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*Although we specialize in highly masked women and girls (a much less understood presentation of autism), we also specialize in neurodivergence in clients of all genders, ages, and abilities.
JASPER Child Play Therapy - Coming to NCAWAG in the fall of 2025!
NCAWAG is pleased to offer JASPER (Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, & Regulation) a naturalistic, evidence-based play therapy for children aged 12 months to 8 years that supports social communication in neurodivergent children. Developed by Dr. Connie Kasari at UCLA, JASPER has been rigorously tested in randomized controlled research trials with over 700 children and has shown to significantly improve joint engagement, language, functional play skills, and emotion regulation. To learn more about JASPER, visit jaspertraining.org.
We are currently accepting new waitlist applicants for JASPER Therapy at NCAWAG (coming in the fall of 2025).
Adult Psychotherapy
Therapists at NCAWAG support autistic and neurodivergent adults in individual psychotherapy for a variety of reasons, from psychoeducation about neurodiversity, to lifestyle management, to mental health concerns.
Our therapists also hold training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), an evidence-based, non-pathologizing approach to therapy that views patients according to a core self and parts that operate according to a set of systemic principles. Patients have vulnerable parts (painful feelings and beliefs) and protective parts (feelings and beliefs that make one resilient), and move toward healing by accessing the core Self. The core Self understands and takes a compassionate approach to parts, relieving burdens that parts carry.
Adult psychotherapy meetings are held either in person or virtually.
Adolescent / Teen Psychotherapy (ages 13+)
Therapists at NCAWAG support autistic and neurodivergent adolescents and teens in individual psychotherapy for a variety of reasons, from psychoeducation about neurodiversity, to navigating school, to mental health concerns.
Our therapists also hold training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), an evidence-based, non-pathologizing approach to therapy that views patients according to a core self and parts that operate according to a set of systemic principles. Patients have vulnerable parts (painful feelings and beliefs) and protective parts (feelings and beliefs that make one resilient), and move toward healing by accessing the core Self. The core Self understands and takes a compassionate approach to parts, relieving burdens that parts carry.
Meetings for adolescent / teen psychotherapy are held either in person or virtually.
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