Connected Sounds Music Therapy

11/08/2023

One of our core values at Anam Music Therapy is collaboration and we are delighted to do just that with Tuam Yoga & Pilates Studio 🧘🏼‍♀️.

Dr. Lisa Kelly from Anam Music Therapy is delighted to be to collaborating with Charlotte Farragher from the Tuam Yoga & Pilates Studio for this special children's ‘Inside Out' Workshop! 🎵🤝 🧘‍♂️🎶

Together, we aim to empower kids aged 6-11 to regulate their emotions, manage anxiety, build confidence, and explore their feelings through this fun-filled workshop combining yoga, mindfulness & music therapy.

These invaluable tools will be a fantastic addition to their school bags, empowering them to face the school term with resilience, positivity, and a deeper understanding of their emotions! 🎒🌟

Join us on Sat, 26th August, 10am-11.30am Yoga & Pilates Studio
Contact Charlotte (086)2573998 to register

25/12/2022

Sending warm holiday wishes to everyone 🎄🎶

04/12/2022

Love this new addition to my instrument family from Gandharva Loka Dublin - The World Music Store

These Aqua Koshi Chimes are mesmerising. Such a gorgeous and relaxing sound 🎶

Already deciding which one to add to the collection next 🤭

13/10/2022

Exciting Thursday night ahead at a Career's Fair at a local community college. All set up and ready to go. Really looking forward to chatting to students about music therapy as a career choice! 📚🎶
Big thanks to for allowing me to use her wonderful music therapy myth busting resources to further educate and advocate for music therapy.

16/09/2022

So important!

Music therapy misconceptions!

01/07/2022

Recent publication by music therapist Bill Ahessy on Creative Arts Therapies in healthcare.
"CATs are high-value, patient-centred interventions that are easy to implement into clinical practice. They are adaptive and integrative by nature and can play a vital role in multidisciplinary strategies in addressing complex health challenges."

10/05/2022

Only looking at observable behavior (surface behaviors), doesn't tell you anything about what's actually causing the behavior.

You start solving problems when you start diggin'!

Image Description: Title: The “Why of A Behavior”. Two holes with a man digging in each hole: First hole is shallow with subtitle “The old way of thinking”. Underneath are the words “defiant”, “escape”, “avoiding” and “attention seeking”. Second hole is very deep with the subtitle “A necessary paradigm shift” (supported by brain science). Underneath are the words: sensory processing”, “emotional regulation”, “motor challenges”, “learning disabilities”, “trauma”. The function of any behavior is much deep than phrases like attention seeking. This shallow analysis will lead to using rewards and punishments to get compliance. Want to improve behavior? Solve the problem. How do you solve the problem? Dig Deeper. Greg Santucci, Occupational Therapist.

14/04/2022

Excited and ready to make some music this morning at the Easter Camp .ie 🐣🎶

30/03/2022

A review of 26 studies finds benefits of music on mental health are similar to those of exercise and weight loss

22/03/2022

Easter Camp 🐇🐇🐇
We are delighted to announce that our Easter Camp will take place on the 11th - 14th April and 19th - 22nd of April. The age group is 5-10 years old. The camp will involve:
Music Therapy,
Drama Therapy
Physical / Sensory Activities
Art Therapy based self-expression

The children will have full access to the sensory room during those times. The number of spaces is very limited so if you’re interested, please contact us as soon as possible by email info@sensoryspace.ie or call us on 041 9803307

07/03/2022

🎵🔊 I invite you to take a moment and have a listen to the sound of the steel tongue drum and some bubbles.
It can be so challenging sometimes to give ourselves the permission and take some time out of our day to stop and take some deep breaths.
Hope you can take some time out of your day to look after yourself whatever it may look like for you.
🏠 .ie

14/02/2022

Did you know that music is one of the only stimuli that can activate all regions of the brain? 🧠

That’s right! ✅

There is no specific music centre in the brain but rather widely distributed neural networks that are shared with general ‘non-musical’ cognitive, motor and language functions.

08/02/2022

🧠🎵

New Module Now Available!

In partnership with Captain, AFIRM is excited to announce the launch of Music-Mediated Intervention, one of the newly identified EBPs by National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence and Practice in their 2020 EBP Report.

Music-mediated intervention (MMI) can be used to increase learner communication, socialization, play, motor, and adaptive skills while reducing challenging behaviors.

Learn more today at AFIRM!

19/01/2022

06/01/2022

All sessions will be open to autistic people, parents and education professionals and will last one hour. Participants can attend the live event or access recordings after the event. All participants will need to register via the website.

In addition, the Centre will again deliver its 5-week wraparound programme for primary, post primary and special school sectors. These programmes will be delivered online and are open to autistic people, parents and education professionals. More information can be accessed on the Centre’s website.

Link to Training section on website:
https://www.middletownautism.com/training/joint

24/12/2021

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and New Year🎅🎄 Take some time for yourself this holiday season whatever it may look like for you. Stay safe and see you in 2022✨

21/12/2021

🎵✨

20/12/2021

So grateful having had the opportunity to be involved in this research project with such a wonderful team. Our paper focusing on maternal live singing in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has now been published and can be read below. 👶🎵