Harmony Creative Therapy

04/27/2026

Time to reintroduce another familiar face in the HCT team! Say hi in the comments to our Therapy & Enrichment Coordinator, Katie Pistilli! 👋 (and check out our new feature at the end!)

04/15/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! On this final day, music therapist Jamie is sharing a resource she created for a "Here Comes the Sun" lyric substitution and lyric discussion, which she calls "Here Comes the Spring" 💐 the second picture is an example from one of her students!

04/14/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! Today we have music therapist Taylor sharing an awesome song that she wrote! 🎶

Music therapy works within a variety of domains, one of which addresses social/emotional needs. Social songs can be used as a way to discuss feelings and regulation needs in an engaging and individualized way. Due to the repetitive nature of music, social songs have a reliable structure that may provide additional support for students learning social-emotional skills.

In this song, the volume and speed of the guitar accompaniment provides an additional level of musical support when identifying feelings. This social song can be used to work on skills like identifying and matching emotion-based facial expressions, associating common actions and movements with emotions (cry=sad, stomp=mad), and identifying then implementing coping strategies. The lyrics can be adjusted to include any emotion or coping skill that is appropriate for a student's needs.

04/13/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! Today we have a brand new blog from music therapist Katja about a great book she uses in sessions in the spring! 🌱

Blog by Katja Beebe, MT-BC

04/12/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! Today, music therapist Robin is showing us how we can substitute lyrics of a familiar song to fit a different theme, such as safety while playing outside - check out "Street Smarts" to the tune of Imagine Dragon's "Believer" 🚲🏃🎶

04/11/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! We want to share what this incredible field means to us and what we love most about our work doing music therapy, enrichment classes, and counseling services 💙💚

04/10/2026

🎉 Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🎶

Every day this week, we're sharing resources and stories to celebrate this amazing field! To start off this year, we're highlighting Chuck's incredible work with songwriting - and check out his awesome moves at the end!

04/06/2026

Spring has finally sprung 🌸 which means we can make music outside with so many things! Check out our newest blog on nature's instruments 🎶

Spring is finally here! The daffodils are blooming, the Easter bunny will soon make his visits, and families are itching to get out of the house. In the spring, the outside world is full of sounds. Last spring, we shared the blog Pause and Hear the Sounds of Spring to practice mindfulness and noti

03/26/2026

Today we're excited to reintroduce a familiar face - say hi in the comments to our Education Coordinator, Rebecca Szalay! 👋

03/20/2026

Winter is almost over, but who knows if we'll get one more snow day this year?! ❄️ Enjoy this "Snow Day" song by Vinny!

03/17/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day from HCT!🍀

03/10/2026

This past weekend, many of our music therapists were in attendance at Nazareth University's annual Music Therapy Conference! In particular, therapists Hannah Baker and Jamie McArdle gave a presentation where they shared their experiences and insight to students, interns, and professionals in "Tailored Tunes: Crafting Songs for Individual Student Needs in the Special Education Setting" 🎶

Thanks to Naz Music Therapy for hosting an amazing event that brings the Rochester music therapy community together!