Autism Therapists in Dover, DE
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 8 years of experience helping children, teens, and adults navigate life’s challenges and discover their strengths along the way. I believe that everyone has the capacity to grow and heal, and my goal is to create a space where you feel seen, supported, and understood. My approach is strengths-based and person-centered, focusing on what’s already working for you while introducing new tools to help you move forward at your own pace.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 8 years of experience helping children, teens, and adults navigate life’s challenges and discover their strengths along the way. I believe that everyone has the capacity to grow and heal, and my goal is to create a space where you feel seen, supported, and understood. My approach is strengths-based and person-centered, focusing on what’s already working for you while introducing new tools to help you move forward at your own pace.
I began as an occupational therapist over 40 years ago, treating sensory and sensory-based motor deficits with people with autism and other populations.
Hi. My name is Dr. Jerry Lindquist. I am licensed as a psychologist in Delaware (Lic. No. B1-0011265). I have practiced clinical psychology for over 30 years. I have extensive experience treating special needs children, adolescents and adults and their families. I am also well-versed in psychological and neuropsychological testing for learning disabilities and other minor neurocognitive disorders (ADHD, e.g.). My experience also includes psychotherapeutic interventions for more typical mental health concerns (Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, etc.) with children, adolescents and adults.
I began as an occupational therapist over 40 years ago, treating sensory and sensory-based motor deficits with people with autism and other populations.
Hi. My name is Dr. Jerry Lindquist. I am licensed as a psychologist in Delaware (Lic. No. B1-0011265). I have practiced clinical psychology for over 30 years. I have extensive experience treating special needs children, adolescents and adults and their families. I am also well-versed in psychological and neuropsychological testing for learning disabilities and other minor neurocognitive disorders (ADHD, e.g.). My experience also includes psychotherapeutic interventions for more typical mental health concerns (Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, etc.) with children, adolescents and adults.
I can help with anxiety, sadness, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, life transitions, trauma, ADHD, Autism, and identity exploratio
Hi, I’m Teisha Fooks, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing individual and family therapy for children ages 10 and up, teens, and adults. I’m passionate about creating a welcoming, inclusive space where everyone feels seen, respected, and free to be their authentic selves. I start therapy by getting a clear sense of what you’re going through, then we work together to find meaningful steps toward growth and a more fulfilling life. For me, it’s important that therapy is a space where you feel comfortable and supported.
I can help with anxiety, sadness, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, life transitions, trauma, ADHD, Autism, and identity exploratio
Hi, I’m Teisha Fooks, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing individual and family therapy for children ages 10 and up, teens, and adults. I’m passionate about creating a welcoming, inclusive space where everyone feels seen, respected, and free to be their authentic selves. I start therapy by getting a clear sense of what you’re going through, then we work together to find meaningful steps toward growth and a more fulfilling life. For me, it’s important that therapy is a space where you feel comfortable and supported.
I have worked with a variety of clients reporting different concerns such as depression, anxiety, mood instability, and parenting difficulties, but I specialize in ADHD, autism and trauma.
Many therapists don't have training or experience in helping neurodiverse clients in the therapeutic process. Whether working on emotional dysfunction, time and organization skills, behavior or academic difficulties, within the therapy process I help clients to understand their symptoms and implement different techniques to improve mood and achieve goals.
I have worked with a variety of clients reporting different concerns such as depression, anxiety, mood instability, and parenting difficulties, but I specialize in ADHD, autism and trauma.
Many therapists don't have training or experience in helping neurodiverse clients in the therapeutic process. Whether working on emotional dysfunction, time and organization skills, behavior or academic difficulties, within the therapy process I help clients to understand their symptoms and implement different techniques to improve mood and achieve goals.
Veronica King, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist. DGE Psychological Services P.C. is a group she opened to provide services for adults, couples, and families with a wide range of mental health issues. The practice also includes SAP evaluations and Group Therapy.
