Autism therapists in Royal Palm Beach, FL
Find experienced Autism therapists in Royal Palm Beach, Florida 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 Royal Palm Beach, FL
Autism
Modern Care Collective, LLC
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Being autistic isn’t something that needs to be fixed. We focus on understanding how your brain works and helping you navigate a world that does not always make space for neurodivergent people.
At Modern Care Collective, we support autistic and neurodivergent individuals with emotional regulation, relationships, communication, identity, executive functioning, and everyday challenges. Our approach is affirming, practical, and focused on helping you feel understood while building tools that actually work for you.
7 Years Experience
In-Person Near Royal Palm Beach, FL
Online in Royal Palm Beach, FL
Autism
Annie Harton Kassell
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
For a lot of autistic adults, the diagnosis is the first time life makes sense from the inside. The cost of masking all day. The social rules everyone else seemed handed at birth. The tiredness that never had an obvious reason. I work with late-diagnosed adults on letting the mask down, understanding how you are genuinely wired, and making peace with the years spent performing a version of yourself that was never going to last.
11 Years Experience
Online in Royal Palm Beach, FL (Online Only)
Autism
Jonathan Schmalz
Psychologist, PhD, HSP-P
Many autistic adults struggle to have connections with others in ways they would like. Moreover, social situations may feel downright confusing and anxiety-provoking and intimate relationships may seem impossible. In the professional sphere, you may struggle to keep steady employment, often finding that your ways of communicating with co-workers and bosses make it hard to feel you belong or that your talents are appreciated. I take an affirming, autism-informed approach in helping autistic adults to better appreciate themselves and thrive in their relationships and life pursuits.
17 Years Experience
Online in Royal Palm Beach, FL
Autism
Peter Linden
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Certified Gestalt Therapist
The medical model defines autism by what is supposedly lacking across all domains of existence. We cannot be empathetic, creative, imaginative, curious, aware, loving, connected, or attuned to other people. Our movements, gestures, special interests, need for certainty and concrete communication, and adaptations to overstimulating environments are used to define and control us. Through this paradigm, the autistic person is replaced by a persona seeking integration into a world that demands robotic subservience, only to encounter rejection, scorn, vitriol, and hate.
Autistic suffering is treated as evidence that autism itself requires “fixing.” Sensory overload-induced shutdowns and meltdowns, exhaustion, uncertainty, loneliness, sorrow, emptiness, and the need for support do not exist in isolation. Rather, these experiences are part of existence and cannot be ignored. This is where curiosity comes in.
Curiosity involves being with whatever is emergent, rather than endless intellectual and external analysis. Together, we will explore how you experience your body, sensations, flow, interests, connectedness to the earth, other people, time, and spaces in the present moment. Meltdowns and other adaptations are no longer reduced to “behaviors.” They remain a part of your ongoing humanity. Your story never ends. It is eternal.
Healing does not require taking on personas at the expense of your autistic identity. You are you. And I am I. Expectations are returned to the pit of sorrow and replaced with curiosity and love. Finally, I can just be.
3 Years Experience
Online in Royal Palm Beach, FL
Autism therapists in Royal Palm Beach, FL Statistics
Autism therapists in Royal Palm Beach, FL average 14 years of experience and charge around $200 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (67%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (46%), and Behavioral Therapy (41%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$200
Accept insurance
42%
Offer sliding scale
34%
Gender ID
| 58% |
Female |
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| 27% |
Male |
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| 8% |
Non-Binary |
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| 7% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 60% |
In Person and Online |
|
| 39% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 67% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 46% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 41% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 37% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 34% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 32% | Psychoeducational Therapy |
| 29% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
Ages Served
| 96% | Adult |
| 79% | Young Adult |
| 57% | Teen |
| 55% | Senior |
| 41% | Children |
Client Focus
| 57% | Women |
| 53% | LGBTQ+ |
| 41% | Men |
| 36% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 30% | Black / African American |