Online therapy for autism spectrum disorder from just $25/session with licensed therapists (PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT) specializing in evidence-based, neurodivergent-affirming approaches including CBT, DBT, and social skills support. At Grouport, we offer online individual therapy, online group therapy, and virtual IOP options designed to help you navigate social situations, manage sensory and emotional challenges, and build a life that works with how your brain is wired.
Whether you prefer one-on-one care or the added support of therapist-led group therapy, our online ASD therapy connects you to expert guidance and a community that understands the unique experiences of being autistic in a neurotypical world.
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At Grouport, we offer a range of online therapy options to help autistic individuals build practical skills for daily life, manage co-occurring anxiety or depression, and develop strategies that honor their unique neurological profile. Many members choose to mix and match therapy formats to create a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan.
Online therapy for autism spectrum disorder: personalized, flexible, and therapist-led. We'll guide you with dedicated support every step of the way.
Whether you're interested in group therapy, individual sessions, couples or family therapy, or IOP, or a combination, you'll start by selecting the type of support that fits your needs. You can also choose the care frequency that works best for you. Complete our onboarding form and sign up directly for the plan that suits you best.
After signing up, you'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will walk you through available therapists, group options, and scheduling. You'll make the final choice about your care, including which therapists you'll meet with and when, based on your goals, preferences, and schedule.
Attend your weekly online sessions, whether group, individual, couples, family, or IOP, at the cadence that works best for you. Our team will be here to support you every step of the way, ensuring you're happy with your care plan and helping you make changes whenever needed.
Whether you're interested in online group therapy for autism spectrum disorder, individual therapy sessions, a combination of both, or our virtual IOP for more intensive care, you'll start by selecting the format that fits your needs and schedule. You can customize the frequency of sessions and even pair live therapy with our DBT self-guided program for added support between sessions. Just complete our onboarding form and sign up directly for the plan that suits you best.
After signing up, you'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will discuss your mental health challenges, goals, and preferences. They'll walk you through the range of therapy options best suited to your needs for managing autism spectrum disorder. You'll make the final choice about your care, including which therapists you'll meet with and select session times that are most convenient for you.
Attend your weekly online therapy sessions to build coping skills, mood regulation strategies, and stability tools tailored to autism spectrum disorder. Our team will be here to support you at every step of the way, ensuring you're happy with your care plan and helping you make changes whenever needed.
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how you process information, communicate, and experience the world. It's not a deficiency, it's a difference. But navigating a world designed for neurotypical brains can create real challenges that therapy can help address.
Common experiences include:
Being autistic shapes how you experience the world in ways that are often invisible to others. Understanding how ASD shows up in your daily life helps you build strategies that work with your brain, not against it.
Navigating friendships, dating, and social gatherings can feel overwhelming when social rules don't come naturally. You may struggle with understanding unwritten social norms, maintaining conversations, or feeling like you never quite fit in. Therapy helps you develop social strategies that feel authentic to you.
Open-plan offices, workplace politics, unstructured meetings, and sensory-unfriendly environments can make professional life challenging. Many autistic individuals are highly capable but struggle with the social and sensory demands of traditional workplaces. Therapy helps you develop workplace strategies and self-advocacy skills.
Fluorescent lights, background noise, certain fabrics, strong smells, and crowded spaces can create genuine physical distress. Sensory overload can lead to meltdowns, shutdowns, or avoidance of everyday activities. Our therapists help you develop sensory management strategies and identify accommodations.
Anxiety, depression, and burnout are extremely common among autistic individuals, often resulting from years of masking, social exhaustion, and feeling misunderstood. Therapy provides a safe space to unmask, process your experiences, and develop emotional regulation skills tailored to your neurology.
Many autistic adults, especially those diagnosed later in life, go through a period of re-evaluating their entire history through the lens of autism. This can be both liberating and overwhelming. Therapy helps you integrate your diagnosis into a positive sense of identity and self-acceptance.
