"Our child's life and family have seen many challenges and music therapy has created great opportunities for improving emotional and social development. Music therapy has been a gift to us!"

—CMCB Parent of a child with Autism

The idea that music skills and life skills go hand-in-hand is crucial to CMCB's mission. For over 30 years, our Music Therapy Program (MTP) and credentialed music therapists have offered unique opportunities for individuals of all abilities to experience self-empowerment through music.

Music Therapy combines the fields of music and therapy to address physical, psychological, emotional, cognitive and social needs within a therapeutic relationship—which distinguishes it from music entertainment of general music education.

Who Participates?

Each week CMCB's Music Therapy Program serves over 400 individuals by therapeutically tailoring music to specific diagnoses, including:

• Autism/PDD
• Mental Health
• Alzheimer's and Dementia disorders
• Developmental/Intellectual disabilities
• Emotional and Behavioral disorders
• Social and Learning challenges
• Physical disabilities
• Neurological/Medical disorders
• Anxiety/Depression
• Addiction and Recovery
• HIV/AIDS
• Overall wellness concerns, such as stress reduction; divorce/relationship transitional aging and quality of life

Group sessions: Allows individuals to experience a sense of belonging to a community by focusing on his/her unique contributions while also clinically supporting development in challenging areas. Sessions include songwriting, percussion circles and group improvisation.

Individual Sessions: Target ongoing and emerging needs one-on one. Students are encourages to explore instruments such as percussion, piano, guitar, and voice. These experiences are the foundation of the therapy relationship.

Locations (Partnership Settings)

• Specialized and Public Schools
• Medical Facilities
• Youth Centers
• Assisted Living Facilities
• Psychiatric Treatment Programs
• Early Intervention

Additional Music Therapy Services

• Cultivation of new funding partnerships through RFP's or matching grants
• Assessment & Strategies for Clients and/or Programs
• Professional Development (CBMT Approved; CEU offerings)
• Internship Program for Music Therapy students-in-training
• Professional and Peer Colleagues
• LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor)
• Individual and Group
• CMCB is widely recognized by leading colleges and universites which hire our Music Therapists to supervise students in field settings

For more information, please contact Kimberly Khare, MA, CMT, NRMT
Director of Music Therapy
617-482-7494 x25
khare@cmcb.org.

"Many of the teens we serve tend to be marginalized by their peer group and exist on the periphery, often not allowed an opportunity to express and contribute to their communities. Music therapy allows them to do that. From start to finish, they are creating, developing and producing songs that generate pride and self-esteem."

—Shaheer Mustafa, LICSW, Program Director,
Therapeutic After School Program (TASP),
The Home of Little Wanderers