At The Therapy Garden, we provide a clear path toward better communication for adults facing challenges from a stroke, brain injury, or other neurological conditions. We deliver evidence-based, functional therapy focused on making a real-world difference, helping you achieve your goals with dignity and respect.
We proudly serve clients with flexible scheduling options in their homes and communities throughout Monmouth County, including Middletown, Hazlet, Holmdel, and beyond.
This therapy focuses on regaining the ability to communicate thoughts, needs, and feelings after a stroke. We work to rebuild language pathways and provide strategies to help you reconnect with loved ones and the world around you.
For individuals recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or another neurological event, we help retrain the cognitive skills essential for daily life. Our goal is to improve memory, attention, and problem-solving to help you achieve greater independence.
Whether you are struggling with stuttering, hoarseness, or vocal strain, our therapists provide targeted interventions to improve speaking fluency and vocal quality. We help you find a voice that is strong, confident, and clear.
Difficulty swallowing can impact both health and quality of life. We provide comprehensive swallowing evaluations and therapy, developing personalized exercises and strategies to ensure you can eat and drink safely and enjoyably.
Enhance your clarity and confidence in both social and professional settings. This program is designed for non-native English speakers who wish to refine their pronunciation, intonation, and overall communication effectiveness.
This therapy helps individuals of all ages develop the skills needed for greater independence, confidence, and participation in daily life. Through purposeful, hands-on activities, we support children and adults in building motor, sensory, and functional abilities to thrive at home, school, and in the community.
We’re ready when you are. Take the first step with a compassionate, professional, and confidential consultation.
Alena Kumta MS, OTR/L is joyfully invested in supporting individuals & families in transforming —development, meaningful participation, confidence and connection —through play, child/individual-led interests, connection/shared joy, and seeing/embracing/supporting individual strengths & differences.
Alena has held a wide range of roles as an OT including mental health, early childhood intensive mental health, school-based, nature-based, early intervention, home health, inpatient, and outpatient/clinic based care. Alena has her masters in Occupational Therapy from Stockton University and a BFA in Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts NYC.
Alena has advanced training in; DIR Floortime (proficient provider), emotional regulation, trauma informed care & ACEs, social emotional learning, sensory integration, feeding therapy, pediatric pelvic health, nature based therapy, and continues to learn and grow her skills.
When she’s not enjoying her work as an OT- Alena is spending time with her dog-Violet, being in nature, playing in the garden, foraging, making art, getting movement, helping at Ceto Coffee Roasters, and learning new things!