Concordia Music Therapy

18/11/2025

Curious? 🤨 Slide into our DMs!!

More info coming soon....

28/10/2025

I had to make a video for my profile on , a social enterprise that aims to destigmatise mental health in Asian communities and provides a mental health platform and community for Asian Australians.

Thought I'd spruce it up and showcase it here too!

I tried my best to promote music therapy as an alternative mental health support to standard talk therapies - with a deadline, and all under 29 seconds. Anything I missed?

Gimme your tips & suggestions in the comments!

27/10/2025

Goodbye Spotify 👋🏻

19/10/2025

From Graduation 🎓 to Boss Babes 🙌🏻✨
Such a privilege to do professional and personal life with Dr. Jen Bibb.
A lot has changed in 14 years! And yet, a lot hasn't.
Happy birthday 🎈🍰

12/10/2025

This is Fanta 🐶 sometimes she comes to music therapy sessions and clients get to reap some benefits of unofficial pet therapy. Turns out she shares the same colour scheme as our new business cards (ready for Conference & PDS in Melbourne! ☕)
Apparently, at Concordia Music Therapy, we like all things black and gold ⚫💛

10/10/2025

It's been a while, but I'm back! Getting ready for 2025 AMTA Conference & PDS and working on an exciting new Supervision Service for 2026! With special packages for New Grads/Early Career RMTs. Stay tuned 🎶

04/12/2024

Under the new reforms by Minister Bill Shorten and the NDIA, it will no longer be sustainable for RMTs to operate within the NDIS. The majority of participants would be unable to access music therapy outside of the NDIS.

We are an evidence-based allied health profession.
We design and deliver goal-oriented, individualised therapy that delivers functional outcomes.
Music therapy belongs in the NDIS as a therapy support.

If you are willing and able, there are things you can do to help:

1) Sign and share the petition - link in bio.

If you want to do more such as the following, please DM me and I can provide resources and support you through it.

2) Phone and write to your local MP
3) Write to Minister Shorten
4) Phone Minister Shorten's office - 02 6277 7200
5) Share your stories of music therapy
Together, we can ensure that music therapy remains a viable and accessible allied health service through the NDIS.

02/12/2024

Under the new reforms by Minister Bill Shorten and the NDIA, it will no longer be sustainable for RMTs to operate within the NDIS. The majority of participants would be unable to access music therapy outside of the NDIS.

We are an evidence-based allied health profession.
We design and deliver goal-oriented, individualised therapy that delivers functional outcomes.

Music therapy belongs in the NDIS as a therapy support. 

If you are willing and able, there are things you can do to help:

1) Sign and share the petition - link in bio.

If you want to do more such as the following, please DM me and I can provide resources and support you through it.

2) Phone and write to your local MP

3) Write to Minister Shorten

4) Phone Minister Shorten's office - 02 6277 7200

5) Share your stories of music therapy

Together, we can ensure that music therapy remains a viable and accessible allied health service through the NDIS. 



 

30/11/2024

Under the new reforms by Minister Bill Shorten and the NDIA, it will no longer be sustainable for RMTs to operate within the NDIS. The majority of participants would be unable to access music therapy outside of the NDIS.

We are an evidence-based allied health profession.

We design and deliver goal-oriented, individualised therapy that delivers functional outcomes.

Music therapy belongs in the NDIS as a therapy support. 

If you are willing and able, there are things you can do to help:

1) Sign and share the petition - link in bio.

If you want to do more such as the following, please DM me and I can provide resources and support you through it.

2) Phone and write to your local MP

3) Write to Minister Shorten

4) Phone Minister Shorten's office - 02 6277 7200

5) Share your stories of music therapy

Together, we can ensure that music therapy remains a viable and accessible allied health service through the NDIS. 



 

30/11/2024

Huge thanks to Kellie & Brock 🙏🏻 who have consented to share photos and the following statement to advocate for as a therapy support:

"Bonnie has been receiving since her brain tumour diagnosis 5 years ago. This has assisted enormously in her recovery and well being. She is seven years old and has been battling her brain tumour since she was two.

