Music Therapy in Ambler, PA

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Bonnie Eccles
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified
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In addition to traditional talk therapy, I offer music therapy , supporting clients in using music and sound to explore their inner worlds and access internal resources, giving form to what one might not yet have the words to express and making better sense of life experiences.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board-Certified Music Therapist focused on creating a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment in which I collaborate with clients to pursue their goals. I draw from psychodynamic and humanistic theories to assist clients in becoming aware of ways in which past experiences may influence one’s connection with self and others today, while accessing and engaging with inherent areas of strength and health.
(215) 999-4564
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Ambler, PA 19002
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Elizabeth Ventre
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
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Using her background in verbal and creative arts therapies, she integrates a variety of modalities, such as CBT, motivational interviewing, music therapy , meditation and mindfulness techniques.
Elizabeth Ventre is a licensed professional counselor and board-certified music therapist, who believes in developing a therapeutic alliance by providing a safe space where clients feel comfortable exploring the thoughts, feelings, and issues that led them to seek out therapy. Through a supportive, encouraging, and dynamic therapeutic relationship, she endeavors to help individuals discover and strengthen inner resources as well as learn new tools to overcome challenges, achieve goals, and empower themselves with knowledge.
(215) 774-8513
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Ambler, PA 19002
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Tori Conicello-Emery
MA, MT-BC
Verified
Verified
As a trauma informed music therapist, I practice strength-based and neurodivergent affirming approaches to music therapy .
Do you feel like life is happening TO you and not BY you? Well, you deserve to create the life you want. And everyone deserves to simply create. Creativity is a powerful tool for life. Creativity makes us resilient, effective, helps us solve problems, and helps us imagine what is possible. That's what I do with my clients - create. I am a board certified music therapist with over 15 years of experience. Over the span of my career I have had the privilege of working with hospitalized pediatrics, veterans, survivors of abuse, and neurodivergent individuals.
(215) 608-1890
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King Of Prussia, PA 19406
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Andy Freedman
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MT-BC
Verified
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People come to therapy for so many different reasons, and no two journeys are the same. Yet if you have arrived on this page, you are probably at least curious. "What can therapy do for me? Is change even possible?" What if we took that curiosity and kept going with it? What might you find along the way? What strengths were there all along? Therapy doesn't always need to feel like surgery. Often the tools you need are already within reach...they can just be hard to see. Let's turn on a few lights and look at what is there.
(484) 673-6454
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Fort Washington, PA 19034
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Two Rivers Alternative
PhD
I’m most called to work with you if you want to discover and realize the potential gifts hidden in your challenges, and troubling patterns of relationship, career, and family, I want to invite you to answer the call that is uniquely yours. I want people to find themselves endlessly fascinating so they discover the personal power that can keep them from secretly giving up on themselves and their dreams. We all need a compassionate, objective guide and witness in that unknown landscape. It’s my deepest privilege and pleasure to support you in reclaiming the life that is most meaningful and personally relevant for you.
(215) 798-7424
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Eagleville, PA 19403
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Taylor Dillon
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC, CAADC
Verified
Verified
As a therapist, my goal is to help you grow and thrive within your environment. I create a safe and supportive atmosphere where you will have the opportunity to explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, develop a realistic plan, learn healthy coping strategies, and increase your self-esteem. This exploration will leave you feeling empowered, hopeful, balanced and grounded, ready to meet life challenges and create lasting, meaningful change.
(267) 817-7516
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East Norriton, PA 19401
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Eric Robert Mitchell
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
Those working with Neurodiversity Consultants have been serving the neurodiverse individuals for decades. Created to address the growing need for lifespan support to neurodiverse individuals (including those who identify on the autism spectrum), Neurodiversity Consultants seeks to increase access to high-quality specialized services from experienced consultants, sometimes augmenting current services where applicable to optimize outcomes. With access to a variety of consultants, Neurodiversity Consultants is able to flexibly provide myriad services. Visit us at www.NeurodiversityConsultants.com
(215) 356-8418
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Philadelphia, PA 19119
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CHAI 4 Healthy Living
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified
Verified
CHAI 4 Healthy Living strives to enhance lives by ensuring clients have a safe space to build on differences, while empowering individuals, marriages and families.
(215) 383-5075
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Hatboro, PA 19040
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Katelin McNally
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MFT, MEd, MS, CAADC
Verified
Verified
I am currently accepting clients both through telehealth and in person! My passion has been to help my clients manage their mental health and ability to grow from within. The clients I support are people who struggle with mental health issues, addictions, family, couples' concerns. I've helped clients successfully navigate through abuse and trauma, life transitions and grief and loss. I specialize in human sexuality: sex education, sexual dysfunction, sexual health, sexual pleasure, navigating sex after health crisis, women's issues, postpartum, miscarriage, LGBTQ populations, sexual trauma and sex addiction.
(267) 817-7511
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East Norriton, PA 19401
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Key Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Verified
We're glad you're here! Key Counseling is a telehealth private therapy practice serving Pennsylvania residents. Focused on the health and wellbeing of older adolescents and adults, we utilize a wide range of approaches to help individuals manage relationships, transition, overcome barriers to success and to find increased purpose, happiness and fulfillment. We believe in the human capacity for positive change and improvement in one's relationship to oneself, others and the world.
