I'm Deb McManus, artist and human.

I have been working as a licensed therapist since 1997. Trained as a play therapist, I have always used expressive arts in my practice, but I didn’t really do art myself outside of work. After the pandemic, I found myself feeling burned out and exhausted so I started doing my own art as a way to heal and find more balance in my life.

I make all my art in my garage-turned-studio at my house in Lafayette, CA. While I work, I can hear my goats and mini donkeys outside, and my dogs lay around in the sun.

I love what I do and have found balance in being an artist and also being able to be fully present for my therapy clients working part time.

My formal nonsense is as follows:
LCSW, RPT-S, Animal Assisted Play Therapist (R), EMDR Certified, EMDR SandTray Trained, Parent/ Child EMDR Specialist, and Adlerian influenced.