Serenade Music Therapy LLC

Do you feel like life is happening TO you and not BY you? As a board certified music therapist, I believe each individual, no matter their age or diagnosis, deserves to create the life they want. And everyone deserves to simply create. Creativity is a powerful tool for life. Creativity makes us resilient, effective, helps us solve problems, learn new ways to operate, build skills, and helps us imagine what is possible. I look forward to making music, creating new possibilities, and discovering my clients' unique fantastic-ness every single week! Who Am I? Greetings! My name is Tori Conicello-Emery. I am a board certified music therapist with over 16 years of clinical experience. I graduated from Immaculata University with my master's degree in 2006. Over the span of my career I have had the privilege of working with hospitalized pediatrics, veterans, survivors of abuse, and neurodivergent individuals. Who do I work with? I specialize in working with children and adolescents/young adults. I have a holistic approach to music therapy that is resource-oriented and client-centered. I am a trauma informed music therapist that practices strength-based, resource-oriented and neurodivergent affirming approaches to music therapy and am informed by psychodynamic and humanistic theories. What does that mean? It means that I believe in you and your potential. I believe in your unique abilities and I am more interested in who you are then in your diagnosis. What can someone expect from a music therapy session with me? First of all, you don't have to be a musician to access music. In fact, music IS the access. There are many ways that music can help people meet and address NON-musical goals. Some ways include singing, songwriting, improvising, listening to and discussing music, engaging in lyric analysis, experiencing movement with music, and even music instruction and learning. I apply various methods of music therapy that are best suited for each individual and, in some cases, provide therapeutic/adapted voice and piano lessons. What non-musical goals can we work on together? The following are some goals I address in music therapy with clients: developing coping skills, processing a traumatic event, encouraging self-compassion and self-acceptance, increasing self-regulation, improving self-esteem, increasing self-awareness, developing self-management skills, providing opportunities for positive social experiences, supporting executive functioning skills, enhancing receptive and expressive communication, building cognitive skills, decrease anxiety and depression, stress reduction, and more. How can someone get started? I am more than happy to provide a complimentary 15 minute phone consultation to see if music therapy is a good fit for you or your loved one. Feel free click on the "request appointment" icon or the "contact" icon. I look forward to connect with you!