Autism Therapists in Brown County, MN
I have various experiences and interests, including trauma, family systems, substance abuse and co-dependency, anxiety, depression, neurodevelopmental concerns such as ADHD and Autism, and phases of life transitions.
Hello, I'm Lindsay Boettger and I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor(LPCC). I have been practicing in the field for twelve years in various roles including therapy, clinical supervision, and as Director. I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship and my first goal is helping you to feel comfortable and supported. I provide individual and family therapy. Although I typically think about your concerns using a developmental lens, I believe it is imperative that I tailor my approach to you and your needs.
I have various experiences and interests, including trauma, family systems, substance abuse and co-dependency, anxiety, depression, neurodevelopmental concerns such as ADHD and Autism, and phases of life transitions.
Hello, I'm Lindsay Boettger and I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor(LPCC). I have been practicing in the field for twelve years in various roles including therapy, clinical supervision, and as Director. I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship and my first goal is helping you to feel comfortable and supported. I provide individual and family therapy. Although I typically think about your concerns using a developmental lens, I believe it is imperative that I tailor my approach to you and your needs.
I believe in providing a caring, supportive, and client-centered environment. I want to offer effective therapeutic interventions to help adults, families, and children manage their mental health symptoms, so they can live a more happy and healthier lifestyle, plus finding their inner peace of "Serenity" in their life. I work with children as young as 4 years old, adolescents, adults, and families. I provide individual, family, and group therapies. I have also worked with a number of diverse individuals and families with a wide range of mental health disorders.
I believe in providing a caring, supportive, and client-centered environment. I want to offer effective therapeutic interventions to help adults, families, and children manage their mental health symptoms, so they can live a more happy and healthier lifestyle, plus finding their inner peace of "Serenity" in their life. I work with children as young as 4 years old, adolescents, adults, and families. I provide individual, family, and group therapies. I have also worked with a number of diverse individuals and families with a wide range of mental health disorders.
My approach is warm, interactive, and client-centered. I view the work as a collaborative process, continually checking in and creating a safe space as well as a place to look at holistic aspects of identity. I value transparency and authenticity. We may jive if you are self-reflective, are ready to work, are pleasure-positive, vaxxed, and believe Black Lives Matter.
I enjoy working with folx from all communities and identities with an eclectic style and mixture of strength-based, feminist, disability, and queer theory lens.
My approach is warm, interactive, and client-centered. I view the work as a collaborative process, continually checking in and creating a safe space as well as a place to look at holistic aspects of identity. I value transparency and authenticity. We may jive if you are self-reflective, are ready to work, are pleasure-positive, vaxxed, and believe Black Lives Matter.
I enjoy working with folx from all communities and identities with an eclectic style and mixture of strength-based, feminist, disability, and queer theory lens.
Online Therapists
The clients I work with come from different backgrounds and experiences, each with their own unique challenges and hopes for therapy. Some are navigating relationship struggles, others are processing anxiety, self-doubt, or the impact of past experiences. Whether they seek more fulfilling connections, emotional clarity, or a deeper sense of self-trust, they’re looking for a space where their personal history, culture, and the larger systems they navigate are understood and explored.
The clients I work with come from different backgrounds and experiences, each with their own unique challenges and hopes for therapy. Some are navigating relationship struggles, others are processing anxiety, self-doubt, or the impact of past experiences. Whether they seek more fulfilling connections, emotional clarity, or a deeper sense of self-trust, they’re looking for a space where their personal history, culture, and the larger systems they navigate are understood and explored.
Welcome to OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center of Minnesota, where we provide top-quality, evidence-based care for individuals struggling with OCD and anxiety disorders. Our center is dedicated to helping our clients achieve lasting relief and regain control over their lives. At our center, we offer a comprehensive range of specialized treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), inference-based CBT (I-CBT), mindfulness techniques, and other proven therapeutic modalities.
