What is Music Therapy?
Music Therapy is offered by a board-certified music therapist, who is trained to treat mental, physical, cognitive, psycho-emotional, and social challenges through the use of music.
Each session is tailored to the client’s needs, strengths, and interests, and sessions can include active music making, music listening, singing, movement, and verbal processing.
Because music engages all parts of the brain, we work holistically. That means even when we are working on physical goals for a stroke patient or cognitive goals for an Alzheimer’s patient or social goals for a child with ADHD, we will always be considering their psycho-social situations.
We are not here to “fix” a problem, but rather, to guide the client to bring out the skills and abilities that already exist within themselves.
Music therapy is accessible to all
regardless of your musical, speaking, and physical abilities.
In contrast to traditional psychotherapy,
music accesses the subconscious/unconscious level, where language may not be able to reach.
Who Are Music Therapists?
Board-certified music therapists (MT-BC) have undergone 1500 hours of clinical training, and studied developmental psychology, psychology, neuroscience, and clinical use of music. Board-certified music therapists are those who have completed an approved music therapy Bachelor’s/Master’s/Phd degree, and who have passed the Certification Board for Music Therapists' certifying exam.