A board-certified music therapist uses music — listening, singing, playing, sometimes writing it — toward real, personal goals: easing anxiety, lifting mood, calming agitation, and reopening a door to someone who has grown hard to reach.
Musical memory is remarkably durable. People who have lost names, faces, and the thread of a conversation will often still have a song — all the way through, in the right key. For the length of a chorus, families get the person back.
Thirty to forty-five minutes, one-to-one or in a small group. Built around the person's own history — the songs from when they were young, the music that meant something.
Senior adults living with dementia and Alzheimer's; anyone dealing with anxiety, agitation, depression, or isolation; and families walking through the end of life.
We come to the person — wherever they are most at ease.
There is a real difference between a board-certified music therapist and a well-meaning volunteer with a guitar — and it is worth understanding before you pay for either.
Music Therapist – Board Certified (MT-BC) is an earned credential: graduate-level training in music therapy, supervised clinical hours, a national board examination, and ongoing continuing education. These therapists are trained clinicians working toward specific goals for specific people.
A volunteer can brighten an afternoon, and there is nothing wrong with that. But it is not the same as a trained clinician assessing the person, setting goals, and measuring outcomes. Every therapist we send holds the MT-BC credential.