Welcome to OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center of Minnesota, where we provide top-quality, evidence-based care for individuals struggling with OCD and anxiety disorders. Our center is dedicated to helping our clients achieve lasting relief and regain control over their lives. At our center, we offer a comprehensive range of specialized treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), inference-based CBT (I-CBT), mindfulness techniques, and other proven therapeutic modalities.
Dayle
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP, LPCC
4 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
A warm hello to you! I work with individuals and couples, helping them navigate life’s challenges - from difficult transitions to processing trauma and major life events. I am person-centered and strength focused, meeting my clients with genuine, heart-centered care.
I am disability-affirming and neurodiversity-inclusive, welcoming clients with chronic illness, sensory and cognitive differences, and diverse embodied experiences. I am LGBTQ+ affirming and welcome all persons in my practice.
A warm hello to you! I work with individuals and couples, helping them navigate life’s challenges - from difficult transitions to processing trauma and major life events. I am person-centered and strength focused, meeting my clients with genuine, heart-centered care.
I am disability-affirming and neurodiversity-inclusive, welcoming clients with chronic illness, sensory and cognitive differences, and diverse embodied experiences. I am LGBTQ+ affirming and welcome all persons in my practice.
I strive to work with individuals and help explore the systems that they live in. I use an eclectic approach that suits the needs of the individual that comes to therapy. I am grounded, mindful, great at listening, compassionate, and a hands-on learner. I value exploration, being in the moment, forming connections, existentialism, empathy, and compassion. I enjoy connecting with nature, being active, woodworking, trivia, playing with our foster animals, and any new experiences.
I strive to work with individuals and help explore the systems that they live in. I use an eclectic approach that suits the needs of the individual that comes to therapy. I am grounded, mindful, great at listening, compassionate, and a hands-on learner. I value exploration, being in the moment, forming connections, existentialism, empathy, and compassion. I enjoy connecting with nature, being active, woodworking, trivia, playing with our foster animals, and any new experiences.
Have you been feeling stressed, overwhelmed, stuck, or lost? Reaching out for support from a therapist can play a huge role in finding fulfillment and purpose, challenging negative thoughts, and beginning the process of living as your authentic self. When we work together, we collaborate to explore your concerns in a safe, nonjudgmental, and individualized environment. My goal is to help validate, empower, and guide people in their healing as they work towards their goals. Together, we can expand on your strengths, skills, and values to cope through stressors, gain self-awareness and perspective, and find a positive path forward.
Have you been feeling stressed, overwhelmed, stuck, or lost? Reaching out for support from a therapist can play a huge role in finding fulfillment and purpose, challenging negative thoughts, and beginning the process of living as your authentic self. When we work together, we collaborate to explore your concerns in a safe, nonjudgmental, and individualized environment. My goal is to help validate, empower, and guide people in their healing as they work towards their goals. Together, we can expand on your strengths, skills, and values to cope through stressors, gain self-awareness and perspective, and find a positive path forward.
Collegiate Mental Wellness offers clients ages 11-25 a supportive, positive setting. When facing stress, relationship/friendship issues, school adjustment, or mental health concerns we are here to assist. Customized individual therapy, family therapy, diagnostic visits and mental health medication management collaborative care.
We offer in person appointments in St. Paul at the corner of Cleveland Avenue South and Ford Parkway in the Highland Park area. Teletherapy is also available in all PsyPact States and in Minnesota. In Network with Optum, Medica, United Health Care, Blue Cross, Health Partners and Cigna.
Collegiate Mental Wellness offers clients ages 11-25 a supportive, positive setting. When facing stress, relationship/friendship issues, school adjustment, or mental health concerns we are here to assist. Customized individual therapy, family therapy, diagnostic visits and mental health medication management collaborative care.
We offer in person appointments in St. Paul at the corner of Cleveland Avenue South and Ford Parkway in the Highland Park area. Teletherapy is also available in all PsyPact States and in Minnesota. In Network with Optum, Medica, United Health Care, Blue Cross, Health Partners and Cigna.
