Harmony Creative Therapy

06/02/2026

Time to re-introduce another familiar face of the HCT team - say hi in the comments to Casey Kunzer! 👋 (and check out her personal playlists at the end! 🎶)

05/28/2026

📢 We're hiring! 📢 We're looking for Board-Certified Music Therapists (LCATs too!) and Class Facilitators to join our awesome team 🎶

05/25/2026

Harmony Creative Therapy would like to thank all those who have lost their lives in the service of our country. We honor you and your families today acknowledging all that you have lost for our freedom. We are grateful. Thank you!

05/19/2026

It's the unofficial start to travel season! 🚗 Music can be used in so many ways to keep kids and teens entertained in the car.

Check out our newest blog post on "Music: The Key to Road Trip Survival" 🎶

Blog written by Katie Pistilli, MT-BC Picture this: It’s finally summer, kids are off of school, and your family is getting ready to road trip. The only problem is that your kids aren’t used to being in the car any more than 20 minutes. Maybe your family has grown, and you have a

05/12/2026

MT-BC's and SLP's can accomplish amazing things when working together 🤝

05/05/2026

Music is for everyone 🎶💙

04/27/2026

Time to reintroduce another familiar face in the HCT team! Say hi in the comments to our Therapy & Enrichment Coordinator, Katie Pistilli! 👋 (and check out our new feature at the end!)

04/15/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! On this final day, music therapist Jamie is sharing a resource she created for a "Here Comes the Sun" lyric substitution and lyric discussion, which she calls "Here Comes the Spring" 💐 the second picture is an example from one of her students!

04/14/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! Today we have music therapist Taylor sharing an awesome song that she wrote! 🎶

Music therapy works within a variety of domains, one of which addresses social/emotional needs. Social songs can be used as a way to discuss feelings and regulation needs in an engaging and individualized way. Due to the repetitive nature of music, social songs have a reliable structure that may provide additional support for students learning social-emotional skills.

In this song, the volume and speed of the guitar accompaniment provides an additional level of musical support when identifying feelings. This social song can be used to work on skills like identifying and matching emotion-based facial expressions, associating common actions and movements with emotions (cry=sad, stomp=mad), and identifying then implementing coping strategies. The lyrics can be adjusted to include any emotion or coping skill that is appropriate for a student's needs.

04/13/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! Today we have a brand new blog from music therapist Katja about a great book she uses in sessions in the spring! 🌱

Blog by Katja Beebe, MT-BC