Veronica King, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist. DGE Psychological Services P.C. is a group she opened to provide services for adults, couples, and families with a wide range of mental health issues. The practice also includes SAP evaluations and Group Therapy.
Here at Tender Stages, we recognize that no matter your "condition" or current state in life, you may be in a tender stage.
Here at Tender Stages, we recognize that no matter your "condition" or current state in life, you may be in a tender stage.
Therapy should feel supportive and it should also help you move forward. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a solution-focused, strengths-based approach. Together we’ll identify your goals, build on what’s already working, and create practical strategies to help you feel better and function better in daily life.
I prioritize a strong therapeutic relationship, because change happens faster when you feel safe, understood, and not judged. My style is warm, collaborative, and encouraging, with clear steps and supportive accountability.
If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or ready for change, I’m here for you!
Therapy should feel supportive and it should also help you move forward. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a solution-focused, strengths-based approach. Together we’ll identify your goals, build on what’s already working, and create practical strategies to help you feel better and function better in daily life.
I prioritize a strong therapeutic relationship, because change happens faster when you feel safe, understood, and not judged. My style is warm, collaborative, and encouraging, with clear steps and supportive accountability.
If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or ready for change, I’m here for you!
My ideal clients are individuals navigating anxiety, stress, depression, relationship concerns, and self-esteem challenges. Many come to me feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward. Some are facing life transitions or struggling to manage daily pressures, while others simply want to better understand themselves and build a more fulfilling life. What they share is a readiness for change — even if they're not yet sure what that looks like. I help them move forward using a collaborative, strengths-based approach grounded.
My ideal clients are individuals navigating anxiety, stress, depression, relationship concerns, and self-esteem challenges. Many come to me feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward. Some are facing life transitions or struggling to manage daily pressures, while others simply want to better understand themselves and build a more fulfilling life. What they share is a readiness for change — even if they're not yet sure what that looks like. I help them move forward using a collaborative, strengths-based approach grounded.
Caring for your mental health is a vital part of living a balanced, fulfilling life. I know that reaching out for support can feel daunting, so I want to thank you for taking this brave step. With over 20 years of experience working with children, adults, and families, I am here to walk alongside you with compassion and expertise.
Caring for your mental health is a vital part of living a balanced, fulfilling life. I know that reaching out for support can feel daunting, so I want to thank you for taking this brave step. With over 20 years of experience working with children, adults, and families, I am here to walk alongside you with compassion and expertise.
I'm Dennis Cooper LPCMH, specializing in trauma, depression, anxiety, and family therapy. I'm certified in TF-CBT and PCIT. I'm passionate about treatment for troubled family dynamics or family members suffering with a specific mental disorder. For initial consultation, schedule an appointment today. I look forward to servicing your family.
I'm Dennis Cooper LPCMH, specializing in trauma, depression, anxiety, and family therapy. I'm certified in TF-CBT and PCIT. I'm passionate about treatment for troubled family dynamics or family members suffering with a specific mental disorder. For initial consultation, schedule an appointment today. I look forward to servicing your family.
At Mental Edge Counseling, LLC., we offer a multitude of services under the heading of out-patient mental health. We address the specific needs of each client based on their individual treatment plans. Once an individual or family has decided to attend therapy an intake session will be scheduled, which will take place at our office. This is when all the information will be exchanged and paperwork will be completed, if not already done. We will complete an assessment and individualistic treatment plan, geared towards the individual's specific needs.
At Mental Edge Counseling, LLC., we offer a multitude of services under the heading of out-patient mental health. We address the specific needs of each client based on their individual treatment plans. Once an individual or family has decided to attend therapy an intake session will be scheduled, which will take place at our office. This is when all the information will be exchanged and paperwork will be completed, if not already done. We will complete an assessment and individualistic treatment plan, geared towards the individual's specific needs.
