Dr. Gaus is a licensed clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience providing mental health services to people with disabilities. With a cognitive-behavioral approach, she offers psychotherapy to adults and teens with dual diagnosis (intellectual disability and mental illness), Asperger Syndrome, higher functioning autism, depression, anxiety, trauma and stress-related problems.

Dr. Gaus has a private practice with offices in Huntington and at Spectrum Services in Manhattan. She is on the advisory board for the Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association, and the grant review committee for the Organization for Autism Research. She has lectured nationally and abroad on topics related to dual diagnosis and Asperger syndrome. She has also authored numerous articles, chapters and two books on these subjects, including a recent self-help book for adults called Living Well on the Spectrum: How to Use Your Strengths to Meet the Challenges of Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism (2011), published by Guilford Press.