Music Therapy for Mental Health

How does Music Therapy help with mental health needs?

Music Therapy is an efficacious and valid treatment for persons who have psychosocial, affective, cognitive and communicative needs. Research results and clinical experiences attest to the viability of music therapy even in those who are resistive to other treatment approaches. Music is a form of sensory stimulation that provokes responses due to the familiarity, predictability and feelings of security associated with it. Music therapy for clients with mental health concerns uses musical interaction as a means of communication and expression. The aim of therapy is to help individuals develop relationships and address issues they may not be able to address using words alone. (AMTA 2006, musictherapy.org)

Music Therapy can help with

  • ​managing anxiety and stress
  • transitions, goals and life changes due to medical diagnosis or condition
  • identity, confidence and self-esteem
  • social interactions and relationships
  • voice and speech or communication issues
  • behavioral challenges
  • supporting trauma and ptsd recovery

Music Therapy interventions provide opportunities to

  • Build coping skills to manage anxiety, stress, and mental health symptoms
  • Support and improve emotional regulation
  • Improve music skills to support positive music engagement and quality of life
  • Explore personal feelings and issues
  • Express oneself both verbally and non-verbally
  • Practice executive function + decision making skills
  • Adopt positive forms of behavior
  • Explore non-pharmacological treatment options

Psychological benefits of Music Therapy may include

  • Positive changes in mood and emotional states
  • Reduction in anxiety, depression, stress and/or feelings of isolation
  • Sense of control through successful experiences
  • Reminiscence and satisfaction with life
  • Increased awareness of self and environment
  • Growth of relationship with self and voice
  • Increased motivation and positive engagement

Rates

Consult Call
FREE

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Intake Assessment
$150, 75-90 minutes

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Weekly Sessions
$100, 45-50 minutes

Buy 10 Sessions
$900 (save $100)

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Bi-Weekly Sessions
$125, 45-50 minutes

Bulk Bi-Weekly Sessions $600 for 5


Rate includes active engagement time, documentation and treatment planning, session preparation and liability coverage.

to inquire, email strongwaterstudios@gmail.com
2023: limited availability, VIRTUAL sessions for adults (18+) only 

A review from one of our AMAZING clients

(shared with permission)
"When I first heard of music therapy, I thought that I would give it a try, as I had previously engaged in various types of mental health talk-therapies. I experienced a traumatic loss and talk-therapy was not enough to cope with the complicated grief.  In our sessions together we explore the various ways that music and music therapy interventions can be used to cope with the anxiety and depression symptoms brought on by loss and grief.  Music Therapy has helped me better express, manage and regulate my emotions. Engaging in music therapy has helped me cope and practice radical acceptance.  Peri is an amazing support and genuinely holds space for everything that comes up. She is empathetic and intuitively responds to what is needed in the moment. She is organized and conscientious and really made me feel comfortable enough to trust the process in an uncertain journey through my grief."