(215) 974-0082
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Gladwyne, PA 19035
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Maternal Wellness Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, PMH-C
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
We are a mental health and wellness center specialized in reproductive health psychology. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, support groups, and massage (therapeutic, fertility & prenatal) and birth classes. The counterbalance to pain, suffering and shame is honesty, community and healing. Therapy, 'the talking cure', is a supported experience, and is proven to be particularly helpful with acquiring insight into situations, while learning to listen to what the the mind and body is telling us. Over time you will gain strength and courage to make the changes necessary to bring relief, and live the life that you long for.
(267) 416-0905
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Hatboro, PA 19040
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Sara Ann Miller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Do you want to increase your happiness? My life’s work has been researching ways to overcome challenges and change and sharing those modalities with others. University of Pennsylvania traditionally trained. Trauma Specialization. 25 year Child Welfare Public Servant.
(833) 415-0716
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Montgomeryville, PA 18936
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Sarah Golden
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMHC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
With seven years in the field, I utilize both empathy and humor to create a comfortable space for my clients. I support my clients by encouraging them to find their voice in order for them to meet their own therapeutic goals and to create a fulfilling life. My therapeutic style includes open and honest communication that provides transparency between my client and myself. I encourage my clients to see that they are resilient beings who can adapt to the changes life may bring.I use various creative techniques and incorporate mindfulness practices, meditation, and spiritual components for those who are interested.
(215) 999-9506
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Blue Bell, PA 19422
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Lizzie Parks
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Lizzie is an LCSW committed to helping children, adolescents, and their families. Her work focuses on targeting ineffective behaviors, habits, and beliefs that are preventing a client from reaching their personal goals. She believes in taking a collaborative, solution-focused approach to helping clients.
(267) 458-7389
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North Wales, PA 19454
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Sesh
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Sesh provides virtual group mental health support for adults led by licensed and/or board-certified therapists. Our group support sessions aim to create community around common topics related to mental health and normalize the experience of mental health as a support toward living a healthier lifestyle. Individuals that are experiencing a crisis situation are not appropriate for the Sesh platform and should contact emergency services to address their concerns. Sesh can be used as a supplement to other therapeutic services.
(215) 782-6455
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Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Demeko Freeman
Licensed Professional Counselor, MMT, LPC, MT-BC
Verified
Verified
Take a moment and visualize your life as a garden, influenced by various individuals and experiences that have shaped its landscape. You may notice aspects of your garden that no longer align with your desires—a tangle of vines choking your flowers or plants that no longer serve you. Maybe you have yearning to create a garden that truly reflects who you are and are unsure of what you want to grow. Some sections of your garden are thriving and others aren't. Whether there is that type of knowing or its processing an adverse event(s), you have an awareness that your "garden" isn't as full as you want it to be.
(267) 313-5836
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Philadelphia, PA 19119
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Kierstin Carreira
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Kierstin Carreira is a licensed social worker who works with children and adults with special emphasis in the area of behavior modification, family dynamics and cohesion, positive parenting, co-parenting and relational attachment. Kierstin also has extensive knowledge in the area of trauma and understands that trauma is at the root of many presenting problems and approaches all of her work from a trauma informed place. She also works with parents experiencing anxiety and depression due to past trauma and family challenges to help them work through their obstacles and to be more effective parents overall.
(484) 276-3878
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Philadelphia, PA 19118
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Anne Johnson, MA, ATR
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, ATR
Verified
Verified
No art experience is needed. It's not only for a child, it's also for anyone who wants to understand & view struggles from a different perspective, in a different way. There are Neuroscience findings that have proven that art can reach the traumatized places in our brain rather than talking about it alone. Our senses are stored in our Amygdala. When we do art we get to our senses that hold the memory where we don't have language for the experience. If we draw about them, we can talk about them to an entrusted person.
(215) 770-1967
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Warminster, PA 18974
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Rabia Khara
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MS, MFT, PCC, RDT
Verified
Verified
As a clinician, the therapeutic process is only meaningful and complete with the reciprocity and engagement of those I work with. Each individual is unique and their stories are interwoven with a rich tapestry of diverse emotions. By balancing the abstract, creative, philosophical, and introspective aspects of life with friendliness, compassion, empathy and care, I walk the path with you on your journey toward peace and happiness.
(215) 709-9225
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Philadelphia, PA 19118
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Carrie Powell
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, EAT, Reiki
Verified
Verified
We have the capacity to express ourselves beyond just talking about our experiences and feelings. It is in our innate nature to access other ways of processing that utilizes art as a language. Cambridge Dictionary defines "art"- a noun synonymous with expression, as: "the making of objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that express feelings". Still Emerging Expressive Arts Therapy offers an unconventional approach to therapeutic work, utilizing various forms of expression, including: visual art, movement, writing and sound. No skill is necessary, just a deep longing and desire to express yourself free of judgment.
(215) 883-4280
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Philadelphia, PA 19144
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Music Therapy

