Autism Therapists in 55416
I specialize in working with children experiencing trauma, anxiety, attachment-related disorders, mood disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Joy. It’s what we’re all searching for. Sometimes we need some help along the way to find it. Whether you are searching for joy for yourself, your child, or your family, we are here for you. Through a relational and compassionate approach we will help you uncover the strength and capacity that already exist within you and help you develop new skills allowing you to persevere, blossom, and thrive. We are dedicated to helping children, adolescents, and adults find their courage and their calm, helping parents find the most effective parenting strategies, and helping families interact with more empathy and compassion.
I specialize in working with children experiencing trauma, anxiety, attachment-related disorders, mood disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Joy. It’s what we’re all searching for. Sometimes we need some help along the way to find it. Whether you are searching for joy for yourself, your child, or your family, we are here for you. Through a relational and compassionate approach we will help you uncover the strength and capacity that already exist within you and help you develop new skills allowing you to persevere, blossom, and thrive. We are dedicated to helping children, adolescents, and adults find their courage and their calm, helping parents find the most effective parenting strategies, and helping families interact with more empathy and compassion.
We provide psychoeducational and neurocognitive assessments for children, adolescents and adults to evaluate cognitive ability, academic achievement, executive functioning, attention, learning, memory, and social/emotional/behavioral issues. We specialize in evaluations for ADHD, Autism, and learning disabilities.
We provide psychoeducational and neurocognitive assessments for children, adolescents and adults to evaluate cognitive ability, academic achievement, executive functioning, attention, learning, memory, and social/emotional/behavioral issues. We specialize in evaluations for ADHD, Autism, and learning disabilities.
My work involves providing therapeutic support for people struggling with Autism, Level 1, as well as their partners and parents. I am a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist. I am also happy to work with individuals that are experiencing trauma, bereavement, and spiritual questioning/transition.
My work involves providing therapeutic support for people struggling with Autism, Level 1, as well as their partners and parents. I am a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist. I am also happy to work with individuals that are experiencing trauma, bereavement, and spiritual questioning/transition.
Meg Schefter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
I work with people with ADHD, autism or autism traits, sensory sensitivities, trauma, anxiety, depression, mood cycling, PMDD, grief/loss, life adjustments, eating and body image issues, and more.
Hi! I'm Meg (they/she). I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensed in Minnesota. As a queer, non-binary, and neurodivergent human, I care deeply about providing affirming care to the LGBTQIA+ community and neurodiverse folx. I enjoy working with adolescents, adults, students, teachers, athletes, those new to therapy, adults exploring their neurodiversity later in life, and people who have felt "stuck" with therapy in the past. I click especially well with creatives, ADHDers, and intellectualizers hoping to feel more! I am a trauma therapist and use Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) for trauma processing.
I work with people with ADHD, autism or autism traits, sensory sensitivities, trauma, anxiety, depression, mood cycling, PMDD, grief/loss, life adjustments, eating and body image issues, and more.
Hi! I'm Meg (they/she). I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensed in Minnesota. As a queer, non-binary, and neurodivergent human, I care deeply about providing affirming care to the LGBTQIA+ community and neurodiverse folx. I enjoy working with adolescents, adults, students, teachers, athletes, those new to therapy, adults exploring their neurodiversity later in life, and people who have felt "stuck" with therapy in the past. I click especially well with creatives, ADHDers, and intellectualizers hoping to feel more! I am a trauma therapist and use Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) for trauma processing.
My clients can change anxiety, ADHD, autism, or pain with live heart and brain feedback called biofeedback or neurofeedback in online visits. Clients control music volume on their phones with their calm attention levels with free biofeedback equipment I provide. It is easy mindfulness therapy for kids and adults. It is proven to work as well as medication for anxiety, ADHD, and pain. I have years of experience as a therapist, and have taught clinicians at The University of MN Medical Center and elsewhere. Insurance covers this service. To schedule a 20 minute call, click here: https://neurotherapy.intakeq.com/booking
My clients can change anxiety, ADHD, autism, or pain with live heart and brain feedback called biofeedback or neurofeedback in online visits. Clients control music volume on their phones with their calm attention levels with free biofeedback equipment I provide. It is easy mindfulness therapy for kids and adults. It is proven to work as well as medication for anxiety, ADHD, and pain. I have years of experience as a therapist, and have taught clinicians at The University of MN Medical Center and elsewhere. Insurance covers this service. To schedule a 20 minute call, click here: https://neurotherapy.intakeq.com/booking
I have worked with children and adults with autism, ADHD, anger issues, self-harm, loss, relationship struggles, behavioral problems, and parenting.
