Private Music Therapy Service

Private Music Therapy Service Private Clinical Music Therapy Services across Leinster - providing individual and group Music Therapy Sessions for an affordable rate.

Clara Monahan is a fully qualified music therapist who specialises in working with children and adults with disabilities. Her experience in this area is wide ranging and she has worked with children and adults with autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, Down Syndrome, learning disabilities and children with developmental delay. Clara has also worked with older adults both in the nursing home and hospital setting. Clara completed a Bachelor of Music from N.U.I Maynooth before qualifying as a music therapist with an MA in Music Therapy from the University of Limerick in 2008. Clara has 2 years experience working as a full time music therapist in Northern Ireland with the Northern Irish Music Therapy Trust (NIMMT). This involved designing and implementing music therapy programmes in 3 Special Schools across Northern Ireland. During this time her work was mainly with children/adolescents with autism and varying disabilities - detailed above. She also ran music therapy programmes for individual children in a centre for children with developmental delay –this involved working with families as well as individual children in the music therapy session. Clara is currently working in the Republic of Ireland as a freelance music therapist. She works in 2 centres for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Dublin area. This involves clinical individual and group music therapy. Clara also has experience running general music therapy workshops and presentations for centres/organisations in which parents/carers/teachers etc. can gain information about music therapy; the process, benefits, techniques etc. Her approach is client-centred and eclectic which looks at the ‘whole person’ in assessment and therapeutic goals are then developed from this basis.

Happy World Music Therapy Day!What better way to celebrate than connecting with my clients online for some Music Therapy...
01/03/2021

Happy World Music Therapy Day!

What better way to celebrate than connecting with my clients online for some Music Therapy sessions. Our theme today is, "Connection" ♥️🎶♥️

https://iacat.ie/events/27992-iacat-cpd-creative-seriesHi all. I'm running this creative workshop series for 5 weeks beg...
04/01/2021

https://iacat.ie/events/27992-iacat-cpd-creative-series

Hi all. I'm running this creative workshop series for 5 weeks beginning this Thursday 7th January at 7.30pm. You can sign up via the link above. It's with IACAT (Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapies). Workshops are for an hour and we will be doing guided meditation, singing, song writing and exploring our creativity. All are welcome! Maximum of 8 places.

Please note that fees for April 2020- March 2021 have been reduced for professional members from €110 to €80 to assist members with recovery of practice due to Covid19. These fees and all other membership fees will be taken in two instalments: April and Oct 2020.

A bit of Halloween fun for my online Music Therapy sessions this afternoon!
30/10/2020

A bit of Halloween fun for my online Music Therapy sessions this afternoon!

I'm excited to be a key speaker at the "Music, Health & Wellbeing National Online Symposium" today.Looking forward to a ...
06/10/2020

I'm excited to be a key speaker at the "Music, Health & Wellbeing National Online Symposium" today.

Looking forward to a day of sharing, learning and developing our field as Music Therapists, Musicians in Healthcare and Practitioners.



National online symposium on music and music therapy for clinical professionals, music therapists and the public.

I'm enjoying this new experience of delivering Music Therapy sessions online to clients today! A new skill for my servic...
28/09/2020

I'm enjoying this new experience of delivering Music Therapy sessions online to clients today! A new skill for my service 😊

As part of Culture Night Tallaght University Hospital celebrations this year we are releasing 4 videos of "Sing with M...
18/09/2020

As part of Culture Night Tallaght University Hospital celebrations this year we are releasing 4 videos of "Sing with Me" across the day. Here is the second video, "Raglan Road". Enjoy!



"Raglan Road" Performed by our Music Therapist , Clara Monahan 'Raglan Road' began as a poem by Patrick Kavanagh about unrequited love. It was first publ...

As part of Culture Night Tallaght University Hospital celebrations this year we are releasing 4 videos of "Sing with M...
18/09/2020

As part of Culture Night Tallaght University Hospital celebrations this year we are releasing 4 videos of "Sing with Me" across the day. Here is the first of them, "You Are My Sunshine" ... Enjoy 😊🌞



"You Are My Sunshine" (trad arr.) Performed by our Music Therapist , Clara Monahan This special edition of 'Sing With Me' is for Culture Night 2020. Sele...

An honest and informative look at the Creative Arts Therapies profession in Ireland by Bill Ahessy
20/07/2020

An honest and informative look at the Creative Arts Therapies profession in Ireland by Bill Ahessy

This survey is a comprehensive mapping of Creative Arts Therapists (CATs) in Ireland. It presents the current distribution and demographic profile of therapists and highlights practice, professional engagement and employment characteristics and trends. The survey was completed in 2020.

My 'Relax with Me' series for Tallaght University Hospital continues with this full body relaxation.This video series is...
07/06/2020

My 'Relax with Me' series for Tallaght University Hospital continues with this full body relaxation.

This video series is part of my work as music therapist in the hospital as I cannot work with patients at present due to restrictions.

The videos are accessible for all. Take a few moments to relax as you listen...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=JOnBvRKEjWs

This Full Body Relaxation is guided by our Music Therapist , Clara Monahan. Relax with Me is a series of music inspired guided relaxation and visualisati...

My 'Sing with Me' series for Tallaght University Hospital continues this week with, "What a Wonderful World": https://m....
06/06/2020

My 'Sing with Me' series for Tallaght University Hospital continues this week with, "What a Wonderful World":
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=oYEzAO06hf8

'What a Wonderful World' (by Thiel & Weiss, first released by Louis Armstrong). Performed by our Music Therapist @ TUH, Clara Monahan. Sing with Me is a seri...

I'm proud to have played some part in these initiatives in Tallaght University Hospital during these difficult times.
08/05/2020

I'm proud to have played some part in these initiatives in Tallaght University Hospital during these difficult times.

Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) has responded in creative and adaptable ways to the unique challenges presented by COVID-19 to ensure patients and staff still have access to art and music - but in a different and more virtual way. As with all services across the Hospital, COVID-19 has severely im...

Next in the 'Relax with Me' video series I'm making for Tallaght University Hospital is a 'Bird in Flight Visualisation'...
28/04/2020

Next in the 'Relax with Me' video series I'm making for Tallaght University Hospital is a 'Bird in Flight Visualisation'. It is made with patients and staff in mind but can be accessed by all. I hope you enjoy and can take some time to relax today.

'Bird in Flight' visualisation by our Music Therapist , Clara Monahan. Relax with Me is a series of music inspired guided relaxation and visualisation vi...

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