Communication without limits.

Evidence-based speech and language therapy in East Brunswick, NJ, shaped around each person’s strengths, interests, and everyday life.

Good therapy starts with the person. Their strengths, their interests, and the goals that matter in everyday life.

Current research, clinical expertise, and each family’s priorities come together in every treatment plan.

Sessions are play-based and client-led where that helps. Therapy adapts as each client grows, so progress carries beyond the session and into daily life.

  • Evidence-based

    Current research and clinical expertise guide every plan and every goal.

  • Individualized

    Therapy adapts to each client’s strengths and changing needs.

  • Play-based and client-led

    Learning happens through what genuinely interests each person.

  • Neurodiversity-affirming

    Strengths-first care that respects how each person communicates.

  • Family and school collaboration

    Strategies stay consistent across home, school, and community.

  • Built for everyday life

    Skills designed to carry into real routines and relationships.

What we help with

Every client starts with a thorough evaluation of their strengths and areas of need. The results shape therapy that is engaging, functional, and genuinely theirs.

  • Clearer, more confident spoken communication, from how sounds are produced to fluency and vocal health.

    • Speech sound production and intelligibility
    • Fluency
    • Voice
    • Oromyofunctional therapy
  • Stronger understanding and expression, plus reading support through structured, evidence-based literacy methods.

    • Receptive and expressive language
    • Reading and dyslexia intervention (Orton-Gillingham, IMSE)
    • Natural language acquisition
  • Support for connection and conversation, and for the thinking skills behind everyday communication.

    • Social communication (pragmatics)
    • Cognitive communication
    • Executive functioning and ADHD support
  • For clients who benefit from tools and devices, building reliable, flexible ways to be understood.

    • Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
    • TouchChat
  • Early, strengths-based support for the youngest communicators, building foundational skills through play, with families closely involved.

    • Early intervention
    • Play-based
    • Family-centered
  • We embrace a neurodiversity-affirming approach that recognizes and celebrates the unique ways autistic children communicate and learn. For children who are Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs), therapy honors their natural language development by building on meaningful scripts, phrases, and echolalia while supporting the growth of flexible, functional communication.

    • Autism spectrum support
    • Gestalt language processing (GLP)
    • Echolalia and natural language development
  • Skills and support that carry into home, school, and community, with the people around each client involved.

    • Transition and life-skills support
    • Parent coaching
    • School collaboration

How therapy works

  1. Evaluation

    An in-depth look at communication strengths and needs. Standardized testing, clinical observation, caregiver and teacher input, and functional measures shape personalized, meaningful goals.

  2. Individualized intervention

    Therapy built on trust and real interests. Preferred topics and activities keep sessions engaging and relevant, which turns participation into lasting progress.

  3. Collaborative care

    Progress that reaches beyond the therapy room. Close work with families, schools, and other providers keeps strategies consistent at home, at school, and in the community.

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Meet your clinician

Alyssa LaPlaga, M.S., CCC-SLP

A licensed and certified speech-language pathologist committed to compassionate, individualized care that helps clients and families build confidence and thrive in everyday life.

Alyssa has practiced as a licensed and certified SLP since 2014, in public school and private practice settings, supporting individuals across the lifespan from birth through adulthood. She takes a person-centered approach, so each client’s strengths, preferences, and meaningful goals lead the way, with input from families and support systems.

She founded Limitless to offer flexible, client-centered care. Continuing education is central to her practice, and she keeps refining her skills to meet each client’s evolving needs.

Credentials and licensure

  • Certificate of Clinical Competence (ASHA)
  • New Jersey State License
  • Speech-Language Specialist Certificate (NJ Department of Education)
  • New York TSSLD
  • PROMPT trained

Advanced training

  • IMSE Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham
  • TouchChat Partner Program
  • Natural Language Acquisition

Areas of focus

  • Oromyofunctional therapy
  • AAC
  • Dyslexia and reading
  • Executive functioning and ADHD
  • Speech sound disorders

Start with a conversation.

Reach out to request an appointment or ask a question. Calling or texting is the quickest way to connect, or send a message and Alyssa will get back to you.

Insurance and payment

  • Horizon BCBS
  • Aetna

Limitless is currently in network with Horizon BCBS and Aetna. Private pay options are also available.

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