Autism Therapists in San Francisco, CA
We specialize in neuropsychological evaluation, adult testing, differential diagnosis, anxiety, autism spectrum, ADHD, evidence-based therapy, parent coaching, and school consultation.
Seesaw is a well-being studio and psychology clinic providing tailored support services for children, adolescents, and adults.
Our dedicated psychologists and therapists are comprehensively trained. We assess and build on client strengths and resilience. We help our clients reach their well-being goals embracing a collaborative, skills-based, and creative approach.
We specialize in neuropsychological evaluation, adult testing, differential diagnosis, anxiety, autism spectrum, ADHD, evidence-based therapy, parent coaching, and school consultation.
Seesaw is a well-being studio and psychology clinic providing tailored support services for children, adolescents, and adults.
Our dedicated psychologists and therapists are comprehensively trained. We assess and build on client strengths and resilience. We help our clients reach their well-being goals embracing a collaborative, skills-based, and creative approach.
We all come from different backgrounds, experiences, and views of the world and its inhabitants. Cultural competency implies that it is the therapist’s job to self-educate about relevant client identities and be in open dialogue with clients around how these identities both show up in and influence the client’s healing journey.
We all come from different backgrounds, experiences, and views of the world and its inhabitants. Cultural competency implies that it is the therapist’s job to self-educate about relevant client identities and be in open dialogue with clients around how these identities both show up in and influence the client’s healing journey.
Dr. Madrone Love | Neuro-inclusive Psychologist
Psychologist, PsyD
2 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94102
Maybe you have an autism, ADHD, or OCD diagnosis (including self-diagnosis) or you simply describe yourself as "weird
In my work I combine executive functioning coaching, somatic and mindfulness-based skills, and dedicated space to explore the things that are harder to talk about: family and romantic relationships, PTSD and childhood trauma, low self-esteem, anxiety and anger. I am also trained to provide DBT for emotion regulation, and both ICBT and ERP for OCD treatment.
Maybe you have an autism, ADHD, or OCD diagnosis (including self-diagnosis) or you simply describe yourself as "weird
In my work I combine executive functioning coaching, somatic and mindfulness-based skills, and dedicated space to explore the things that are harder to talk about: family and romantic relationships, PTSD and childhood trauma, low self-esteem, anxiety and anger. I am also trained to provide DBT for emotion regulation, and both ICBT and ERP for OCD treatment.
I primarily work with autistic adults, especially individuals diagnosed later in life.
As a neurodivergent therapist, I know owning a human brain can be annoying, especially when your brain operates differently from those around you. I incorporate tools such as humor, mindfulness, and geeky metaphors to help people navigate challenging situations more flexibly. I use evidence based techniques, primarily Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
I primarily work with autistic adults, especially individuals diagnosed later in life.
As a neurodivergent therapist, I know owning a human brain can be annoying, especially when your brain operates differently from those around you. I incorporate tools such as humor, mindfulness, and geeky metaphors to help people navigate challenging situations more flexibly. I use evidence based techniques, primarily Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
I conduct psychological assessments to determine emotional and social needs of children and adolescents and help people with more complex problems such as autism spectrum disorder and anxiety disorders improve their ability to communicate thoughts and feelings in healthier ways.
My role as a psychologist is to help you navigate through a complex and stressful world. I'm most skilled at addressing issues related to depression and anxiety, relationship challenges, and self-esteem. Additionally, I enjoy helping people manage social and behavioral problems prevent healthy interactions with family, friends, and co-workers. I am experienced in addressing the challenges of both adults and children by drawing upon a few different theoretical perspectives to aid in helping individuals understand themselves, the origin of their problems, and how they can make changes in current life to feel happier.
I conduct psychological assessments to determine emotional and social needs of children and adolescents and help people with more complex problems such as autism spectrum disorder and anxiety disorders improve their ability to communicate thoughts and feelings in healthier ways.