Changes in routine, unexpected events, and transitions between tasks can feel deeply disorienting. Many autistic individuals thrive with structure but struggle when plans change. Our therapists help you build flexible routines and develop strategies for managing transitions with less distress.
Starting therapy can feel intimidating, especially if you're managing autism spectrum disorder. Here's what your first few sessions typically look like, so you know exactly what to expect.
Your therapist will ask about your history with autism spectrum disorder, including when symptoms first appeared, what your mood episodes look like, and any previous treatments you've tried. This isn't a test. It's a collaborative conversation designed to help your therapist understand where you are and what kind of support will help most.
You and your therapist will identify specific, achievable goals, such as reducing the frequency of mood episodes, improving relationships, building a crisis plan, or developing better sleep routines. These goals evolve as you progress and become the roadmap for your treatment.
Most therapists will introduce practical techniques early, such as mood tracking, identifying early warning signs, or basic DBT distress tolerance skills. You'll leave your first session with something tangible you can use immediately, not just a plan to "talk more next week."
By your third or fourth session, you'll start developing a clearer picture of your triggers, patterns, and strengths. Your therapist will begin introducing deeper interventions, whether that's CBT thought restructuring, DBT emotional regulation skills, or interpersonal strategies. Many Grouport members report feeling noticeably more stable within the first 4-6 weeks of consistent therapy.
See how our therapy options have helped our members experience life-changing results
Stephanie
“Grouport is time flexible and affordable and if it didn’t exist, I don’t know where I would go. I had looked into other places before Grouport and there really wasn’t any option like it.”
Michael
“I highly recommend this to anyone who is struggling with anxiety or depression. The therapists are top notch and have made me feel really comfortable and my anxiety has improved tremendously in only a few sessions!”
Isabel
"I joined Grouport to work on myself and to heal. I’m learning so much at every session! The change I see not only in myself but in my fellow group members is abundantly encouraging and profoundly fulfilling. Group therapy with Grouport is a powerful healing tool."
Sheldon
“I was feeling very down at the end of 2020 and I was ready to do something drastic that I know I'd likely regret. The group definitely helped show me that there are people who feel the same way as I do.”
Nancy
“The therapy from Grouport is high quality and convenient. I am becoming much more self aware and am liking myself more. My relationships at work are better and I’m much happier.”
Emily
“I like the connection you can make with total strangers and the confidentiality it comes with.”
Danielle
"Grouport can help you with your issues. Their therapists are well trained to work with you on your issues. I felt my anxiety greatly improve after only a few sessions. I highly recommend it!"
Glenn
"Grouport's approach to DBT is a real strength. This approach provides tools and methods for working with difficult emotions and getting a handle on them. It has given me hope where other approaches have failed."
At Grouport, our virtual ASD therapy integrates several evidence-based, neurodivergent-affirming therapeutic techniques designed to help you build practical life skills, manage emotional challenges, and develop confidence in who you are:
CBT adapted for autistic individuals helps identify and restructure the anxious and negative thought patterns that often develop from navigating a neurotypical world ("I'm broken," "I'll never fit in," "Something is wrong with me"). It builds practical problem-solving skills and develops healthier self-perception while respecting autistic ways of thinking.
DBT is especially helpful for the emotional intensity and regulation challenges many autistic individuals experience. It teaches mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills adapted for neurodivergent brains, helping you manage meltdowns, recover from overwhelm, and communicate your needs effectively.
Social skills coaching helps autistic individuals develop practical strategies for navigating conversations, reading social cues, understanding nonverbal communication, and building friendships and professional relationships. Unlike traditional social skills training, our approach is affirming and focuses on bridging communication gaps rather than forcing neurotypical masking.
IPSRT focuses on stabilizing daily routines, particularly sleep, wake times, meals, and social interactions to reduce the likelihood of mood episodes. It also helps manage relationship problems that may trigger or worsen bipolar symptoms.