How does music therapy work?

A music therapist will begin by assessing the client’s specific needs and getting a sense of their musical ability and interests. Musical training is not required, and clients of all ages can benefit from this type of therapy. The therapist will then make a plan for how to achieve the client’s therapeutic goal(s) using a range of receptive (e.g., listening to a song) and active (e.g., drumming in a group) music therapy techniques.

What are some common music therapy techniques?

Music therapy usually involves listening to music (either live or recorded). Music therapy clients may also make music on popular instruments, such as the piano, guitar, and hand drum, or sing. Sometimes music therapy can include guided imagery. A music therapist may ask clients to improvise on the spot or even compose their own songs. Dancing or moving to music can be an effective intervention to help clients feel more fully grounded in their bodies and remain in the present moment.

How does music therapy help with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Music therapy can be a valuable creative outlet for clients with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who have trouble putting their painful feelings into words. Listening to music can be relaxing while making music as part of a group provides plenty of opportunities to connect with other people. In addition to its mood-boosting effects, music therapy can help clients build resilience and overcome PTSD symptoms that may interfere with their daily lives.

How long does music therapy take?

Music therapy sessions generally last between 30 and 50 minutes. They can be scheduled in advance (for example, once a week) or can be done on an as-needed basis. Some clients will only require a handful of music therapy sessions to achieve their goals, while others may need months or longer, depending on their specific concern.