My role as a psychologist is to help you navigate through a complex and stressful world. I'm most skilled at addressing issues related to depression and anxiety, relationship challenges, and self-esteem. Additionally, I enjoy helping people manage social and behavioral problems prevent healthy interactions with family, friends, and co-workers. I am experienced in addressing the challenges of both adults and children by drawing upon a few different theoretical perspectives to aid in helping individuals understand themselves, the origin of their problems, and how they can make changes in current life to feel happier.
However, I currently have particular interest and experience in working with those who broadly fall under the category of what we now call "neurodivergence" (including ADHD, autism, learning differences, anxiety, etc) as well as with people who are facing issues related to trauma, sexuality, gender, relationships, intimacy, or the avoidance, reluctance, and fear associated with any of these very human challenges.
I work with adults, children ages 5 and up, teens, and couples.
My style is curious, open to possibility, exploratory, and nonjudgmental.
I do my best to remain focused, determined, and committed to every person I treat, whose willingness to enter into and continue with treatment is something I hold in very high regard and respect.
However, I currently have particular interest and experience in working with those who broadly fall under the category of what we now call "neurodivergence" (including ADHD, autism, learning differences, anxiety, etc) as well as with people who are facing issues related to trauma, sexuality, gender, relationships, intimacy, or the avoidance, reluctance, and fear associated with any of these very human challenges.
I work with adults, children ages 5 and up, teens, and couples.
My style is curious, open to possibility, exploratory, and nonjudgmental.
I do my best to remain focused, determined, and committed to every person I treat, whose willingness to enter into and continue with treatment is something I hold in very high regard and respect.
I am a graduate of the University of Southern California and I work with teens and adults navigating OCD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, betrayal trauma, addictive or compulsive behaviors, and other mental health concerns.
My approach is integrative, blending evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) and mindfulness-based interventions. I incorporate executive functioning skills training to support clients in managing daily life more effectively.
I am a graduate of the University of Southern California and I work with teens and adults navigating OCD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, betrayal trauma, addictive or compulsive behaviors, and other mental health concerns.
My approach is integrative, blending evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) and mindfulness-based interventions. I incorporate executive functioning skills training to support clients in managing daily life more effectively.
Is one or more of your kids on the Spectrum or have the ASD/ADD/OCD triad?
I have more than a decade of professional and personal experience (my two sons are on the spectrum) working with problems associated with having a neurodiverse family. I work with individuals and couples affected by ASD, ADD and OCD. I have been working for more than 2 decades with members of the LGBTQ community.
Is one or more of your kids on the Spectrum or have the ASD/ADD/OCD triad?
I have more than a decade of professional and personal experience (my two sons are on the spectrum) working with problems associated with having a neurodiverse family. I work with individuals and couples affected by ASD, ADD and OCD. I have been working for more than 2 decades with members of the LGBTQ community.
I am a queer, autistic licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in high masking Autism, depression and anxiety, LGBTQIA issues, women’s health issues, and life transitions.
I enjoy working with adults via telemedicine across the State of California.
I am a queer, autistic licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in high masking Autism, depression and anxiety, LGBTQIA issues, women’s health issues, and life transitions.
I enjoy working with adults via telemedicine across the State of California.
I have special interest in providing an integrative and personalized care for clients with ADHD and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder ( ASD).
As a doctor and a coach, I offer consultation, screening, diagnosis, integrative and personalized care for ADHD.
I collaborate and facilitate understanding of your relationship to ADHD/ ASD. Together in a safe, compassionate, and judgement free space, we explore your strengths, interests, passions, intentions, motivations, and bridge them to actions.
I have special interest in providing an integrative and personalized care for clients with ADHD and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder ( ASD).
As a doctor and a coach, I offer consultation, screening, diagnosis, integrative and personalized care for ADHD.
I collaborate and facilitate understanding of your relationship to ADHD/ ASD. Together in a safe, compassionate, and judgement free space, we explore your strengths, interests, passions, intentions, motivations, and bridge them to actions.
I have been helping individuals who may be neurodivergent, autistic, or have ADHD and struggle with anxiety.
