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Let Me Introduce You to Debora
Debora McManus, LCSW, RPT-S, CAAPT, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified Animal Assisted Play Therapist based in Lafayette, California. With over two decades of experience, Debora specializes in helping children and families navigate emotional and behavioral challenges. Her approach integrates play therapy and animal-assisted interventions, creating a nurturing environment for healing and growth.
Debora is also a mixed media artist whose creative work is deeply influenced by her therapeutic lens. Her art reflects themes of healing, identity, and presence—often emerging from the same attuned, relational space she brings to her clinical work. Through her studio practice, she creates art that is expressive, layered, and alive with meaning, offering yet another way to explore what it means to feel and to heal.
To Learn More from Debora
Here are a few ways Debora shares her work with the field
• Provides play therapy and animal-assisted interventions for children and families• Supports therapists as a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor
• Maintains an active studio art practice informed by her clinical perspective
• Offers art that explores emotion, story, and the embodied experience of being human
Connect with Debora
Therapy Site: www.mcmanus-therapy.com
Art Studio: www.delmar-studio.com
Email: deboramcmanus@gmail.com
Let Me Introduce You to Debora
Debora McManus, LCSW, RPT-S, CAAPT, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified Animal Assisted Play Therapist based in Lafayette, California. With over two decades of experience, Debora specializes in helping children and families navigate emotional and behavioral challenges. Her approach integrates play therapy and animal-assisted interventions, creating a nurturing environment for healing and growth.
Debora is also a mixed media artist whose creative work is deeply influenced by her therapeutic lens. Her art reflects themes of healing, identity, and presence—often emerging from the same attuned, relational space she brings to her clinical work. Through her studio practice, she creates art that is expressive, layered, and alive with meaning, offering yet another way to explore what it means to feel and to heal.
To Learn More from Debora
Here are a few ways Debora shares her work with the field
• Provides play therapy and animal-assisted interventions for children and families• Supports therapists as a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor
• Maintains an active studio art practice informed by her clinical perspective
• Offers art that explores emotion, story, and the embodied experience of being human
Connect with Debora
Therapy Site: www.mcmanus-therapy.com
Art Studio: www.delmar-studio.com
Email: deboramcmanus@gmail.com
