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Autism Therapy

Therapy for families, those who experience Trauma or those who experience Autism doesn't look the same.

I have had the pleasure of spending three decades working with autistic children, teens and adults in classrooms, in homes, in independent living and vocational settings, and as an advocate when the system was not listening. That history shapes the room. Sessions can be quiet or loud, still or moving, spoken or written. Stimming is welcome. Eye contact is optional. The room is a low arousal environment with natural lighting and low noise, and fidget and low stim toys are provided. Alternative seating is available: couch, chair, spinning chair, big pillows and blankets.

I work with autistic clients across the lifespan, and with parents who are trying to understand what their child is telling them. The goal is never to make you appear less autistic. It is to make life more workable: regulation, communication, transitions, self-advocacy, burnout, and the exhaustion of masking.

In This Work

  • Autistic children, teens, adults and seniors
  • Parent and caregiver sessions
  • Regulation, transitions and sensory load
  • Self-advocacy in school, work and independent living
  • Autistic burnout and the cost of masking

Next Step

Start With a Free 30-Minute Call

A short conversation so I can hear what is going on and we can decide together whether this is the right room for it.

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Go Deeper

Pages on This Work

Autism Therapy for Adults

You have probably spent a long time managing yourself so other people stay comfortable. That is the thing we start with.

Autism Therapy for Children

I work with children as young as four. At that age the work happens on the floor, with toys, and with you in the room more often than not.

Autism Therapy for Teens

Adolescence asks an autistic teenager to do the hardest social work of their life, on someone else's schedule, in a building designed for noise.

Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy

Affirming is a word that has been put on a lot of websites. Here is what it means once the door is closed.

Autistic Burnout Therapy

The skills that used to be automatic stop working. That is the part that frightens people most, and it is the part I want you to know about first.

Autism Assessment in Eugene, Oregon: What I Do and Don't Provide

If you came here looking for an autism evaluation, I want to answer that in the first sentence rather than the last: I do not provide one.

Also Available

ADHD

Practical structure, plus room for what carrying ADHD has cost you.

Trauma and PTSD

Paced, body-aware work that never asks you to retell more than you choose.

Anxiety

Turning the volume down without pretending the worry is silly.

Grief and Loss

A place to keep talking about it long after other people stopped asking.