Music therapy is an allied health profession whereby trained and credentialed music therapists use evidence-based music experiences to promote health and well-being within a therapeutic relationship. This therapeutic relationship is established and fostered through engagement in live musical interaction. Examples including listening to a wide range of musical styles, playing various instruments including the voice, and/or composing original music or songs.
I trained as a music therapist in the U.S. at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Having completed my music therapy internship at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in California, I moved back to Boston where I worked in various education and community settings, whilst providing clinical supervision to music therapy students. In 2016, I moved to Orlando, Florida and worked as a medical music therapist at AdventHealth Orlando (formerly known as Florida Hospital Orlando), providing music therapy services to patients and their families across multiple medical departments and units. I also supervised music therapy interns who were in their final stages of their training to become music therapists in the U.S. In 2019, I moved back to Singapore. I helped to start the music therapy offering at Medley Music School, establish the music therapy service in the Mood Disorders Unit at the Institute of Mental Health, and develop innovative and integrated music therapy programs at Extraordinary People Limited.
Music Therapy Registrations:
Music Therapist - Board Certified (MT-BC), awarded by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) in the U.S.
Registered Arts Therapist (Music Therapy) with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the U.K.
Additional Music Therapy Trainings:
Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (Level 1), awarded by the Association for Music and Imagery
Neurologic Music Therapy, awarded by The Robert F. Unkefer Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Music Therapy (NICU), awarded by The National Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy Institute