Music Therapy
Professional music therapy in clinical, community, educational, and organizational settings.
What is music therapy?
A clinical, evidence-based practice that uses music to support emotional, psychological, cognitive, social, and physical wellbeing.
How I work as a music therapist
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In clinical settings, music therapy can support therapeutic goals related to mental health, coping, identity, connection, self-understanding, and resilience.
I provide music therapy within counseling, as well as in healthcare settings, treatment centers, and other clinical environments.
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In community settings, music therapy can foster space for people to connect, express themselves, process experiences, and feel less alone.
I facilitate groups, including grief-focused groups, as well as community music experiences such as song/jam circles. These spaces might include singing, listening, sharing songs, group music-making, or simply being together through music.
Community music therapy offerings are not counseling or individualized therapy.
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Music can also be a powerful way to bring people together within organizations and professional communities.
I work with healthcare workers, therapists, educators, professional groups, and other organizations providing music therapy through groups, workshops, and customized programming focused on connection, resilience, and wellbeing.
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Music therapy can be a meaningful part of a larger wellness, retreat, educational, or experiential offering.
I collaborate with organizations, retreat leaders, and other wellness professionals to create music-based workshops and experiences that invite participants to reconnect and experience something together.
Music therapy in counseling
When music is incorporated into counseling, it becomes another way to explore, process, express, and understand your experience.
In the therapy room, songwriting, lyric analysis, music listening, improvisation, musical storytelling, and playing an instrument can become pathways for exploration. Music can offer insight into current or past experiences, help make sense of emotions and memories, and give voice to experiences that words alone may not capture.
When music therapy interventions are incorporated into counseling, you remain a counseling client. Counseling remains the primary service, therapeutic relationship, clinical record, and billing pathway.
Education & Speaking
Music therapy has been a significant part of my professional and educational work, and I enjoy helping others understand what music can make possible.
I offer lectures, workshops, conference presentations, and continuing education experiences for music therapists, counselors and other clinicians, healthcare professionals, educators, students, and professional groups.
Interested in having me speak, teach, or facilitate an experiential session for your group? Get in touch.
Music Therapy Inquiry
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