Autism therapists in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida FL
Find experienced Autism therapists in Palm Beach Gardens 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
Pamela Goffman
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, TEP
Psychotherapy opens our perceptions to the meanings behind our beliefs and patterns of behavior, that in turn comprise the roles we take in our lives. My job is to help you integrate these perceptions and access these meanings, so you can expand your life by creating new roles.
In-Person Near Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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 Palm Beach Gardens, FL Florida
Autism
Tricia Osterberger
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LCAS
I work with folks who want to understand how neurodivergence impacts their experience of the world and the grief that may be associated. We look at what it means to try to navigate a world that wasn't built for you and how you may have been misdiagnosed in the past.
16 Years Experience
Online in Palm Beach Gardens, FL Florida (Online Only)
Autism
Challenges Conquered Counseling Services
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW, PhD
Morgan Parker is our dedicated Autism and Asperger’s specialist, here at Challenges Conquered Counseling, providing compassionate, evidence-based care for children and families navigating Autism Spectrum Disorder. She focuses on improving communication, emotional regulation, and behavioral functioning while creating a supportive space where each client can build confidence and thrive.
13 Years Experience
Online in Palm Beach Gardens, FL Florida
Autism
Beth Janis
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I enjoy working with neurodivergent individuals (e.g., ADHD, Autism, SPD) and their families to better understand themselves, the strengths and uniqueness of their differently-wired brains, and the areas in which they feel stuck. I utilize a neurodiversity-affirming lens that emphasizes seeing the whole person and that integrates their preferences related to sensory processing, communication and relationships, and special interests. I value collaborating with other service providers and joining with the individual and family at any stage of the diagnostic and self-discovery process.
8 Years Experience
Online in Palm Beach Gardens, FL Florida
Autism therapists in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Statistics
Autism therapists in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida average 15 years of experience and charge around $205 per session. 98% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (67%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (44%), and Behavioral Therapy (34%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$205
Accept insurance
34%
Offer sliding scale
36%
Gender ID
| 60% |
Female |
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| 24% |
Male |
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| 8% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 8% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 65% |
In Person and Online |
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| 33% |
Online Only |
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| 2% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 67% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 44% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 34% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 34% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 33% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 33% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 33% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
Ages Served
| 97% | Adult |
| 80% | Young Adult |
| 56% | Teen |
| 50% | Senior |
| 38% | Children |
Client Focus
| 58% | Women |
| 53% | LGBTQ+ |
| 41% | Men |
| 39% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 31% | Christian |