Immediate morning openings available. Life can be hard and when it is, you may feel alone but you don't have to. Have you or your child felt anxious, overwhelmed, sad, hopeless, or angry? Have you wondered where all of these feelings come from? Do you or your child have trouble concentrating on one thing at a time? Do you ever wonder what is happening to your child? Or, do you just want to talk to someone who will listen? If you have answered yes to any of these questions: I can help you. I create a safe space to work through all of those feelings.
I have worked with children and adults with autism, ADHD, anger issues, self-harm, loss, relationship struggles, behavioral problems, and parenting.
Immediate morning openings available. Life can be hard and when it is, you may feel alone but you don't have to. Have you or your child felt anxious, overwhelmed, sad, hopeless, or angry? Have you wondered where all of these feelings come from? Do you or your child have trouble concentrating on one thing at a time? Do you ever wonder what is happening to your child? Or, do you just want to talk to someone who will listen? If you have answered yes to any of these questions: I can help you. I create a safe space to work through all of those feelings.
Ana McRae
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Waitlist for new clients
Are you often tired, anxious, or triggered by your experiences and don’t understand why? Do you spend most of your time caring for others all the while longing to feel seen and heard yourself? When trying to move through change or simply understand yourself better, it is vital to have a space dedicated to tending to yourself. I am here to partner with you to increase your self-awareness and move from feelings of fear, anxiety, and shame, into presence, curiosity, and creativity. Note: No current openings for child and family therapy.
Are you often tired, anxious, or triggered by your experiences and don’t understand why? Do you spend most of your time caring for others all the while longing to feel seen and heard yourself? When trying to move through change or simply understand yourself better, it is vital to have a space dedicated to tending to yourself. I am here to partner with you to increase your self-awareness and move from feelings of fear, anxiety, and shame, into presence, curiosity, and creativity. Note: No current openings for child and family therapy.
Sarah Gokey
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Waitlist for new clients
Do you ever feel stuck? Like you’re in the same relationship over and over with a different face to the same problem? Or that if only you could do something different, life would feel better, but when the time comes you feel frozen? Feeling stuck in unhealthy patterns can be frustrating and frightening. The great thing is that you don’t need anyone’s permission to begin accessing your own power to live authentically and joyfully as yourself.
Do you ever feel stuck? Like you’re in the same relationship over and over with a different face to the same problem? Or that if only you could do something different, life would feel better, but when the time comes you feel frozen? Feeling stuck in unhealthy patterns can be frustrating and frightening. The great thing is that you don’t need anyone’s permission to begin accessing your own power to live authentically and joyfully as yourself.
Kelly Buchta
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
Joy. It’s what we’re all searching for. Sometimes we need some help along the way to find it. Whether you are searching for joy for yourself, your child, or your family, we are here for you. Through a relational and compassionate approach we will help you uncover the strength and capacity that already exist within you and help you develop new skills allowing you to persevere, blossom, and thrive.
Joy. It’s what we’re all searching for. Sometimes we need some help along the way to find it. Whether you are searching for joy for yourself, your child, or your family, we are here for you. Through a relational and compassionate approach we will help you uncover the strength and capacity that already exist within you and help you develop new skills allowing you to persevere, blossom, and thrive.
Jason Michael Walter
Counselor, MA, LPCC, LADC
Verified Verified
Minneapolis, MN 55416 (Online Only)
If you’re ready to improve your life, then I am the one to lead you there. Having years of experience as both a client and a clinician, I am very familiar with the process of change and I am well equipped to make it happen. I've helped guide people through issues of simple depression all the way to complex PTSD. I have extensive experience dealing with criminality, all forms of abuse, addiction, and most mental disorders. My blend of psychodynamic education and life experience have suited me well in this field.
If you’re ready to improve your life, then I am the one to lead you there. Having years of experience as both a client and a clinician, I am very familiar with the process of change and I am well equipped to make it happen. I've helped guide people through issues of simple depression all the way to complex PTSD. I have extensive experience dealing with criminality, all forms of abuse, addiction, and most mental disorders. My blend of psychodynamic education and life experience have suited me well in this field.
I focus my practice on helping others manage their anxieties, enjoy their relationships, and thrive in their daily lives. I am relational in my approach, meaning I believe that how well I understand and connect with you matters, as does knowing how you have connected with others in past and current relationships. I seek to help my clients develop resilience, self-understanding, confidence, and deeper intimacy in their important relationships.
I focus my practice on helping others manage their anxieties, enjoy their relationships, and thrive in their daily lives. I am relational in my approach, meaning I believe that how well I understand and connect with you matters, as does knowing how you have connected with others in past and current relationships. I seek to help my clients develop resilience, self-understanding, confidence, and deeper intimacy in their important relationships.
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It is my experience that the fullest, most satisfying healing involves our whole person, mind, body, and spirit. By focusing on patterns of movement in the body as well as thinking, we work together to achieve your goals for therapy. A body based and energetic focus is often a new and effective way for people to resolve issues that only talking about them did not reach. I look for resistance and protective actions that no longer serve a person. I emphasize developing aliveness in the body, feeling joyful, free, and peace.
