Autism therapists in Carrollwood Village, Florida FL
Find experienced Autism therapists in Carrollwood Village 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
April Bieber
Licensed Professional Counselor, CMHC, CPC, LCPC, LMHC, LPC, LPC-MHS, QS (FL)
I support individuals and families navigating life on the autism spectrum with warmth, understanding, and neurodiversity-affirming tools. Whether you're seeking help with social skills, transitions, or sensory sensitivity, I provide tailored guidance and support.
17 Years Experience
Online in Carrollwood Village, FL Florida (Online Only)
Autism
Brian L. Long
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MAC
I have over 10+ years working with individuals, couples and families with Autism related struggles and obstacles (executive functioning, impulse control, lack of motivation, emotional regulation).
23 Years Experience
Online in Carrollwood Village, FL Florida (Online Only)
Autism
Marcy Miller
Pre-Licensed Professional, Ph.D.
I help the partners of people with high-functioning autism (formerly Asperger's syndrome) gain clarity and more satisfaction in their relationships. Neurodiversity can shape the way people experience communication, connection, and emotional expression. In relationships where one or both partners are on the autism spectrum, these differences can sometimes lead to misunderstandings, frustration, or a sense of disconnection, despite a genuine desire for closeness.
Together, we’ll work to better understand these patterns through a compassionate, non-pathologizing lens. Rather than viewing differences as problems to fix, we’ll explore them as meaningful variations in how people process and express their experiences.
This work may include clarifying communication styles, identifying unmet needs, and developing new ways of connecting that feel more accessible and supportive for both people. The goal is to foster greater mutual understanding, reduce friction, and strengthen the relationship while honoring each person’s way of being.
6 Years Experience
In-Person Near Carrollwood Village, FL
Online in Carrollwood Village, FL Florida
Autism
Dana Wiesenfeld
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PA-C
Feeling like the world was not built for you? Maybe it wasn’t but shouldn’t it be? Why are we supposed to acclimate to neurotypical people if we are the ones with challenges? What if we did not have to put on our normal person mask everyday? What if someone told you, being you is actually a good thing? That is what we do!
25 Years Experience
In-Person Near Carrollwood Village, FL
Online in Carrollwood Village, FL Florida
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 Carrollwood Village, FL Florida
Autism therapists in Carrollwood Village, Florida Statistics
Autism therapists in Carrollwood Village, Florida average 14 years of experience and charge around $199 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (71%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (48%), and Behavioral Therapy (36%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$199
Accept insurance
39%
Offer sliding scale
32%
Gender ID
| 58% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 9% |
Non-Binary |
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| 8% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 71% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 48% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 36% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 36% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 33% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 32% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 30% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
Ages Served
| 97% | Adult |
| 80% | Young Adult |
| 57% | Teen |
| 52% | Senior |
| 39% | Children |
Client Focus
| 58% | Women |
| 54% | LGBTQ+ |
| 42% | Men |
| 36% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 32% | Christian |