Last year she had a brain tumour resection and six shunt revision surgeries to help drain fluid from her head. For two months she was unable to talk, and she lost the use of her right side. The surgeons weren’t sure whether they could fix Bonnie's complicated head, and numerous times we thought she may not survive. Thankfully she turned a corner, and music therapy has played a crucial part in her recovery. 

Music therapy has helped Bonnie in providing some uplifting moments during long hospital admissions. Despite being unwell and drowsy, her face would always light up with music. This meant the world to us, especially when she was unable to talk. Currently she loves her regular music sessions at home and at school.

Music lifts Bonnie's spirits emotionally and she looks forward to every session. It has helped Bonnie immensely with her speech therapy. The use of instruments has been a helpful strategy to improve the strength and movement of her right arm. Dancing during music therapy sessions and the use of action songs has also assisted her right limb recovery.

More recently, some of Bonnie's music sessions have taken place at school in small groups. To see Bonnie enjoy this social engagement, as well as learn to share instruments has been wonderful.  It's lovely to see a group of young kids share ideas about what song to sing next. This has helped Bonnies' cognitive skills in thinking, listening and decision making.

Due to Bonnie’s brain tumour being inoperable, her health will continue to be up and down. We don’t know how long Bonnie will survive, but we know music therapy is crucial for Bonnie’s well being. Therefore we need funding through NDIS to remain an option to support our daughter."

29/11/2024

Under the new reforms by Minister Bill Shorten and the NDIA, it will no longer be sustainable for RMTs to operate within the NDIS. The majority of NDIS participants would be unable to access music therapy without NDIS funding.

We are an evidence-based allied health profession.
We design and deliver goal-oriented, individualised therapy that delivers functional outcomes.

Music therapy belongs in the NDIS as a therapy support. 

If you are willing and able, there are things you can do to help:

1) Sign and share the petition - link in bio.

If you want to do more such as the following, please DM me and I can provide AMTA resources and support you through it.

2) Phone and write to your local MP

3) Write to Minister Shorten

4) Phone Minister Shorten's office - 02 6277 7200

5) Share your stories of music therapy

Together, we can ensure that music therapy remains a viable and accessible allied health service through the NDIS. 

Let's defy gravity,
Priscilla 🎶💫💚

27/11/2024

The NDIA without consultation recently indicated that music therapy would be removed from therapeutic supports as of next Monday 2nd Dec.

Thanks to the responsive advocacy work of the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and our MT community, these reforms have been delayed until the 1st Feb, 2025.

But the fight is far from over. Under the new reforms by Minister Bill Shorten and the NDIA, it will no longer be sustainable for many RMTs such as myself to operate within the NDIS. The majority of NDIS participants would be unable to access music therapy without NDIS funding.

Formal communication from the NDIA states that Music therapy has been removed as therapeutic supports on the grounds that we are not evidence-based and do not support functional outcomes. This is incorrect. We are an evidence-based health profession. As per Dr Jennifer Bibb: We have Masters degrees and PhDs. We work in universities and hospitals.

We do not provide music education or recreational activities.

Therefore our new advocacy points are as follows:

"We ask that NDIA and Bill Shorten reverse their decision and have music therapy reinstated as therapeutic supports. We are an evidence-based allied health profession."

If you are willing and able, there are things you can do to help:

1) Sign and share this petition - https://chng.it/pWZc8CDP7s

If you want to do more such as the following, please DM me and I can provide AMTA resources and support you through it.

2) Phone and write to your local MP
3) Write to Minister Shorten
4) Phone Minister Shorten's office - 02 6277 7200

Together, we can ensure that music therapy remains a viable and accessible health service through the NDIS.

Let's defy gravity.

Priscilla 💚❤️

Keep Music Therapy as an NDIS funded THERAPEUTIC Support!