Autism therapists in Middlefield, Connecticut CT
Find experienced Autism therapists in Middlefield who provide Autism testing, evaluations, and therapy. Our directory features detailed therapist profiles so you can compare qualifications, specialties, and treatment approaches to find the provider that’s right for you.
Autism
Shoreline Psychological
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Several clinicians at Shoreline Psychological are trained in providing supportive services for individuals and families dealing with neuro-divergence. We understand the unique needs of individuals and their families navigating a neuro-typical world with a neuro-divergent brain.
21 Years Experience
In-Person Near Middlefield, CT
Online in Middlefield, CT Connecticut
Autism
Rabia Subhani
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I have been in the field of autism since the mid-1990s, way before I had my own autistic son! Currently, I offer adult assessments with a special focus on women, gender diverse, and trans individuals.
17 Years Experience
Online in Middlefield, CT Connecticut (Online Only)
Autism
Practical Psychology, Inc.
Psychologist, Ph.D.
You may have felt out of sync with the crowd—too quiet, too intense, too different. But here, being “different” is not a barrier—it’s your gift. At Dr. Shoup’s practice, you’ll find a place of acceptance, insight, and purpose. We understand how your mind’s unique rhythms, perceptions, and sensitivities shape your life and interactions. Rather than trying to make you fit a mold, we help you lean into your strengths, build bridges in relationships, and discover how being “outside” can be the vantage point from which you lead, connect, and thrive.
6 Years Experience
Online in Middlefield, CT Connecticut (Online Only)
Autism
Peter Linden
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Certified Gestalt Therapist
Autism has long been understood through a medical model that frames difference as deficit and seeks to explain autistic ways of being through impairments, dysfunction, and pathology. In doing so, it often overlooks the richness, complexity, and humanity of autistic experience, while minimizing the profound impact that families, schools, workplaces, communities, and broader societal expectations have on autistic people's lives.
For many autistic adults, the deepest suffering does not arise from autism itself, but from years of being misunderstood, excluded, bullied, corrected, pathologized, or pressured to become someone they are not. Repeated experiences of rejection, sensory overwhelm, social confusion, loneliness, shame, and unmet support needs can leave lasting emotional, relational, and existential wounds. Over time, many autistic people learn to question their instincts, suppress authentic forms of expression, mask their differences, and disconnect from themselves in pursuit of acceptance and belonging.
Terms such as "Autism" and "Asperger's" have never been the focus of my work. While diagnostic labels may serve administrative, educational, or medical purposes, they tell us very little about what it is actually like to live as an autistic person. They cannot capture the experience of feeling different, longing to belong, navigating overwhelming environments, searching for meaningful connection, enduring rejection, protecting oneself through masking, or struggling to find a place in a world that often feels confusing and inhospitable. Nor can they adequately describe the creativity, depth, passion, sensitivity, wonder, and unique ways of making contact that many autistic people bring to their lives and relationships. My interest is not in the label itself, but in understanding your lived experience and supporting the conditions necessary for you to emerge more fully into the world as yourself.
As a Gestalt psychotherapist, I do not view autism as something broken that needs to be fixed, cured, or normalized. Rather, I understand autism as a distinct way of experiencing, organizing, and making contact with the world. Together, we explore your thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, sensory experiences, relational patterns, strengths, struggles, needs, and aspirations as they emerge in the present moment. We remain curious about how your life has been shaped by both support and suffering, acceptance and rejection, belonging and isolation.
Through deepening awareness, many autistic adults develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves, greater trust in their experience, and increased freedom to live authentically rather than perform for others. The goal is not to become less autistic. It is to cultivate the awareness, self-support, and relational ground necessary to live more fully as yourself in a world that has too often asked otherwise.
3 Years Experience
Online in Middlefield, CT Connecticut
Autism
Whitney Hoke
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC, LPC, BC-DMT-R
Over 12 years of experiences working with individuals with ASD and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Able to work with non-verbal individuals utilizing expressive therapies specializing in social connection, social reciprocity, and self regulation skills.
14 Years Experience
Online in Middlefield, CT Connecticut (Online Only)
Autism therapists in Middlefield, Connecticut Statistics
Autism therapists in Middlefield, Connecticut average 16 years of experience and charge around $215 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (67%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (42%), and Behavioral Therapy (33%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$215
Accept insurance
29%
Offer sliding scale
31%
Gender ID
| 57% |
Female |
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| 33% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
|
| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 67% |
In Person and Online |
|
| 33% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 67% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 42% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 33% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 31% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 29% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 27% | Psychoeducational Therapy |
| 24% | Multicultural Therapy |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 76% | Young Adult |
| 53% | Teen |
| 44% | Senior |
| 33% | Children |
Client Focus
| 53% | Women |
| 47% | LGBTQ+ |
| 42% | Men |
| 42% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 31% | Black / African American |