Behavior Recourse started in 2019 with a small team, a borrowed office, and a stubborn idea: that good therapy and good warmth aren't competing goals. Six years later, we're still building around that idea every single day.
Dr. Elena Marquez had spent fifteen years inside large ABA agencies — and watched too many families leave feeling like clients on a conveyor belt. So she gathered four BCBAs she trusted, found a sunny second-floor office above a bookstore, and opened Behavior Recourse with a single rule: every program, every session, every family interaction would start with relationship.
That was six years and three hundred families ago. The bookstore is still downstairs. The rule hasn't changed.
If a child doesn't want to participate, we stop and listen. Sessions are designed to be wanted, not endured.
We work toward skills, never toward "normal." Autistic ways of being are valid, and we honor them.
You'll never be on the sidelines. Training, transparency, and direct access are baked into every plan.
Our methods are anchored in current behavioral science — and updated as the research evolves.
If a child isn't smiling at least sometimes, something needs to change. Joy isn't a side effect — it's a metric.
We'd rather take an extra week on an assessment than rush a child into a program that doesn't fit.
Every BCBA on our team carries an active board certification — and every one of them lives the principles above, every shift.
Plus 24 Registered Behavior Technicians, 6 admin team members, and the world's friendliest front-desk dog.
All clinical staff hold active certification through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.
Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA) credentialing in every state we operate in.
Independently reviewed and accredited by the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence.
Full clinical confidentiality and data security protocols — externally audited annually.
Active member of the Council of Autism Service Providers.
Institutional member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International.