We provide music therapy, rec therapy, & community wellness in South Texas ✨
Musical Mindspace Podcast 🎧
Advocacy, CMTEs, resources ⬇️
Latina-owned ❤️
The first and only private practice for music therapy in the Rio Grande Valley.
11/11/2025
Join the rhythm of our community spaces! 🎶
We’re hosting music therapy groups over the next few weeks for all ages and abilities. Visit rgvmusictherapy.com/community-spaces (link in bio) to sign up ✨
About:
🪇Los Soniditos is a fun and inclusive music therapy group for children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Using singing, rhythm, instruments, and movement, kids build social skills, academic readiness, and creativity. Led by a board-certified music therapist, each session supports connection, growth, and joyful expression through music.
🎶 Ukuelele for Wellness - Discover the joy of music and the power of self-expression through the ukulele in this virtual, supportive group designed especially for adults. Ukulele for Wellness combines gentle music instruction with mindfulness and emotional awareness to help you relax, connect, and create.
11/10/2025
Take a moment to tune in. How are you feeling today? ✨🎶
Here are four ways you can check in with yourself musically:
1️⃣ Improvise your mood
2️⃣ Name a song that’s been on your mind
3️⃣ Identify a chord that resonates with you
4️⃣ Pick a lyric that speaks to you
Share you check ins with us in the comments! ☺️
11/07/2025
🎉Congratulations to our clinical director, Marisa, for being published in a special edition of this week highlighting Decolonial Perspectives in Latin America.
“My heart, perspective, and work are forever influenced by the people and culture of the Rio Grande Valley. Thank you to my family and to those who came before me.
Thank you to my fellow team of music therapists at RGV Music Therapy who inspire and encourage me every day. Thank you to ezequiel bautista for being a soundboard throughout the process of writing this article.
Thank you to my husband, Omar, for your support, music, and guidance.
Lastly, thank you to for your collaboration and meaningful translation.”
Visit rgvmusictherapy.com/literature to connect with music therapy publications in the borderlands ✨
11/05/2025
Los Soniditos group on Saturday, November 15th. Come and join us! 🍂🎶🍁
10/27/2025
We publish literature and offer CMTEs rooted in the lived experiences of clients and music therapists in the borderlands to honor the stories that shape our practice and deepen collective understanding ✨
Visit our website to learn more about our CMTEs or explore our Literature page to access works from therapists in the RGV📚💻
10/22/2025
A sneak peek into the sounds of dia de mu***os! ✨🎶💀
Here’s a musical moment from our CMTE course, where theory meets practice, and every note tells a story 🕯️
“Decolonizing Music Therapy in the Borderlands: Día de Mu***os Traditions and Music Practices” is a continued education course for music therapists and will be available virtually for a limited time only through 10/26/25 🧡
🪈Asael Marquez
🎸Omar Oyoque
Visit rgvmusictherapy.com/cmte for more info! 💻
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10/17/2025
📣Reminder: Our monthly Los Soniditos music therapy group meets tomorrow at 1 PM!
Join us for a supportive, creative, and healing space through music. 🩵
📍 More info: rgvmusictherapy.com/community-spaces
10/13/2025
Setting up our community ofrenda is more than tradition - it’s an act of remembrance, healing, and connection. As a collective of therapists, we honor the lives and legacies of those who came before us, creating space for grief, love, and celebration. 💀🕯️🧡
#956 ***os ***os
10/12/2025
⭐️Limited CMTE Opportunity⭐️
Día de los Mu***os (Day of the Dead) is an important holiday recognized and honored across the Latine diaspora. It is a time of joyful recognition and remembrance of ones we’ve lost and a chance to reflect on grief and loss in the community. Music accompanies several other practices and traditions during this time.
This CMTE provides an opportunity for participants to get an in-depth knowledge base of the holiday, the music associated with this time and discuss implications for music therapy practice.
💻 Asynchronous, self paced
🗓️ Available through 10/26/25
☑️ Pre-approved for 3 CMTE credits
🧡 Pay what you can
🎶 Listen and reflect on music shared by our collective
📚 Audience: MT-BCs, MT students
📹 This course is a live recording from our virtual course hosted last year (2024)
Visit rgvmusictherapy.com/cmte to sign up (link in bio)
10/07/2025
Playlists are an important tool in music therapy that can support mental health is many ways. Swipe to learn more! ✨
What are your favorite playlist themes? Tell us in the comments! ⬇️
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Contact The Practice
Send a message to RGV Music Therapy and Wellness Center:
In the Rio Grande Valley, access to music therapy has been extremely limited...until now. Over the last few months, music therapy has become available across multiple settings including home health, behavioral health, hospice, and support for veterans with PTSD. This is a huge step forward for healthcare in the Rio Grande Valley.
Access to music therapy treatment is important for several reasons. Music therapy is an allied health profession that is research and evidence-based which means that everything music therapists do is intended to target very specific objectives. For children who are nonverbal, music can be the bridge for communication with others. In hospice care, patients can compose or record favorite songs as a legacy for their loved ones. Music can teach academic skills, reinforce positive behaviors, provide relaxation, improve motor functioning, and facilitate positive coping for traumatic events.
The difference that music therapy can make is immeasurable. Music itself has been referred to as a universal language because of its constant presence throughout the course of humanity. I have seen Alzheimer's patients sing every word of a "Golden Oldie" after being unable to recognize themselves or their loved ones. I have watched families come together at the bedside of their beloved elder to join in one last hymn.
Music is always with us. As music therapists, we are trained to take these connections and use them to enhance the lives of our patients in a clinical setting. Music therapists have a minimum of a bachelor's degree in music therapy and a current, professional credential (MT-BC) to practice music therapy.
For years, it has been my mission to create a place in our community where music therapy can grow, and I have been fortunate enough to work alongside facilities and agencies who strive to provide a high level of care.
RGV Music Therapy is a new program in the Valley, but it is a rapidly growing organization dedicated to serving our community. For additional information about our music therapy services, please visit www.rgvmusictherapy.com or follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
