Frequently Asked Questions
When and where do sessions take place?
If you are within reasonable driving distance in the Triangle, NC, I will come to your home! We will set up a weekly time that works for both of us. If you are curious if you are close enough, just send me an email and we'll see if we can make it work.
What are your rates?
Rates depend on location, length of session, and services offered: individual music therapy, group music therapy, adaptive lessons, or traditional music lessons. Please contact me for the most accurate information.
What exactly is music therapy?
Music therapy is a strength-based, creative way to work with and through a variety of issues. Music can be used to help people reach cognitive, social, emotional, physical/motor, or communication goals. Check out the American Music Therapy Association website for more information.
Music therapy can mean:
--Using improvised music to help a child with autism spectrum disorder to increase functional communication
--Helping a teenager in foster care to write a song expressing their experiences with their birth family
--Creating a specialized playlist to help a patient with their stroke rehab exercises
--And many other things!
Do I need musical training to participate in music therapy?
Not at all! Anyone can participate in music therapy, and while you may want to engage in adaptive lessons as a part of your therapeutic process, music therapy is not focused on making you "sound good," it's focused on healing and helping you be the best and fullest you that you can be!
What are adaptive lessons?
Adaptive lessons are music lessons that are adjusted to more accessible and appropriate for people with mental health problems, like anxiety, or disabilities, such as Autism Spectrum Syndrome, that may make taking lessons from a typical teacher difficult or stressful. Adaptive lessons are different from music therapy in that they focus on learning the chosen instrument, instead of therapeutic goals.
What instruments do you teach adaptive lessons on?
My main instrument is piano, and I have experience teaching students from beginner to advanced, including helping students prepare for college auditions. I can also teach beginning students basic guitar and ukulele, as well as beginning singing. If you want to study music theory, composition, improvisation, or songwriting, I can help you with those things as well.
What does Opus 1 mean?
Opus 1 is a musical term meaning "first work." It celebrates the importance of taking the first step of your personal music journey, whether through lessons or therapy.
If you are within reasonable driving distance in the Triangle, NC, I will come to your home! We will set up a weekly time that works for both of us. If you are curious if you are close enough, just send me an email and we'll see if we can make it work.
What are your rates?
Rates depend on location, length of session, and services offered: individual music therapy, group music therapy, adaptive lessons, or traditional music lessons. Please contact me for the most accurate information.
What exactly is music therapy?
Music therapy is a strength-based, creative way to work with and through a variety of issues. Music can be used to help people reach cognitive, social, emotional, physical/motor, or communication goals. Check out the American Music Therapy Association website for more information.
Music therapy can mean:
--Using improvised music to help a child with autism spectrum disorder to increase functional communication
--Helping a teenager in foster care to write a song expressing their experiences with their birth family
--Creating a specialized playlist to help a patient with their stroke rehab exercises
--And many other things!
Do I need musical training to participate in music therapy?
Not at all! Anyone can participate in music therapy, and while you may want to engage in adaptive lessons as a part of your therapeutic process, music therapy is not focused on making you "sound good," it's focused on healing and helping you be the best and fullest you that you can be!
What are adaptive lessons?
Adaptive lessons are music lessons that are adjusted to more accessible and appropriate for people with mental health problems, like anxiety, or disabilities, such as Autism Spectrum Syndrome, that may make taking lessons from a typical teacher difficult or stressful. Adaptive lessons are different from music therapy in that they focus on learning the chosen instrument, instead of therapeutic goals.
What instruments do you teach adaptive lessons on?
My main instrument is piano, and I have experience teaching students from beginner to advanced, including helping students prepare for college auditions. I can also teach beginning students basic guitar and ukulele, as well as beginning singing. If you want to study music theory, composition, improvisation, or songwriting, I can help you with those things as well.
What does Opus 1 mean?
Opus 1 is a musical term meaning "first work." It celebrates the importance of taking the first step of your personal music journey, whether through lessons or therapy.