About me
Background and approach
After graduating with a music degree in 1990, I spent five years working in music publishing, arts administration, concert management and recording. I later raised three sons while working part-time leading pre-school music sessions and teaching class music and singing in primary schools. In 2018, I completed a two-year master’s training in music therapy with Nordoff and Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity.
I passionately believe playing and singing together can transform lives by reducing isolation caused by illness or circumstance. As a music therapist, I listen closely to draw out clients’ deeply rooted musical responses, often hidden beneath the surface, and I especially enjoy working with families and organisations to bring this approach to those they support.
Experience
I have worked or continue to work with:
- adults on kidney dialysis at Europe’s largest renal unit
- adults at a neurorehabilitation and dementia care hospital
- children aged 3-18 at a school for physically and neurologically impaired young people
- students aged 19-25 at a Further Education College for young people with complex needs
- adults at a medium-secure psychiatric hospital
- children with special educational needs at local schools
- people of all ages with autism, ADHD
- people of all ages with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, mental health challenges
I have led or continue to lead:
- groups for adults with learning difficulties
- groups for teenagers with profound and multiple learning disabilities
- a community choir
- groups for people living with dementia
- family groups coping with difficult life circumstances
Credentials
- BA (Music); MMT (Nordoff & Robbins) Music, Health, Society
- Member of the British Association of Music Therapists
- HCPC Registered
- DBS Certified
- Level 3 Training Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
- Member of the Independent Society of Musicians
Let's work together
Please get in touch if you are interested in music therapy...
for yourself,
for a friend or relative,
for someone you care for,
for an organisation you work for, such as a school, care home, day centre or support group.