ASA Therapy, LLC

ASA Therapy, LLC Andrea Slagle-Abrams (she/her), LSCSW, RPT, of ASA Therapy, LLC, is a mental health therapist in Manhattan, KS, who specializes in play therapy.

She works with ages 10 and younger and older children who are a good fit for play therapy. Andrea Slagle-Abrams, LSCSW, RPT, is a mental health therapist in Manhattan, KS, who specializes in play therapy. She works with mainly children ages 10 and younger, but if play therapy would be a good fit for an older child, she is open to working with them, as well. She always works with parents when working with children and comes from an attachment perspective. Andrea is a Registered Play Therapist, a certified Synergetic Play Therapist, and a Neurodiversity-Affirming Play Therapist.

I am proud to announce that I am officially a Registered Play Therapist™, which is a credential issued by the Associatio...
08/10/2025

I am proud to announce that I am officially a Registered Play Therapist™, which is a credential issued by the Association for Play Therapy (APT). I have been using play therapy in my work with children since 2008 because this credential is not one that is required to do play therapy. APT created this credential so that consumers would be able to identify competent play therapists who have specialized training and experience. I am so happy to join the esteemed group of Registered Play Therapists!

If you are a parent and you're looking for a therapist for your child, especially 12 years old and younger, I highly recommend looking for a play therapist. You can find them in your area by doing a search here:
https://www.a4pt.org/search/custom.asp?id=3571

If you are a mental health therapist who works with children, I highly recommend becoming a Registered Play Therapist. You can go here to find out more: https://www.a4pt.org/page/CredentialsHomepage

I will continue my discussion of AutPlay Therapy and neurodivergence later this weekend, but I have to post this! I am s...
06/14/2025

I will continue my discussion of AutPlay Therapy and neurodivergence later this weekend, but I have to post this!

I am so excited to win a book by Liana Lowenstein, another great play therapist and author, at the training with Robert Jason Grant EdD! I won because my birthday was the closest to his of all the attendees. Thank you for a great training and for the book!

I am learning even more today so I’d like to share more here! If you haven’t already, read my previous post from yesterd...
06/13/2025

I am learning even more today so I’d like to share more here!

If you haven’t already, read my previous post from yesterday that included some definitions.

So who is neurodivergent? Not everyone agrees on this answer. As a mental health therapist, the neurodivergent children I am most likely to see are represented in this image, shared from the Autplay Therapy website. Out of these, the majority of neurodivergent children I work with are ADHD’ers.

So why am I going to a training specifically learning how to work with these children and families? And why are those terms and definitions I gave you yesterday important? Stay tuned for the next post!

As mentioned in a previous post, I'm attending Autplay Therapy training to learn new tools to help children and families...
06/13/2025

As mentioned in a previous post, I'm attending Autplay Therapy training to learn new tools to help children and families.

I am excited to share more info with all of you! First, here are some definitions.

Neurodiversity means that all brains are unique, and there is no one "right" way of thinking.

Neurodivergence refers to brains (and the people with these brains) that work differently from society’s standards of what is considered “normal.”

Neurotypical or neuronormative refers to brains that function in a way that is considered “normal” by society.

I'll share more about this topic tomorrow, but it's essential to recognize that societal norms are shared beliefs about what is typical and appropriate. They can be based on misinformation, and they can be discriminatory.

I’m excited to be attending training today and tomorrow with Robert Jason Grant EdD, learning more about Autplay Therapy...
06/12/2025

I’m excited to be attending training today and tomorrow with Robert Jason Grant EdD, learning more about Autplay Therapy! This will give me more knowledge in working with neurodivergent children. Don’t know what that means? Follow along here, and I’ll share more the next two days!

I am so happy that I was able to attend the Kansas Association for Play Therapy conference last week! Our presenter was ...
04/13/2025

I am so happy that I was able to attend the Kansas Association for Play Therapy conference last week! Our presenter was Dr. Robert Jason Grant, who is the founder of Autplay Therapy, which is a neurodiversity affirming framework for implementing play therapy. I learned so much in these two days, and I'm already planning to learn more.

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