Who We Are
Madeline Barger, MS, LMFT, BCBA, AASECT-CST (she/her/hers)
Co-Founder of I AM
Madeline Barger is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and Certified Sex Therapist through the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists in Madison, Wisconsin. Barger is one of very few clinicians with these credentials and experience in the United States. Madeline studied Music Performance and Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin, Madison, Marriage and Family Therapy at Edgewood College, Behavior Analysis and autism at Ball State University, Indiana, and Sex Therapy and Sexual Health at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Additionally, Barger holds a certificate in internet psychology and is a certified group treatment provider. Barger has worked professionally with autistic people, ages 2-60, since 2009. Barger also has personal and life-long experience interacting with neurodivergent children and teens. Madeline provides behavioral, mental health, and sexuality treatment and education to autistic individuals, couples, and families. She uses systemic, non-judgmental, and evidence-based approaches and authors original works specific to this population. Madeline provides consultation and training on sex therapy and mental health treatment with autistic people on the international scale. Barger is published as an expert in autism and sex therapy across the United States. Madeline enjoys working with an interdisciplinary treatment team as head of teen and adult autism treatment at The Waisman Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The core tenet of Barger’s work is the belief that every person has the right to safe, accurate, and individualized sexuality education, therapy, relational and pleasure experiences.
Rachel Morehouse, MS, LMFT (she/her/hers)
Co-Founder of I AM
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Rachel works with children, adolescents, and adults in her practice, specializing in work with neurodivergent people across the lifespan. Rachel trained at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. She obtained her undergraduate degree in counseling psychology and her graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Rachel’s graduate internship emphasized working with children, adolescents, and neurodiverse family systems. Rachel is also trained in naturalistic intervention approaches, and is certified in the Early Start Denver Model. Rachel works to support self-advocacy, symptom reduction, and behavior change related to a variety of mental health, developmental, and phase of life challenges. She approaches clients with compassion and respect for their unique perspectives and life experiences. She blends cognitive, behavioral, mindfulness, play, and family systems interventions to build upon clients’ natural strengths, and to facilitate improved problem-solving abilities, increased self-confidence, and a greater overall sense of wellbeing. Rachel has worked with autistic people for nearly two decades and served in a variety of clinical roles providing training, supervision, and treatment related to autism across the lifespan. Rachel has a special interest in evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment.
Ashton Fuchs, MS, LCSW, BCBA (she/her/hers)
Clinician
Ashton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Board-Certified Behavior Analyst who specializes in supporting neurodivergent individuals. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology through Ripon College and her graduate degrees in Clinical Social Work and Applied Behavior Analysis through the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Arizona State University respectively. Ashton's training and clinical approaches center around Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help individuals, groups, and families.
By focusing on both the individual and the world in which they reside, Ashton strives to promote self-acceptance, self-advocacy, and focus on what individuals can control. She engages with each client as their own person with their own struggles, strengths, values, interests, and motivations, utilizing those pieces of the whole to support them in being the best "thems" they can be. Ashton combines behavioral, acceptance, mindfulness, play, and values-driven approaches to help people be a leader in their own mental health journey.
For over a decade, Ashton has been part supporting neurodivergent individuals and their families, whether as a supervisor, a group leader, or a clinician. Her primary focus and interest has been the implementation of geek culture into the different therapeutic approaches.