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Amanda MacRae, PhD, MT-BC
Clinical Supervision
Biography:
Amanda MacRae PhD., MT-BC (she/her) is an analytical music therapist, adjunct professor, and clinical supervisor. Amanda has over 15 years of clinical experience with varied clinical groups, and incorporates a person centered, humanistic clinical approach with a strong emphasis on improvisational music. She received her analytical music therapy training from Benedikte Scheiby, and her undergraduate and graduate degrees in music therapy from Temple University. Amanda is passionate about clinical supervision and continued personal and professional growth and therefore continues to engage in her own growth practices.
Specialized/advanced trainings:
- Analytical Music Therapy
- Strength-based improvisation
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
- Identifying clinical challenge
- Identifying therapist's role in the clinical challenge (CT/Trans)
- Clinical skill development
- Development of creative music experiences
Sarah Maxwell, MA, MT-BC
Clinical Supervision
Specialized/advanced trainings:
- BMGIM Level 1 x 2
- Nordoff-Robbins Levels 1 & 2
- NMT
- Cultural Diversity
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
- Countertransference
- Neuroaffirmative approach
- Hospice
- Pain and symptom management
- Bereavement
- Self-esteem
- Counseling skills
- Therapeutic drumming
- Anti-racism
- Anti-ableism
- Eating disorders
- Mood disorders
- ADHD
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Cultural humility
- Self-growth
- Difficult relationship with manager/supervisor
Ellen de Havilland, MT-BC, NMT
Clinical Supervision, Practicum Supervision, Advanced Training
Specialized/advanced trainings:
- NMT
- HealthRhythms
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
- Private practice and business development consult
- Grant writing and fundraising
- Student practicum supervision
- Peer support
- Social media
- SEO and web development support
- Music technology support
Yuko Martin, MT-BC, LPC, ACS
Clinical Supervision, Internship
Specialized/advanced trainings:
- CBT
- DBT
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
- MT skill development
- Goals/treatment/session planning
- Documentation skills
- LPC prep supervision
- Verbal processing
- Symptom reduction focused session planning
- CBT/DBT skills building through MT
- Ethical issues
- Self-care issues
- Adult psych-focused
Additional information:
- Video sessions available
- 20+ years of MT experience
- 15+ years of LPC experience
Brian Abrams, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT, Analytical Music Therapist, Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery
Clinical Supervision, Advanced Training
Biography:
Brian Abrams, Ph.D., MT-BC, LCAT, Analytical Music Therapist and Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery, has been a music therapist since 1995, with experience across a wide range of clinical contexts. Prior to his current position at Montclair State University as Associate Professor of Music (2008-present) and Coordinator of Music Therapy (2010-present), he served on the faculty at Immaculata University (2004-2008) and Utah State University (2001-2004). He has published and presented internationally on a wide range of topics such as music therapy in cancer care, music psychotherapy, music therapy and transgenerational trauma, humanistic music therapy, and the interdisciplinary area of Health Humanities, including his role as one of five authors of a 2015 book by that title. He has also contributed to the establishment of several medical music therapy programs. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, such as Music Therapy Perspectives, the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, and Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. From 2005 to 2011, he served on the Board of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), including as President from 2007-2009. From 2005 through the present, he has served on the AMTA Assembly of Delegates, including as Assembly Representative on the AMTA Board of Directors from 2010-2013, and as Assembly Speaker from 2012-2013. He currently serves on the AMTA Board of Directors (2000-present) as an Assembly Representative Alternate.
Specialized/advanced trainings:
- Analytical Music Therapist
- Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
- Clinical musicianship
- Intersubjectivity and interpersonal dynamics (transference/countertransference)
- Themes, narratives, archetypes
Karen Goodman, LCAT
Clinical Supervision
Karen D. Goodman, Professor Emerita, Music Therapy, Montclair State University, Montclair NJ, LCAT.
Biography:
The longest serving educator in the State of New Jersey, Professor Karen Goodman is a seasoned educator, supervisor, administrator, author (2007, 2011, 2015), international lecturer and clinician. Professor Goodman continues to write as a solo author and editor, supervise, conference internationally and edit for graduate students and professionals in the field of music therapy and creative arts therapy. See Facebook page, Karen D. Goodman Consulting Services, LLC.
Specialized/advanced trainings:
- DIR practitioner
- Music psychotherapy training previously supervised by leading psychiatrists in NYC area
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
- Editing
- Clinical supervision
- Mentoring for educators
- Guest lecturing
- Continuing education in music therapy
- Academic writing support
Karly Muzalier, MT-BC
Clinical Supervision, Practicum Supervision, Internship
Biography:
Karly Muzalier, MT-BC is a business owner and practicing music therapist. She leads a team of MTs in her private practice, and also coaches students, new professionals, and new private practice owners to help them on their personal and professional journey. In supervision, she focuses on finding an individual's strengths and creating a career path that encompasses those strengths into their daily life.
Needs commonly addressed in practice:
- Career guidance
- Ethical thinking
- Confidence in professionalism
- Business ownership
- New private practice business owners
- Resource building
- Life balance
- New professional navigation
Roia Rafieyan, MA, MT-BC
Clinical Supervision
Biography:
I have over 30 years of experience as a music therapist, and I continue to be a humble learner, attending various classes, receiving my own supervision, and incorporating new knowledge, new awareness and understandings into my practice. Most of my time as a clinician has been spent learning about and from nonspeaking autistic people and other folx who are labelled as having intellectual disabilities, many of whom have experienced various forms of trauma. I continue to engage in the work of becoming aware of and actively confronting my unconscious biases as well as reflecting on ways I have participated in and upheld oppressive practices as a music therapist.
I identify as a white-appearing, bi-cultural (Iranian/American), cis woman (she/her). My approach is to invite self- awareness by processing sessions through dialogue and music-making. Most of the supervision work I’ve done has been online. Some people work with me briefly, and others commit to a longer term arrangement. Feel free to contact me with questions
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
Music therapists seek professional clinical supervision for a number of reasons. Some wish to deepen their work, moving to a more process-focused approach, some feel stuck in their current ways of working and may be struggling with burnout, and others find themselves experiencing strong countertransference reactions in relation to service users. Many music therapists work in systems that are oppressive, and they feel dismissed as “entertainment” and unsupported in doing the work they do; or they may be overly relied upon and burdened with caseloads that feel overwhelming.
Janet Robertson, MA, MT-BC
Practicum Supervision, Internship
Specialized/advanced trainings:
- Boston University Skills training
Needs commonly addressed by practice:
- Mental Health
- Child to Adult