My ideal clients are individuals navigating anxiety, stress, depression, relationship concerns, and self-esteem challenges. Many come to me feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward. Some are facing life transitions or struggling to manage daily pressures, while others simply want to better understand themselves and build a more fulfilling life. What they share is a readiness for change even if they're not yet sure what that looks like. I help them move forward using a collaborative, strengths-based approach.
My ideal clients are individuals navigating anxiety, stress, depression, relationship concerns, and self-esteem challenges. Many come to me feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward. Some are facing life transitions or struggling to manage daily pressures, while others simply want to better understand themselves and build a more fulfilling life. What they share is a readiness for change even if they're not yet sure what that looks like. I help them move forward using a collaborative, strengths-based approach.
Cynthia Louise Bonifer
Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, LPCMH, NCC, CCTP
1 Endorsed
Dover, DE 19904
My goal as a therapist is to help my clients explore their lives and any areas they might want to grow in. I provide a nonjudgmental and safe space to listen to my clients, help them sort through the issues that brings them to counseling, and work as a team to reach their goals.
My goal as a therapist is to help my clients explore their lives and any areas they might want to grow in. I provide a nonjudgmental and safe space to listen to my clients, help them sort through the issues that brings them to counseling, and work as a team to reach their goals.
Time & Patience Consulting, LLC
Licensed Professional Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LPCMH, CADC
Dover, DE 19904
Greetings, with 20 years of clinical experience, I am dedicated to helping individuals across the lifespan—from young adults to geriatrics—navigate life’s challenges with confidence and resilience. My approach is rooted in self-efficacy, interdependence, and empowerment, fostering personal growth while recognizing the strength of community. I value diversity and respect each client’s unique background, integrating a whole-person perspective to support mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Grounded in humanistic principles, I create a collaborative and affirming space where clients feel heard, understood, and capable of meaning
Greetings, with 20 years of clinical experience, I am dedicated to helping individuals across the lifespan—from young adults to geriatrics—navigate life’s challenges with confidence and resilience. My approach is rooted in self-efficacy, interdependence, and empowerment, fostering personal growth while recognizing the strength of community. I value diversity and respect each client’s unique background, integrating a whole-person perspective to support mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Grounded in humanistic principles, I create a collaborative and affirming space where clients feel heard, understood, and capable of meaning
Happy Thoughts Counseling LLC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MS, NCC, LPCMH, JSOCC, SOMB
1 Endorsed
Dover, DE 19901
Each individual goes through different milestones in life that encompasses expected and unexpected challenges. These challenges maybe difficult to handle without the appropriate support. My focus is to assist my clients through these challenges by providing a caring and empowering environment that will activate their healing process and create a successful outcome. My greatest challenge is the love of helping people working through their challenges.
Each individual goes through different milestones in life that encompasses expected and unexpected challenges. These challenges maybe difficult to handle without the appropriate support. My focus is to assist my clients through these challenges by providing a caring and empowering environment that will activate their healing process and create a successful outcome. My greatest challenge is the love of helping people working through their challenges.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally drained, or stuck in a cycle of stress? You don't have to figure everything out on your own.
You may look like you have everything together while internally feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or uncertain about what comes next. Therapy can provide a space to slow down, fee
I work with those who are navigating anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, life transitions, or the challenges that can come with neurodivergence. Together, we'll work to better understand what's happening, develop strategies that actually fit your life, and help you feel more capable of managing what comes next.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally drained, or stuck in a cycle of stress? You don't have to figure everything out on your own.
You may look like you have everything together while internally feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or uncertain about what comes next. Therapy can provide a space to slow down, fee
I work with those who are navigating anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, life transitions, or the challenges that can come with neurodivergence. Together, we'll work to better understand what's happening, develop strategies that actually fit your life, and help you feel more capable of managing what comes next.
POV: You finally decided it’s time to stop pouring into everybody else and pour back into you. If you’ve been saying “I really need to talk to somebody,” this is your sign. I’m a therapist providing a safe, judgment free space where you can unpack life, process your emotions, set boundaries, heal, and figure out what’s next without having to have it all together first.