Executive function coaching targets the organizational challenges that many autistic individuals face: planning, prioritizing, task initiation, time management, and managing transitions. Therapists help you build external systems and routines that work with your cognitive style rather than against it.
For many autistic adults, especially those diagnosed later in life, developing a positive autistic identity is a key part of therapy. This work helps you move from viewing autism as a deficit to understanding it as a fundamental part of who you are, while building self-compassion and reducing internalized ableism.
Every Grouport therapist is a licensed, accredited mental health professional with specialized training in autism spectrum disorder, neurodivergent support, and co-occurring mental health conditions.
Our therapists typically have over a decade of clinical experience across diverse settings including hospitals, community mental health centers, and private practice, with specialized expertise in autism spectrum disorder, neurodivergent-affirming care, and evidence-based interventions like adapted CBT, DBT, and social skills coaching.
We continually evaluate outcomes through internal studies and research collaborations with researchers from universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne, ensuring our ASD therapy is grounded in the latest clinical evidence.
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80%of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
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80%
of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70%
of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50%
of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
Group, individual, couples, family, IOP, and teen therapy — all online, all therapist-led. Mix and match care options to fit your needs — and get discounted pricing when you bundle.
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Autism spectrum disorder often co-occurs with other mental health conditions. Our licensed therapists are experienced in treating a wide range of challenges, and many members address multiple concerns simultaneously through our flexible therapy options.
Grouport provides online group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, teen therapy, intensive outpatient program (IOP), all held virtually over video chat. We also offer a DBT self-guided program, which gives you lifetime access to a self-paced DBT program with therapist-guided lessons.
Many members combine multiple therapy types, such as group + individual therapy, to best fit their needs.
Online therapy has revolutionized mental health care, making it easier to access licensed mental health professionals than ever before. It's convenient and accessible with no need to commute or wait in crowded offices. You can access ASD-affirming therapy from your home, which for many autistic individuals is actually the ideal environment since it removes the sensory stress of traveling to an unfamiliar office. Each group therapy session is led by licensed therapists with experience supporting autistic individuals. With group sessions starting at just $35, getting neurodivergent-affirming professional support is within reach without financial strain.
Virtual group therapy or online individual therapy for autism spectrum disorder is designed to help you build practical skills, manage co-occurring challenges, and develop confidence in a neurodivergent-affirming environment. The key objectives include:
Understanding Your Neurology: Helping individuals understand their unique sensory profile, communication style, cognitive strengths, and challenges through a neurodivergent-affirming lens.
Building Practical Life Skills: Teaching evidence-based techniques for managing sensory overwhelm, navigating social situations, improving executive function, and developing effective communication strategies.
Developing a Sensory Integration Support Plan: Creating personalized strategies for identifying early warning signs, managing high-risk situations, and maintaining accountability in your recovery.
Developing Self-Advocacy & Identity: Helping individuals build a positive autistic identity, advocate for their needs in personal and professional settings, and reduce the toll of masking.
Autism is a spectrum, meaning it presents differently in every individual. Some autistic people have significant support needs, while others may appear neurotypical on the surface but experience intense internal challenges. Level 1 ASD (previously called Asperger's) involves difficulties with social communication and restricted/repetitive behaviors that require some support. Level 2 ASD involves more substantial social and communication challenges requiring substantial support. Level 3 ASD involves very substantial support needs. Many autistic individuals also experience co-occurring conditions like anxiety, ADHD, depression, or sensory processing disorder. Compassionate, neurodivergent-affirming treatment can help you build a life that honors who you are.
Yes, every Grouport therapist is accredited and licensed. Our network includes:
✅ Licensed Psychologists (PhD, PsyD)
✅ Licensed Social Workers (LCSW)
✅ Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC)
✅ Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists (LMFT)
Our therapists typically have over a decade of experience. Learn more about the therapists.
