Soul Sounds Music Therapy

Soul Sounds Music Therapy ~ Based in Port Macquarie, NSW
~Founded by Registered Music Therapist, Phoebe Thompson-Star

SOUL SOUNDS Music Therapy is extremely saddened and disheartened to share the recently announced changes to funding of M...
26/11/2024

SOUL SOUNDS Music Therapy is extremely saddened and disheartened to share the recently announced changes to funding of Music Therapy under the NDIS

Earlier this week, the Australian Music Therapy Association received word from NDIA that music therapy is to be removed as a therapeutic support from the NDIS. This decision was made suddenly, without reason or consultation and with the potential to have a devastating impact on the lives of thousands of individuals with disabilities across Australia.

For many, music therapy is a life-changing support that nurtures their wellbeing in ways other therapies cannot. It is a gateway to communication and memory, a means of connection to the world around them and a vehicle for processing and understanding the most challenging of emotions and experiences.

We, as a profession of extremely passionate and dedicated people, have since rallied with everything that we have and our voices are certainly being heard. Things are changing quickly, but with that means new curveballs being thrown, many of which are misinformed and upsetting for our clients and our entire profession πŸ’”

We have so far been given the gift of time (changes have been pushed from effective Monday to Feb 1st), devastatingly though, it still stands that thousands of participants will lose access as they simply don't have the funding bracket Shorten has demoted music therapy into in their plans!

The most disheartening for music therapists across the country is the dismissal and undermining of the entire evidence-base behind our profession - As a result, the new changes will mean that we are no longer recognised as the research-based Allied Health profession that we are, with music therapy seen as a community support as of 01/02/2025..

We are deflated, but not defeated and ask our communities for support to REVERSE THE DECISION!
Because music therapy IS an evidence-based allied health profession!

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Please sign and share our petition:
https://www.change.org/p/save-music-therapy-keep-it-funded-under-ndis?fbclid=IwY2xjawGzGKVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUJaRcNMsir9aAz9LAE08dRrBpx-0XF-ZYZjx4jQkRH5MCDwd3Pk5N_t6g_aem_KAgzUaWIX9tLX7bo7T4IQA

And if you have a moment between 9am- 12pm today to join our calling campaign, the more voices Bill Shorten hears the better (guidance points in comments) πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
Bill Shorten's office
Phone (02) 6277 7200
Email minister.shorten@dss.gov.au

For further information on our evidence-base:
https://www.austmta.org.au/public/151/files/Website%20general/2024%20AMTA%20Disability%20evidence%20summary.pdf

With Love, hope and gratitude,
Phoebe
(Director of SOUL SOUNDS Music Therapy)

What a privilege it is to watch this wonderful group connect and grow together through music 🎢
15/11/2024

What a privilege it is to watch this wonderful group connect and grow together through music 🎢

Music therapy with Phoebe takes place on Wednesday at 11.15am. Call us on 6583 4148 to secure your spot.

11/11/2024

Is there any better way to start the week!? 😍🎢 🏑

22/11/2023

It is a great privilege as a music therapist to be trusted with deeply personal stories, thoughts & vulnerabilities, and to be my client's biggest cheerleader should they decide to bravely embark on the journey of writing (and finishing!) their own original songs 🎼
Soooo i thought it was about time i cheered myself on to actually finish off one of my own too πŸ™ˆ

'Breathe'~ A song inspired by those who inspire me everyday, and the work i am so blessed to do


What an honour it was to be in the audience for this heart-warming performance today, supporting one of SOUL SOUND's ver...
25/02/2023

What an honour it was to be in the audience for this heart-warming performance today, supporting one of SOUL SOUND's very own and hearing these courageous stories πŸ™

Thank you , and for portraying life with dementia (and the power of music) in such a beautiful way!

And most importantly, THANK YOU to these incredibly brave and resilient ladies and gentlemen, for sharing their stories so honestly and openly and allowing us to better understand what it means to live with dementia & MCI ❀️





~Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel~SocratesIt was not too long after starting my masters...
25/11/2022

~Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel~
Socrates

It was not too long after starting my masters degree, and realising just how passionate I am about the mental health space, that I thought to myself β€˜One day, I think I’ll do a counselling degree as well’…
Weelllll today was that day β˜€οΈ

Very excited to delve deeper into counselling skills over the next 2 years and integrate this into my music therapy practice πŸ€“πŸŽΌπŸ“š


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Port Macquarie, NSW
2444

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