RGV Music Therapy and Wellness Center

04/12/2026

Happy World Music Therapy Week! 🌎🎹

Here are a few ways you can make a meaningful impact for the field of music therapy this week and year ‘round:

1️⃣ Spreading awareness on social media
2️⃣ Donating to music therapy organizations
3️⃣ Supporting music therapy licensure in your state
4️⃣ Referring patients to music therapy
5️⃣ Pushing for more insurance coverage

Thanks for supporting what we do 🙏🏻

04/11/2026

It’s World Music Therapy Week! 🎉

Join us this week in celebrating music therapists around the world! We’re kicking off the week with 5 things to know about music therapy:

1️⃣Definition of music therapy: “Music therapy is the professional use of music and its elements as an intervention in medical, educational, and everyday environments with individuals, groups, families, or communities who seek to optimize their quality of life and improve their physical, social, communicative, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual health and wellbeing.” World Federation of Music Therapy, 2011

2️⃣ Music therapist qualifications: Music therapists have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in music therapy and are credentialed clinicians. Depending on the state or country, they may be board certified, licensed, or both.

3️⃣ Settings for music therapy: Music therapists are qualified to work in a variety of settings including medical or psychiatric hospitals, hospice or palliative care, home health, private practice, school districts, veteran associations, correctional facilities, skilled nursing facilities, memory care units, rehabilitation, and more!

4️⃣ Music therapy goals: Because music can impact us in many different ways, music therapy use music to address physical, social, cognitive, psychological, or spiritual goals.

5️⃣ Music therapy interventions: Music therapists use music in different ways, depending on the needs of the client. This can include listening to music, singing, learning how to play instruments, composing music, improvising, and more!

Follow for more music therapy advocacy 👏🏻

04/10/2026

Happy World Music Therapy Week❤️🎶🙌🏻🌎

04/08/2026

Join us this Friday (4/10/26) for a FREE community drum circle 🥁✨

All ages and abilities are welcome - no experience needed, just come as you are 🩵

Bring your own drum or use one of ours (first come, first serve).

Come connect, release stress, and be part of something rhythmic and uplifting with our community 🎶

Hope to see you there! 🫶

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04/07/2026

6 songs in Spanish every music therapist in Texas should have ready 🎶

Working along the Texas-Mexico as a music therapist means stepping into a rich blend of Mexican American music. The Spanish songs that resonate here often reflect regional styles like Tejano, norteño, cumbia, and boleros that are deeply rooted in the communities we serve.

These 6 songs are some of the most requested in our sessions across the RGV - familiar, meaningful, and powerful tools for engagement, reminiscence, movement, and connection 🩵

There are so many more important songs to learn depending on your clients’ backgrounds and preferences, but this is a good place to start if you’re building your Spanish repertoire in Texas.

04/06/2026

You don’t have to do anything…just listen 🎶

We host weekly community sound baths on Monday nights at 6pm for $20 at our center in Mercedes, Tx.

Bring a yoga mat, essential oils, and spend the hour listening to the soothing sounds of the crystal bowls ✨

Reserve your spot online (link in bio) 🩵

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04/03/2026

We’re hosting a whole month of community music therapy events here in the RGV 🌴

Hope to see you there! 🎶

📍Mercedes, Tx

Spots are limited. Reserve yours at rgvmusictherapy.com/community-spaces (link in bio)

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We are dedicated to offering a diverse range of music therapy community groups designed to meet the unique needs of individuals with all ages and abilities. Whether you are seeking a safe space to explore your creativity, manage stress, or simply connect with others through the universal language of

04/01/2026

Every session is intentional. From your goals and music preferences to the interventions we choose, everything is designed with you in mind 🎶

Join us for an individual session or a community group and experience music therapy that meets you where you are.

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03/27/2026

Sound baths are a therapeutic experience that use instruments like singing bowls, gongs, and chimes to create immersive vibrations that promote deep relaxation and stress relief ✨

The layered frequencies can help regulate the nervous system, guiding the body out of “fight or flight” and into a more restful state, which may support improved sleep, reduced anxiety, and emotional release.

Join us for weekly community sound baths 🌱

Saturdays at 12pm
Mondays at 6pm

Sign up online at rgvmusictherapy.com/community-spaces

03/23/2026

We’re more than a practice - we’re a collective rooted in creativity, culture, and community 🩵

Since 2017, we’ve been serving our border community in the Rio Grande Valley with music therapy and recreational therapy for individuals of all ages and abilities 🎶🌱

Our work shows up in homes, facilities, and community spaces all throughout the 956 so we can provide opportunities for expression, connection, and growth.

We’re also committed to shaping the future of our field through student internships and contributing research that reflects the lived experiences of border and Latine communities 📚

This is the first center of its kind in the RGV, and we’re just getting started ✨

Welcome to our community.

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