Person-centred Music Therapy can take a variety of forms, but its main goal is the same: to work towards the therapeutic goals set up by us together for your greatest benefit, using music to support us.

Some important things to know about the values I have in my own music therapy practice:

• It is not counselling / talk therapy: Some people do enjoy speaking during a music therapy session, while others appreciate the opportunity to keep their story private while expressing themselves in music. I personally take great joy in music’s ability to allow my clients to say exactly what they need to say, while allowing them the choice to keep it private, but I am also happy to chat!

• No prior music knowledge is required: it isn’t a music lesson, so it isn’t about ‘getting it right’ or ‘playing well’ — whatever that means!

• Anyone is welcome: I pride myself on an inclusive practice where diversity is an advantage, so you can feel free to bring your entire self to a sesssion without concern about judgement.

• Accessibility is important: if you let me know what your needs are, I can do everything possible to make our sessions more accessible for you.

• You can bring anything to a session: While I may have a focus in queer / LGBTQIA+-related issues, I welcome a variety of themes for us to work through together.

I am a Health & Care Professions Council-registered Music Therapist with an MSc in psychodynamic music therapy. For curiosity’s sake, my dissertation was on the use of improvised music-making as a form of introspective journaling!