My clinical work includes music therapy in mental health in inpatient and outpatient settings across the lifespan and music therapy with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I have been a music therapy educator for over 20 years teaching music therapy students and supervising their practicum. My supervision experiences expanded my clinical expertise to include music therapy with older adults and music therapy for students receiving special education, including early intervention. I draw from my clinical and supervisor work to bring methods and approaches to music therapy to life in the classroom. I have completed training in neurologic music therapy, NICU music therapy, and music therapy at the end of life.
I teach undergraduate and graduate music therapy students in a variety of clinical methods, theory and practice, and research courses. My passion is facilitating student’s understanding of the connections among theory, research, practice, and their lived experiences. As music therapists, we bring our music, ourselves, and our clinical expertise into our work with those we treat. Students would likely report that I talk about the brain and research frequently!
I joined the music therapy faculty because of the outstanding music therapy programs. This is a welcoming environment with passionate, talented, skilled professors who embrace one another and students into community. The opportunities for collaboration are numerous with the many healthcare profession students sharing time and space with music therapists in the amazing York Wellness and Rehabilitation Institute. The question of why should I study music therapy at Naz is a moot point, why would you not come to Naz with the many opportunities that await?
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