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Trish Schnabel

Trish Schnabel

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Arlington, VA, United States
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Trish Schnabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (LBA, BCBA). With experience in both disciplines, she supports children, teens, and adults with mental health concerns, executive functioning challenges, and autism spectrum–related needs. Her work centers on emotional well-being while helping clients build practical behavioral skills for communication, coping, and everyday routines. She has more than 25 years of experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum, and her counseling background includes depression, anxiety, life stressors, military families, codependency, and ADD/ADHD.


She currently provides individual, group, and family therapy for clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and difficulties with executive functioning. She combines counseling methods with evidence-based behavioral strategies, completes detailed assessments, and creates treatment plans that reflect each client’s goals. She collaborates with other professionals to support comprehensive care and has led workshops on autism, executive functioning, stress management, and practical coping skills. Her combined training in counseling and behavior analysis enables her to support neurotypical and neurodivergent clients in a clear, grounded way.

Since 2010, Trish has also operated an ABA company offering therapeutic consultation for adults on the autism spectrum and individuals with developmental disabilities. Her work included interviewing families and clients, observing individuals in their daily environments, reviewing existing supports, and identifying needed adjustments. She developed consultation and behavior support plans and provided training for caregivers, group home staff, and parents. She also provided one-on-one ABA therapy for children with autism, conducted behavioral assessments, recommended behavior change strategies, implemented interventions, and supervised BCBA candidates and RBTs.

As a military spouse, Trish has volunteered for 20 years supporting military families and veterans through deployments, relocations, separations, and challenges involving combat stress and PTSD. She served on a state committee focused on reducing educational barriers for military children and received the Shield of Sparta and the Commander’s Award for Public Service. Her community involvement also includes helping establish sensory-friendly movie showings that became a valued local program.

Her education includes a psychology degree from George Mason University, a Master of Education in Community Agency Counseling from Auburn University, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst Graduate Certification from Pennsylvania State University. She also appeared on “Wheel of Fortune” in January 2020, winning $65,495 and a trip to Italy. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, concerts, time with loved ones, walking her Labrador Retrievers, and watching SEC football. These experiences continue to guide Trish Schnabel on a meaningful path.

Experience

Present
Owner / Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
The Learning Ladder Behavior Analysis & Therapy

  • Has successfully run an ABA company since 2010.

  • Provides one-on-one ABA therapy to children with autism.

  • Conducts direct and indirect behavioral assessments.

  • Designs behavior change strategies and implements interventions.

  • Supervises BCBA candidates and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs).

  • Creates therapeutic consultation and behavior support plans.

Present
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Paraclete Counseling, Inc.

  • Provides individual, group, and family therapy for clients with anxiety, depression, trauma, executive functioning deficits, and relationship challenges.

  • Blends mental-health counseling with evidence-based behavioral strategies.

  • Conducts clinical assessments and creates client-centered treatment plans.

  • Collaborates with social workers, psychiatrists, and case managers.

  • Facilitates psychoeducational workshops (autism, executive functioning, stress management, healthy coping).

Education

Pennsylvania State University
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Graduate Certification

  • Training included functional assessments, intervention evaluation, executive functioning, and support for individuals with challenging behaviors.
    Studied ABA applications in family counseling, classroom systems, and crisis/emergency situations.

George Mason University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) – Psychology

Worked as a Research Assistant at the U.S. Army Research Institute during undergraduate studies.

Auburn University
Master of Education (M.Ed.)

Completed practicum and internships in individual and group counseling.

Published in The Chancellor’s List for outstanding graduate students.

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