I have 30 years of experience with the autism spectrum, which includes mild and undiagnosed individuals. You do not have to be on the spectrum to see me. I also have a proven method for how to transform your anxiety into something useful and manageable. Let's work together and create something more fulfilling and rich for you.
I have been helping individuals who may be neurodivergent, autistic, or have ADHD and struggle with anxiety.
I have 30 years of experience with the autism spectrum, which includes mild and undiagnosed individuals. You do not have to be on the spectrum to see me. I also have a proven method for how to transform your anxiety into something useful and manageable. Let's work together and create something more fulfilling and rich for you.
Right now, I'm especially excited about providing neuro-affirming autism assessments and emotionally-focused couples therapy!
Do you want to be able to speak the hard truths and be met with compassion instead of judgement? Let's create a space where you feel safe enough to share your unpopular opinions and hot takes. I’ll sit with you and be a witness to your story, no matter how beautiful or terrible. I want to hear what’s taboo, subversive, and extraordinary. Through our work you’ll learn to embrace your whole self: messy, complex, and capable of growth no matter your past.
Right now, I'm especially excited about providing neuro-affirming autism assessments and emotionally-focused couples therapy!
Do you want to be able to speak the hard truths and be met with compassion instead of judgement? Let's create a space where you feel safe enough to share your unpopular opinions and hot takes. I’ll sit with you and be a witness to your story, no matter how beautiful or terrible. I want to hear what’s taboo, subversive, and extraordinary. Through our work you’ll learn to embrace your whole self: messy, complex, and capable of growth no matter your past.
I work with children, teens, and adults who are neurodivergent, including autism, ADHD, and sensory processing differences.
My approach is practical, compassionate, and tailored to how your brain works. I help clients improve emotional regulation, reduce meltdowns and burnout, strengthen executive functioning, and build more confident relationships. For parents, I offer clear strategies to better understand, support, and advocate for your child in everyday life.
I work with children, teens, and adults who are neurodivergent, including autism, ADHD, and sensory processing differences.
My approach is practical, compassionate, and tailored to how your brain works. I help clients improve emotional regulation, reduce meltdowns and burnout, strengthen executive functioning, and build more confident relationships. For parents, I offer clear strategies to better understand, support, and advocate for your child in everyday life.
My psychotherapy practice supports neurodivergent adults integrating their gifts amidst the challenges of great sensitivity and intelligence and is uniquely suited for midlife adults approaching transitions, relationship or career changes, birth, death and divorce.
Clients in my practice include technology and finance leaders, professional sports executives and coaches, NCAA student athletes, recent graduates or newly independent adults, and individuals adjusting to newfound success. Often clients need support for relationships with other creative and sensitive family members and coworkers.
My psychotherapy practice supports neurodivergent adults integrating their gifts amidst the challenges of great sensitivity and intelligence and is uniquely suited for midlife adults approaching transitions, relationship or career changes, birth, death and divorce.
Clients in my practice include technology and finance leaders, professional sports executives and coaches, NCAA student athletes, recent graduates or newly independent adults, and individuals adjusting to newfound success. Often clients need support for relationships with other creative and sensitive family members and coworkers.
She has many years of experience in conducting such evaluations in the context of neurologic (e.g., TBI, epilepsy, brain tumor, MS, movement disorders, neurodegenerative), neurodevelopmental (ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disability) and psychiatric factors interfering with academic, occupational, and other aspects of everyday functioning.
I provide neuropsychological evaluation (ages 14+), to determine causes of real-life struggles, via assessment of attention, processing speed, memory, language, spatial, executive, mood and personality functions. Results of an individually tailored test battery serve identify areas of abnormality and targeted treatment recommendations to improve functioning.
She has many years of experience in conducting such evaluations in the context of neurologic (e.g., TBI, epilepsy, brain tumor, MS, movement disorders, neurodegenerative), neurodevelopmental (ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disability) and psychiatric factors interfering with academic, occupational, and other aspects of everyday functioning.