Are you fighting an uphill battle to find someone to help that uses creative therapeutic techniques that don’t just involve talking? Are you feeling stuck? You know what you “should” be doing, but don’t know why you haven’t been able to yet? Are you looking for a safe space for you or your loved one to express how they feel honestly and learn coping skills related to stressful life events? Using creative processes I help people work through feeling lost, uncertain, excluded and anxious, as well as past hurtful life events and everyday shitty life events.
Are you fighting an uphill battle to find someone to help that uses creative therapeutic techniques that don’t just involve talking? Are you feeling stuck? You know what you “should” be doing, but don’t know why you haven’t been able to yet? Are you looking for a safe space for you or your loved one to express how they feel honestly and learn coping skills related to stressful life events? Using creative processes I help people work through feeling lost, uncertain, excluded and anxious, as well as past hurtful life events and everyday shitty life events.
I am the Director of Omni Mental Health's Roseville location and oversee a group of therapists who are skilled in supporting individuals with a variety of mental health concerns and life stressors. While I am not currently taking new clients, I would be honored to help you find a therapist who will be the right fit. Omni offers a state-certified DBT program to help regulate intense emotions, change unwanted behaviors, and improve relationships. Through DBT, Omni's therapists support clients to help build a life worth living. Omni Mental Health also offers psychotherapy services to individuals, children, couples, and families.
I am the Director of Omni Mental Health's Roseville location and oversee a group of therapists who are skilled in supporting individuals with a variety of mental health concerns and life stressors. While I am not currently taking new clients, I would be honored to help you find a therapist who will be the right fit. Omni offers a state-certified DBT program to help regulate intense emotions, change unwanted behaviors, and improve relationships. Through DBT, Omni's therapists support clients to help build a life worth living. Omni Mental Health also offers psychotherapy services to individuals, children, couples, and families.
I specialize in trauma, ADHD, Autism, depression, anxiety and disordered eating.
I take an integrative approach to therapy and pull from therapeutic approaches such as IFS (parts work), Attachment Theory, ACT, Mindful Self-Compassion, Polyvagal, DBT and Feminist theory. I also use EMDR to help people find healing from trauma.
I specialize in trauma, ADHD, Autism, depression, anxiety and disordered eating.
I take an integrative approach to therapy and pull from therapeutic approaches such as IFS (parts work), Attachment Theory, ACT, Mindful Self-Compassion, Polyvagal, DBT and Feminist theory. I also use EMDR to help people find healing from trauma.
Ashwak has experience in DBT, play, relational, behavioral, developmental skills training, and psychotherapy for children on the Autism Spectrum and related conditions.
Ashwak has a particular interest in the parent-child and sibling connections and how these connections relate to developmental and behavioral outcomes. Ashwak has a passion for working with families and children and currently provides services under her private practice, Hassan Counseling & Family Services LLC .
Ashwak has experience in DBT, play, relational, behavioral, developmental skills training, and psychotherapy for children on the Autism Spectrum and related conditions.
Ashwak has a particular interest in the parent-child and sibling connections and how these connections relate to developmental and behavioral outcomes. Ashwak has a passion for working with families and children and currently provides services under her private practice, Hassan Counseling & Family Services LLC .
I work with adults and couples whose bodies, identities, or experiences of desire fall outside of dominant cultural norms. Who want to explore how their experiences of neurodiversity, disability, sex and sexuality, family of origin, and complex trauma have impacted their ability to live their best life. I use a social justice-oriented, sex and kink positive; trauma, neurodiverse, and environmentally-informed frameworks to create a safe, collaborative, and empowering space for clients to discover and advocate for a life that embodies their values.
I work with adults and couples whose bodies, identities, or experiences of desire fall outside of dominant cultural norms. Who want to explore how their experiences of neurodiversity, disability, sex and sexuality, family of origin, and complex trauma have impacted their ability to live their best life. I use a social justice-oriented, sex and kink positive; trauma, neurodiverse, and environmentally-informed frameworks to create a safe, collaborative, and empowering space for clients to discover and advocate for a life that embodies their values.
