who receive it remains stark. Despite improvements in provider availability nationwide, with 324.9 mental health providers per 100,000 people, many Philadelphians still struggle to find affordable, culturally competent care.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re focusing on breaking down these barriers. Because in a city where 20.3% of residents live below the poverty line, mental health care isn’t a luxury—it’s an essential need that should be accessible to all.

Join us as we explore the mental health landscape in Philadelphia, share strategies for supporting yourself and others, and highlight the resources that can help us all take steps toward healing. Because when it comes to mental health, no one should have to walk alone.

Nov 26 2024
Off

A Closer Look at Feminist Therapy: Empowerment Through Understanding

By therapycenteradmin

Feminist therapy offers a uniquely empowering approach to mental health care that goes beyond traditional therapeutic models. Rather than viewing challenges solely through an individual lens, it creates space to understand how our experiences connect to the broader social world. Through collaborative relationships between therapist and client, this approach weaves together personal wisdom with deep insights about how gender, culture, and social structures shape our mental health journeys. By honoring both individual experiences and systemic influences, feminist therapy provides powerful tools for healing from trauma, building authentic self-confidence, and creating meaningful change. While its roots lie in the women’s movement, today’s feminist therapy welcomes people of all genders and backgrounds, offering particular support for those who have faced marginalization or seek to understand their experiences in a wider context.

Jun 04 2020
Off

As a Black-led organization, TCP stands in solidarity with the Black community during this time of deep racial trauma…

By therapycenteradmin

We are enraged and grief-stricken by the murders of Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Tony McDade. We unapologetically support justice for our Black community members, who are only the latest casualties in a lengthy line of Black folx and Black institutions that have been terrorized by white supremacist violence for hundreds of years. Black folx, we see you and we love you. At TCP, we are proud to reaffirm that we hold anti-racism and Black liberation as core values. We understand that for an organization to strive to disrupt anti-blackness and white supremacy, we need to look inward at our own belief systems, policies and practices, and identities. TCP will continue to challenge ourselves to engage in ongoing racial identity work. We will continue to center Black and Brown voices in cross-racial conversations about race, and create an environment for healing through racial trauma. We hold our white community members accountable in their commitment to creating a more socially just organization through action and cultural humility. We will continue to hold ourselves out as imperfect vessels of racial equity work, with a deep understanding that it starts and ends with us. We encourage you to do racial equity work from where you are, however you can.