Grouport is available worldwide! All sessions are held virtually over video chat. We offer separate therapy groups for Adults (18+) and Teens & Adolescents (under 18), so each age group receives care tailored to their needs.
Many autistic individuals also experience co-occurring conditions. Our licensed therapists specialize in treating anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma and PTSD, borderline personality disorder, grief and loss, chronic illness, relationship issues, and anger management, among many other mental health conditions and life challenges.
We use evidence-based approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), CBT, and other proven modalities. Many members address multiple concerns simultaneously through our flexible therapy options.
Yes! If you’re signing up for 1 group session per week, you’ll choose your preferred group, therapist, and schedule during signup. For bundled plans or other therapy types, a care coordinator will reach out to match you. Most members are placed within a few hours, or within 24-72 hours max. You can always switch groups or therapists.
Our therapy is backed by outcomes studies with researchers from leading universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne.
80% of members start with moderate to severe symptoms.
70% see clinically significant reduction within 8 weeks.
50% achieve remission levels within 8 weeks.
90% would be disappointed if they lost access to Grouport.
At Grouport, we make it easy to choose the best personalized services for your unique mental health challenges. Combine group therapy with other treatments, choose individual therapy for personalized attention, or tailor the frequency of sessions based on your schedule.
Our licensed therapists lead sessions multiple times a week to ensure flexibility. If you need help choosing the right treatment plan, our care coordinators are here to help! You can schedule a call with a care coordinator or email us at support@grouporttherapy.com.
We offer flexible therapy options with straightforward pricing:
Online Group Therapy: Averages $32/session ($140/month).
Online Individual Therapy: Averages $103/session ($448/month).
Online Couples Therapy: Averages $114/session ($492/month).
Online Family Therapy: Averages $148/session ($640/month).
Virtual IOP: Averages $311/week ($1,348/month).
Online Teen Therapy: Averages $103/session ($448/month).
DBT Self-Guided Program: One-time fee of $500.
Payment Options: Monthly, Quarterly (Save 10%), Biannually (Save 15%). No long-term commitment. Switch therapists anytime. Cancel anytime!
We currently do not accept insurance. However, Grouport offers flat monthly pricing with no surprise bills, FSA/HSA eligibility, and sessions averaging as low as $23–$32 for group therapy. We can provide detailed invoices for potential out-of-network reimbursement.
You can cancel your subscription at any time. No long-term commitment. Full access through your last billing period. If your sessions are accessed via email links, email us at support@grouporttherapy.com and we’ll send you a quick cancellation form to fill out. If sessions occur within the member portal, cancel under the “manage subscription” tab.
No. You do not need a formal diagnosis to benefit from therapy. Many people suspect they may be autistic, are in the process of seeking assessment, or have been self-identified for years without a formal diagnosis. Our therapists are trained to work with individuals across the spectrum of autistic experience, whether formally diagnosed or not. If you’re experiencing challenges related to sensory processing, social communication, executive function, or emotional regulation, therapy can help regardless of diagnostic status.
Our approach is fully neurodivergent-affirming. We do not view autism as something to be “fixed” or masked. Instead, our therapy focuses on helping you understand and work with your neurology, develop strategies for challenges that cause you genuine distress, and build a life that aligns with your strengths and values. We help you develop skills like communication, emotional regulation, and social navigation in ways that feel authentic to you, not in ways that force you to perform neurotypicality.
Online therapy offers several advantages for autistic individuals. You can attend sessions from your own sensory-safe environment, avoiding the overstimulation of unfamiliar offices, waiting rooms, and commutes. You have more control over your environment (lighting, sound, seating, stimming tools). Many autistic people also find that video communication feels more manageable than face-to-face interaction. The consistency of the virtual format, same device, same location, same routine, can also support the preference for predictability that many autistic individuals have.
Whether you're navigating a recent diagnosis, managing sensory overwhelm, struggling with social situations, or simply exhausted from masking, therapy can help you build a life that works with your brain. Take the first step toward support that truly understands you.