It is my experience that the fullest, most satisfying healing involves our whole person, mind, body, and spirit. By focusing on patterns of movement in the body as well as thinking, we work together to achieve your goals for therapy. A body based and energetic focus is often a new and effective way for people to resolve issues that only talking about them did not reach. I look for resistance and protective actions that no longer serve a person. I emphasize developing aliveness in the body, feeling joyful, free, and peace.
I am a professional counseling intern who works from a mindfulness, trauma-informed, person-centered integrative approach. I create a safe space for connection, healing, and growth, believing individuals can heal themselves with inner awareness, wisdom, and gentle guidance. I will help you navigate with supportive practices, environment, humor, and personal empowerment. I blend my expertise as a yoga therapist with psychotherapy, specializing in anxiety, stress, depression, disordered eating, pain, grief & loss, life transitions, and relationship concerns. I support cultural identities. I am LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergence-affirming.
I am a professional counseling intern who works from a mindfulness, trauma-informed, person-centered integrative approach. I create a safe space for connection, healing, and growth, believing individuals can heal themselves with inner awareness, wisdom, and gentle guidance. I will help you navigate with supportive practices, environment, humor, and personal empowerment. I blend my expertise as a yoga therapist with psychotherapy, specializing in anxiety, stress, depression, disordered eating, pain, grief & loss, life transitions, and relationship concerns. I support cultural identities. I am LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergence-affirming.
Susan Marie Daub
Licensed Professional Counselor, MPS, LPCC, LADC
Verified Verified
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
My clients tend to be creative over-achievers who are seeking support to make positive changes to enhance their personal and professional lives. I specialize in substance use and/or mental health issues with an emphasis on co-occurring disorders. Exploring life satisfaction in the 8 dimensions of wellness is one approach I use to identify potential areas for change. Tapping into intrinsic motivation is a primary focus of treatment as we work collaboratively to identify strengths and set/implement goals. Areas of specialization are: forgiveness therapy, perfectionism, creative recovery and productivity coaching.
My clients tend to be creative over-achievers who are seeking support to make positive changes to enhance their personal and professional lives. I specialize in substance use and/or mental health issues with an emphasis on co-occurring disorders. Exploring life satisfaction in the 8 dimensions of wellness is one approach I use to identify potential areas for change. Tapping into intrinsic motivation is a primary focus of treatment as we work collaboratively to identify strengths and set/implement goals. Areas of specialization are: forgiveness therapy, perfectionism, creative recovery and productivity coaching.
Kaitlin L Lytle
Marriage & Family Therapist, MPH, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Edina, MN 55416
When life becomes messy and you need a compassionate, collaborative, non-judgmental, and experienced therapist, I am here for you. My primary focus is on medical family therapy, family therapy, and working with young adults and adolescents. I have an extensive background working with eating disorders, acute and chronic illness, anxiety, depression, learning disorders, perfectionism, parenting, and adjusting to life’s challenges.
When life becomes messy and you need a compassionate, collaborative, non-judgmental, and experienced therapist, I am here for you. My primary focus is on medical family therapy, family therapy, and working with young adults and adolescents. I have an extensive background working with eating disorders, acute and chronic illness, anxiety, depression, learning disorders, perfectionism, parenting, and adjusting to life’s challenges.
As a parent of a struggling teenage son, you want to do whatever you can to help get your teen on the right path. I help struggling teenage guys discover their identity, realize their strengths, and use those strengths to catapult into adulthood with a sense of competence and confidence. Adolescence is an exciting time where teens form their unique identity, build meaningful social connections, and learn to think in an innovative way. Ironically, what makes adolescence so exciting can also make it enormously stressful for both teens and their caretakers.
As a parent of a struggling teenage son, you want to do whatever you can to help get your teen on the right path. I help struggling teenage guys discover their identity, realize their strengths, and use those strengths to catapult into adulthood with a sense of competence and confidence. Adolescence is an exciting time where teens form their unique identity, build meaningful social connections, and learn to think in an innovative way. Ironically, what makes adolescence so exciting can also make it enormously stressful for both teens and their caretakers.
Melissa Tureson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
Melissa’s clinical work focuses on utilizing and building on children’s, teen’s and family’s strengths, instilling hope, and working collaboratively to develop treatment goals and create positive change. Her clinical work includes taking a developmental and systemic perspective that incorporates psychoeducation, play therapy, CBT, Mindfulness, and EMDR. Her specialties/areas of interest include; Adjustment, anxiety, ADHD, Depression, trauma, grief, loss, ASD, sensory integration difficulties, gender nonconforming, parent guidance, and family change/transitions.
