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Eastside Music Therapy, LLC

Neurodiversity Affirming Music Therapy Services in the Bellevue, WA Area

12/13/2025

Oops 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dad was in the room. Kiddo quickly moved on (like, within 5 seconds…). We kept making music. 🎶

Also feels important to note that the tissue was for the kid!

12/09/2025

Termination can be a bummer, but it can also be a really beautiful transition depending on the circumstances 🤷🏻‍♀️

Do you have any special ways to mark the end of a therapeutic relationship?

12/06/2025

I get to see all of my older adult groups three times this month before Christmas! I decided to break things up this year by when the song came out. So this week we focused on songs that came out before the 1900s. It’s been so much fun to surprise people with just how old some of these classic Christmas tunes are. Next week we will focus on songs from 1900 through today, and the week before Christmas we’ll do a hodgepodge of whatever the heck we feel like!

12/04/2025

I’ve told the state that I’m bringing someone else in… it’s getting even more real!

12/03/2025

I’ve been attempting to up my music knowledge by listening to objectively great albums and it’s been a lot of fun! The holiday roadtrip was the perfect venue to listen to 9 albums straight through (split between going there and back, of course).

12/02/2025

Not me spending my first session today going from full falsetto to as low as I can go 😂 anybody else? No? Cool. 😅

11/26/2025

Future me will thank present me. So I’m saying you’re welcome in advance!

11/25/2025

I just really love fidgets 💖

11/22/2025

Singing about mashed potatoes this month has left me in total mourning 😢

Also he totally started singing along and it was amazing 🥔

11/21/2025

Here was my response, feel free to steal it!

“I’m actually not a fan of sitting tolerance. It has been shown that autistic and other neurodivergent individuals need to move in order to regulate and learn. Sitting tolerance is highly associated with compliance based therapies, which I am not. Not only is it developmentally appropriate given your kiddos age for their need to move, but it is even more so appropriate given that they are neurodivergent! Lots of neurodivergent folks need some sort of movement to help them concentrate. For littles it frequently looks like running and jumping. When they get older, it might look like sitting on a yoga ball or spinning chair to do work or having fidgets always at hand. Your kiddo is listening to their body and its needs by being in constant motion! This is a good thing!”

11/19/2025

Saw this on Reddit. Couldn’t agree more.

11/15/2025

Scenario:
Client moves to the cozy corner.
Therapist waits a minute and asks, “can I come closer?”
Client answers “no”.
Therapist waits a minute and starts singing along to the song.
Client brings a pillow fort nearby.
Therapist waits a few minutes and lays down next to the fort to be in the client’s line of sight.

Result:
Client feels regulated and comes out from the fort knowing the therapist respected their boundaries and is ready to engage!

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Bellevue, WA

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http://eastsidemt.com/

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