Pen Bay Music Therapy

27/05/2025

Thank you Jennifer, Kate, Amy, and Dr. Riker for the wonderful discussion!

You can listen here: https://www.mainepublic.org/show/maine-calling/2025-05-22/music-mental-health

Maine Calling Maine Public Maine Music & Health Maine Music Therapy Association

Learn about the power of music to heal, soothe and stimulate the brain—and improve your health. Tune in to mark Mental Health Awareness Month. Live at 11 am & again at 8 pm.

04/01/2025

Thank you West Bay Rotary - Camden, Maine and Midcoast Music Academy -- and Happy New Year!

15/07/2024

02/05/2024

We're offering a free Youth Music Group in Rockland next week!

We'll be bringing a variety of instruments and recording equipment to share and making time to explore and play the group's favorite music.

See you there!

Join us NEXT WEEK, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAY 8TH!

The Landing Place
RSU 13
Flanagan Community Center
Oceanside Middle School RSU13

30/04/2024

29/04/2024

"The Pen Bay Music Therapy Program is unique and so valuable. While I have struggled to find consistent mental health care with providers in the medical setting, my music therapy sessions have provided me great care and encouragement weekly." - Adult PBMT client

Unfortunately, music therapy isn't typically reimbursable by insurance in the state of Maine. To make sessions more accessible, we're providing $600 per month in financial assistance to our music therapy clients to help them cover the costs of sessions. We can only do that with the support of donors! Please click the link to see the care we're providing in the video and consider making a one-time or recurring donation to support our services.

Click here to donate: https://www.midcoastmusicacademy.com/music-therapy

18/04/2024

In addition to embracing the theory and research of verbal therapies, Music Therapy at Pen Bay Music Therapy integrates music-centered opportunities for connecting, processing, coping, and healing.

Please consider making a donation through our fiscal sponsor, Midcoast Music Academy (501(c)(3) status for tax-deductible donations), to support our mission of creating opportunities for highly-trained music and creative arts therapists in the Midcoast to support clients of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Use the donate button attached to this post or go to https://www.midcoastmusicacademy.com/supportmcma.

We recognize that the healthcare system is making it hard for practitioners to create meaningful, lasting therapeutic relationships in accessible or affordable ways. To make matters more difficult for creative arts therapists, creative arts therapies are not licensed or typically reimbursed by insurance plans in Maine.

To keep sessions accessible, many clients at Pen Bay Music Therapy receive financial assistance to lighten the burden of session fees. We can't do this without generous support from the community! We want to let the Midcoast area know -- music and the arts belong in healthcare.

In this video, you'll see master's-level music therapist Dan Wenger working with Hannah, a young girl with a unique passion for music-making. Through improvisational music and play with Dan, Hannah exercises her capacities for sustaining emotional regulation and attention on spontaneous experiences. We hope their music and play inspires you!

For more information or to reach out, please visit:
penbaymusictherapy.com

11/04/2024

Pen Bay Music Therapy is open for business!

The purpose behind Pen Bay Music Therapy is to facilitate music therapy and wellness sessions at Midcoast Music Academy and around the Penobscot Bay. We empower clients of all ages and backgrounds through creative and analytical music therapy processes.

Why music therapy in the Midcoast?

In 2022, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Waldo Counties each voted Mental Health as a top health priority in the Midcoast District 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Report. Mental health was prioritized over Substance Use, Access to Care, Healthy Aging, and Chronic Disease. Programs for Youth and Mental Health Stigma were specifically described as areas of concerns in the Midcoast.

Pen Bay Music Therapy was started by Board-Certified Music Therapist Dan Wenger in response to these concerns. PBMT's strategies for improving the well-being of the community include:
- Facilitating opportunities for clients to engage in therapeutic music-centered processes.
- Honoring and celebrating the diverse and unique qualities of community members.
- Partnering with community members and organizations to encourage transformational relationships.

For more info or to register for sessions: penbaymusictherapy.com.