POV: You finally decided it’s time to stop pouring into everybody else and pour back into you. If you’ve been saying “I really need to talk to somebody,” this is your sign. I’m a therapist providing a safe, judgment free space where you can unpack life, process your emotions, set boundaries, heal, and figure out what’s next without having to have it all together first.
Margo Elsayd
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCMH, ATR-BC, NCC
Dover, DE 19901
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Creative Healing Studio (CHS) LLC is a mobile art therapy studio, primarily in Georgetown and Dover, DE. CHS is an art therapy studio and traditional therapy space offering a warm, welcoming environment. As an eclectic therapist, I use art therapy and other modalities to help you build resilience, navigate family dynamics, strengthen emotional regulation, and process life transitions and grief. I provide an anti-oppressive, queer-affirming space and recognize how social and political factors can impact well-being. My goal is to support clients in feeling safe, grounded, and empowered as they explore their experiences and growth.
Creative Healing Studio (CHS) LLC is a mobile art therapy studio, primarily in Georgetown and Dover, DE. CHS is an art therapy studio and traditional therapy space offering a warm, welcoming environment. As an eclectic therapist, I use art therapy and other modalities to help you build resilience, navigate family dynamics, strengthen emotional regulation, and process life transitions and grief. I provide an anti-oppressive, queer-affirming space and recognize how social and political factors can impact well-being. My goal is to support clients in feeling safe, grounded, and empowered as they explore their experiences and growth.
PECGNA, Psychological Evaluation Center
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Ph.D., LPC, LMHC
Online Only
We work with people who need a formal psychological evaluation, not therapy, for a life event: intended parents, gestational carriers, and donors in assisted reproduction; individuals navigating immigration cases such as asylum, U/T-visas, VAWA, and hardship waivers; and clients needing forensic, custody, ADHD/ autism, or fitness-for-duty assessments.
We specialize exclusively in evaluations, not ongoing counseling: ART evaluations (intended parent, gestational carrier, donor, joint session), immigration evaluations, forensic and fitness-for-duty assessments, and ADHD/ autism testing. Reports are typically completed within 48 hours and written to meet the standards of agencies, courts, USCIS, or employers.
We work with people who need a formal psychological evaluation, not therapy, for a life event: intended parents, gestational carriers, and donors in assisted reproduction; individuals navigating immigration cases such as asylum, U/T-visas, VAWA, and hardship waivers; and clients needing forensic, custody, ADHD/ autism, or fitness-for-duty assessments.
We specialize exclusively in evaluations, not ongoing counseling: ART evaluations (intended parent, gestational carrier, donor, joint session), immigration evaluations, forensic and fitness-for-duty assessments, and ADHD/ autism testing. Reports are typically completed within 48 hours and written to meet the standards of agencies, courts, USCIS, or employers.
Navigating life's transitions or emotional distress can feel overwhelming. If you're experiencing anxiety, depression, or relationship challenges, I offer a safe and supportive space to explore your feelings and gain clarity. Together, we'll identify patterns, develop coping strategies, and work towards your goals. My clients are individuals seeking to improve their mental well-being, find balance, and achieve greater fulfillment. They're ready to explore their thoughts and behaviors, desiring guidance to create lasting positive change. I provide insights and resources to help you understand yourself better, overcome obstacles...
Navigating life's transitions or emotional distress can feel overwhelming. If you're experiencing anxiety, depression, or relationship challenges, I offer a safe and supportive space to explore your feelings and gain clarity. Together, we'll identify patterns, develop coping strategies, and work towards your goals. My clients are individuals seeking to improve their mental well-being, find balance, and achieve greater fulfillment. They're ready to explore their thoughts and behaviors, desiring guidance to create lasting positive change. I provide insights and resources to help you understand yourself better, overcome obstacles...
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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.