I also work with teens and adults within the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent communities who are looking to get to know themselves and their relationships better.
I strive to connect with each client on an individual level and get to know their goals and what they want out of therapy.
I also work with teens and adults within the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent communities who are looking to get to know themselves and their relationships better.
I strive to connect with each client on an individual level and get to know their goals and what they want out of therapy.
Patricia Ann Lucas
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, R-DMT, LPCC
4 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55416
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.
Kindled Strength Counseling, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, ACSW
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
Waitlist for new clients
My approach to therapy is relationship oriented, conversational, direct, gentle with feedback, and humorous. It is my belief that the relationship between a therapist and client(s) is the most important part, and I strive to help build that solid foundation in the beginning. I will make sure to provide a non-judgmental space to process and explore your concerns and stressors. I work from a trauma and social justice informed lens, meaning I take into account the greater environment and impact of surrounding systems (patriarchy, classism, (patriarchy, classism, racism, politics, marginalization and oppression)
My approach to therapy is relationship oriented, conversational, direct, gentle with feedback, and humorous. It is my belief that the relationship between a therapist and client(s) is the most important part, and I strive to help build that solid foundation in the beginning. I will make sure to provide a non-judgmental space to process and explore your concerns and stressors. I work from a trauma and social justice informed lens, meaning I take into account the greater environment and impact of surrounding systems (patriarchy, classism, (patriarchy, classism, racism, politics, marginalization and oppression)
Jessica Sawyer
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
3 Endorsed
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Waitlist for new clients
I believe you are the authority on your own life. Within you exists the potential to express your authentic self and to live a fulfilling life. However, there are times in our lives when we may experience stress, depression, anxiety, anger, or complacency. When this happens it can be difficult to manage our lives effectively and with peace of mind. This is when professional support can be helpful. Whatever concerns you are struggling with, I will collaborate with you to help you identify your goals and develop a treatment approach to empower you to realize them.
I believe you are the authority on your own life. Within you exists the potential to express your authentic self and to live a fulfilling life. However, there are times in our lives when we may experience stress, depression, anxiety, anger, or complacency. When this happens it can be difficult to manage our lives effectively and with peace of mind. This is when professional support can be helpful. Whatever concerns you are struggling with, I will collaborate with you to help you identify your goals and develop a treatment approach to empower you to realize them.
I am passionate about holding space for people to process through their own unique journey. I strive to create a nonjudgmental and comfortable space where people feel truly seen and heard. My goal is to understand people’s experience from their perspective. I believe that the relationship between the therapist and client is an essential tool for growth. I work with a wide range of individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, trauma, grief/loss, and navigating through life transitions. I have a background working as a hospice social worker providing counseling and have completed training with grief expert Megan Devine.
I am passionate about holding space for people to process through their own unique journey. I strive to create a nonjudgmental and comfortable space where people feel truly seen and heard. My goal is to understand people’s experience from their perspective. I believe that the relationship between the therapist and client is an essential tool for growth. I work with a wide range of individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, trauma, grief/loss, and navigating through life transitions. I have a background working as a hospice social worker providing counseling and have completed training with grief expert Megan Devine.
Now Accepting New Clients.
If you're struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, or mood disorders, I provide a safe and compassionate space to explore your experiences, needs, and goals. Together, we’ll work to overcome obstacles and build a healthier, more fulfilling life.
I specialize in supporting teens and young adults as they navigate mental health challenges. Young men, in particular, often face unique pressures—societal expectations, low self-esteem, difficulty expressing vulnerability, and the weight of perceived success.
Now Accepting New Clients.
If you're struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, or mood disorders, I provide a safe and compassionate space to explore your experiences, needs, and goals. Together, we’ll work to overcome obstacles and build a healthier, more fulfilling life.
I specialize in supporting teens and young adults as they navigate mental health challenges. Young men, in particular, often face unique pressures—societal expectations, low self-esteem, difficulty expressing vulnerability, and the weight of perceived success.
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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.