I provide neuropsychological evaluation (ages 14+), to determine causes of real-life struggles, via assessment of attention, processing speed, memory, language, spatial, executive, mood and personality functions. Results of an individually tailored test battery serve identify areas of abnormality and targeted treatment recommendations to improve functioning.
I have a passion for supporting neurodivergent individuals of all ages.
I take a neurodivergent affirming, client-centered approach, which integrates social-emotional learning and evidence-based interventions to foster resilience and personal growth.
I have a passion for supporting neurodivergent individuals of all ages.
I take a neurodivergent affirming, client-centered approach, which integrates social-emotional learning and evidence-based interventions to foster resilience and personal growth.
Svenson Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
2 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94115
Being autistic in an allistic world can be overwhelming & even traumatic - for kids & adults.
If you or your child have always been different or struggled to fit in, you might feel very alone. Maybe you have trouble finding ways to fit into a world that isn't always aligned with your strengths, perceptions, and values. You might even feel like something's wrong with you. Being different can make it hard to find a sense of identity and community, so I view it as my job to help you or your child to connect with inner strengths and build feelings of connection, whether the difference is about neurodivergence, trauma, identity, culture, or something else.
Being autistic in an allistic world can be overwhelming & even traumatic - for kids & adults.
If you or your child have always been different or struggled to fit in, you might feel very alone. Maybe you have trouble finding ways to fit into a world that isn't always aligned with your strengths, perceptions, and values. You might even feel like something's wrong with you. Being different can make it hard to find a sense of identity and community, so I view it as my job to help you or your child to connect with inner strengths and build feelings of connection, whether the difference is about neurodivergence, trauma, identity, culture, or something else.
Have you been strugging with Depression, Relationship issues, or Life Transitions? I can help you find a place of acceptance and healing through our relationship and our work together. I have been helping people change their lives for 25 years. I use an interactive, relational approach to help guide you toward a higher level of self-awareness, and improved self-esteem. I believe therapy works through exploring your relationships to others, and by developing our relationship and connection to each other. I provide a safe, non-judgmental space for us to explore who you are and who you want to be.
Have you been strugging with Depression, Relationship issues, or Life Transitions? I can help you find a place of acceptance and healing through our relationship and our work together. I have been helping people change their lives for 25 years. I use an interactive, relational approach to help guide you toward a higher level of self-awareness, and improved self-esteem. I believe therapy works through exploring your relationships to others, and by developing our relationship and connection to each other. I provide a safe, non-judgmental space for us to explore who you are and who you want to be.
If you are an Autistic adult seeking autism-focused and neurodivergent affirming therapy, I will help you feel safe, supported, and heard with compassion.
As an Autistic therapist, I offer neurodivergent affirming therapy for adults with or without a formal autism diagnosis; I address autistic burnout, masking, and sensory sensitivities; I provide solutions for anxiety & depression; and I offer mindful self-care through strength-based, somatic (sensory-based), compassion-focused, and autism affirming therapy.
If you are an Autistic adult seeking autism-focused and neurodivergent affirming therapy, I will help you feel safe, supported, and heard with compassion.
As an Autistic therapist, I offer neurodivergent affirming therapy for adults with or without a formal autism diagnosis; I address autistic burnout, masking, and sensory sensitivities; I provide solutions for anxiety & depression; and I offer mindful self-care through strength-based, somatic (sensory-based), compassion-focused, and autism affirming therapy.
I specialize in working with teenagers, young adults, adult couples, and families with a member or members on the ASD, and/or diagnosed with ADHD.
I am compassionate, positive, pragmatic, and flexible. I am no stranger to humor and cynicism. Talk therapy and expressive forms of communication (journaling, arts, etc) have an equal place in the therapy room. My approach utilizes combinations of Motivational Interview, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and a systems approach.
I specialize in working with teenagers, young adults, adult couples, and families with a member or members on the ASD, and/or diagnosed with ADHD.
I am compassionate, positive, pragmatic, and flexible. I am no stranger to humor and cynicism. Talk therapy and expressive forms of communication (journaling, arts, etc) have an equal place in the therapy room. My approach utilizes combinations of Motivational Interview, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and 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.