Using music to
help you grow

Does life sometimes feel «out of tune»?

Sometimes, traditional therapy may not be enough to express ourselves the way we need to.

Whether you are personally facing mental health challenges, having relationship difficulties, navigating the world with autism, recovering from a traumatic brain injury, it can feel like we’ve lost our rhythm.

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“Where words fail, music speaks.”
-Hans Christian Andersen

Who we
work with…

Mental Health Disorders/Psychiatric Care

When someone is struggling with a mental health diagnosis like depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder, music can help express tough emotions. I provide one-on-one and group music therapy to support people with these challenges.

Traumatic Brain Injury/TBI

A brain affected by a severe injury is a damaged one. Music therapy can help stimulate neural connections, improve memory, boost executive functions, and ultimately enhance the overall quality of life for those impacted by brain injury.

Assisted Living Facilities (ALF centers)

When working with clients who have memory challenges, music acts as a powerful tool to activate the brain. Playing familiar tunes from their younger years helps spark memories and stimulates neural pathways associated with those songs.

Autism – Children and Adults

Autism is unique in each case. Whether a client is nonverbal, verbal, or needs high or low support, music serves as a universal language. Through sessions, clients can communicate via improvisation, songwriting, and explore their feelings through music.

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Want to discover how music therapy can help you or a loved one?

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FAQ´s

What is music therapy?

Music therapy is an evidence-based practice which focuses on the clinical use of music to develop therapeutic goals within different domains. The music therapy profession can serve to support emotional, communicative, social, physical, cognitive, and spiritual goals. As I use a humanistic approach in my practice, we will set these goals together after assessing how music could be the most beneficial to your situation.

But… What does this look like in a session?

Every session of music therapy is different. We can use a mixture of songwriting, creating music on the spot (improvisation), and discussing songs that may be relevant to your life. Some sessions may involve more talking, whereas some sessions may be more music making. Nevertheless, music is used within our sessions as our medium for communication. Sometimes talk-therapy can’t solve everything, and we need a creative medium to be able to process and express our emotions. This Is where music therapy can fill in the gaps that talk-therapy can leave.

Who is a music therapist?

A music therapist is someone who has completed a Bachelors or Masters in Music Therapy from an accredited institution, completed over 1,200 hours of clinical work through practicum and a 6 month internship, and has passed the national board exam through CBMT. A music therapist has the title of MT-BC. While we are small, we are a mighty and growing field! You can find more information regarding our board, as well as extra information about this profession HERE (https://www.cbmt.org)

Neuroscience and Music Therapy!

Music Actively engages multiple parts of our brain simultaneously. It lights up communication, emotional, cognitive, social, and motor areas of our brain simultaneously, providing unique opportunities to connect neural pathways. (HERE/THIS) is a photo of an MRI study of a brain on music versus a brain at rest. You can see the activation of multiple neural networks simultaneously, lighting up areas of the brain.
Click HERE (https://hms.harvard.edu/news-events/publications-archive/brain/music-brain) for More information about the neuroscience of music from Harvard edu.

Testimonials

“There are not enough words to describe how happy we are!

My son had a really bad car accident and suffered a brain injury. Before the accident my son loves to play the guitar however
because he had a brain injury he forgot how to do it. It was really sad seeing him frustrated not being able to do what he loves! So we searched for a Neuro Music therapist and found them. The best decision ever-they are super professional, patient and very knowledgeable. They know how to treat brain injured patients.

My son started classes in July 7 2023 and as of today he is progressing really fast. Lately he played his guitar alone.”

Mom of TBI Patient

Using music tohelp you grow