Melissa’s clinical work focuses on utilizing and building on children’s, teen’s and family’s strengths, instilling hope, and working collaboratively to develop treatment goals and create positive change. Her clinical work includes taking a developmental and systemic perspective that incorporates psychoeducation, play therapy, CBT, Mindfulness, and EMDR. Her specialties/areas of interest include; Adjustment, anxiety, ADHD, Depression, trauma, grief, loss, ASD, sensory integration difficulties, gender nonconforming, parent guidance, and family change/transitions.
Life and Light Psychotherapy and Wellness
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
If you are reading this, its an important step you just took towards your own healing journey. At Life and Light Healing and Wellness we lovingly attend to you, to all that makes you...you, to co-create a healing space. Whether it's the dark clouds of depression, the tentacles of anxiety, or the storm of PTSD, our clinicians are equipped with the tools and skills to support you through your journey to healing.
If you are reading this, its an important step you just took towards your own healing journey. At Life and Light Healing and Wellness we lovingly attend to you, to all that makes you...you, to co-create a healing space. Whether it's the dark clouds of depression, the tentacles of anxiety, or the storm of PTSD, our clinicians are equipped with the tools and skills to support you through your journey to healing.
Currently accepting new clients: Caressa offers individual therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults, with a special interest in identity exploration, self-harm, suicidality, anxiety, and depression. She believes in the capability of the human mind and that all individuals, with support, possess the potential to create a life worth living. Caressa is passionate about working with individuals in a way that compliments their strengths and supports their growth. She feels that an individual's feelings and experiences are valid and that all individuals deserve to be heard.
Currently accepting new clients: Caressa offers individual therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults, with a special interest in identity exploration, self-harm, suicidality, anxiety, and depression. She believes in the capability of the human mind and that all individuals, with support, possess the potential to create a life worth living. Caressa is passionate about working with individuals in a way that compliments their strengths and supports their growth. She feels that an individual's feelings and experiences are valid and that all individuals deserve to be heard.
Julie graduated from The Adler Graduate School of Minnesota and The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Special Education Teacher, and Parent and Adult Educator. Her specialties include working with families with young children, adolescents, and adults who are struggling with daily functioning or are striving for a more balanced, holistic, and fulfilling lifestyle. Through the use of multiple approaches, including CBT, solution-focused, humanistic, Adlerian, nutrition, and fitness counseling, she facilitates relational living within a systems approach.
Julie graduated from The Adler Graduate School of Minnesota and The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Special Education Teacher, and Parent and Adult Educator. Her specialties include working with families with young children, adolescents, and adults who are struggling with daily functioning or are striving for a more balanced, holistic, and fulfilling lifestyle. Through the use of multiple approaches, including CBT, solution-focused, humanistic, Adlerian, nutrition, and fitness counseling, she facilitates relational living within a systems approach.
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Autism Therapists
What is the most effective treatment for autism?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has come to be considered the standard treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder, and research has confirmed its effectiveness for many children. Therapists trained in ABA techniques work with children (and their parents) on developing social skills, communication and learning abilities, and everyday habits of hygiene and grooming. The clinician will tailor their program to the child’s particular need but the overarching goal will be to help them advance as far as possible toward independence based on their level of symptoms and decrease the need for additional special services. Families should seek a mental health professional specifically trained in ABA, and holding special certification in the technique, who has extensive experience not only with the approach but in using it with children with the same level of symptoms as the child who needs care.
How does ABA work?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) sessions, which typically focus on positive reinforcement, can be intensive, lasting two or more hours several times a week, and continuing for two years or more. Therapists can also be expected to ask parents to take an active role in reinforcing lessons. Research has found that the technique can lead to major improvements that decrease the need for additional special services.
How does treatment for autism work?
Therapy sessions based on Applied Behavior Analysis will likely be frequent, intensive, and highly structured. After a thorough assessment, a therapist will help a child understand and develop skills in a range of areas, including communication, motor skills, social skills, self-care, play, and academic skills, as well as routines of daily living like hygiene. Typically, the therapist will help a child break down the components of a behavior—often referred to as the antecedent (what prompts an action), the behavior, and the consequence(what immediately follows)—and then reward the child at every step, while also asking parents to reinforce the lessons, and the rewards, throughout the day. This core therapy may be supplemented by occupational or speech therapy, and antidepressants, antipsychotics, and anticonvulsants may be prescribed to address specific severe symptoms.
How long does therapy for autism take?
Some people with autism spectrum disorder may be engaged in some level of therapy for many years, but research shows that treatment will be most effective if it is begun early and delivered intensively. When therapy begins by age 3, children tend to be better able to grasp and adopt the skills needed to manage everyday life, including attending school and establishing social relationships. This type of early-intervention treatment regimen is highly structured, typically involving 20 to 40 hours of one-on-one therapy per week, along with additional hours of engagement managed by parents, for a period of two years or more, although the duration of treatment is dependent on the child’s level of symptoms and pace of progress.