Bertolami Music Therapy Services

Bertolami Music Therapy Services Bertolami Music Therapy offers a wide range of music therapy services to groups and individuals with

Bertolami Music Therapy offers a wide range of music therapy services to groups and individuals with special needs of all ages and abilities. My approach to music therapy is rooted in a “client centered” practice that works toward building upon the unique abilities of each client within the context of a therapeutic relationship. Within this dynamic is the fundamental belief that each individual has the capacity for their own unique musical expressiveness that serves as a basis to facilitate therapeutic growth and progress towards a wide range of both musical and non-musical goal areas. By working with these unique musical expressions and inclinations and creating a customized music based experience, I believe it helps drive the students motivation in music therapy and allows them to become more open towards working on other areas of growth and exploration. This “client centered” approach requires active music making and a diversified musical approach. As a result, clients working in music therapy have the opportunity to work with a wide range of instruments and musical experiences that may include the use of guitar, piano, percussion, singing, songwriting, sound recording and the exploration of music based technologies.

04/04/2025

Sharing a little demo of one of the cool ways we are able to use touch screen technology to provide our clients with alternative ways for making music. Currently, we have a group working on recording their own version of the song "The Eye of the Tiger". Using the "smart guitar" feature on Garageband allows us to map out the sequence of chords for the song, providing the client with a more accessible way of playing their own guitar accompaniment. Pretty cool stuff!!!

Why music therapy is important!!!!
01/10/2025

Why music therapy is important!!!!

Ever wonder how music therapy is used to support the expanded core curriculum? Check out our presentation on this subje...
12/09/2023

Ever wonder how music therapy is used to support the expanded core curriculum? Check out our presentation on this subject from last April’s Early Connections Conference at Perkins School for the Blind - now up on YouTube!:

In this presentation, Lisa Martino MA, MT-BC, LMHC, Michael Bertolami MA, MT-BC, and Sarah Sacala MA, MT-BC, explain what music therapy services are all abou...

06/27/2022

Happy Birthday Helen Keller! Today is Perkins' most famous student's birthday, and we could not be more proud and honored to share just a few of her incredible accomplishments throughout her birthday month. Celebrate her birthday by supporting our Deafblind School at https://bit.ly/3tiNJer.

06/23/2022

Now accepting new clients for in home and virtual music therapy. Call or message to reserve your spot now!

Anna Maria College has made the unfortunate decision to discontinue their music therapy and music ed programs. I have s...
06/20/2022

Anna Maria College has made the unfortunate decision to discontinue their music therapy and music ed programs. I have supervised music therapy students from Anna Maria for more than 20 years now and have had the honor of joining the College as adjunct faculty for the last two years - this is a huge disappointment and great loss for the field in the New England Region. Please consider signing and sharing this petition to allow for the class of 2025 to be able to finish the education that was promised to them by the school.

Anna Maria College’s “Sunset” Of The Music Department

05/08/2021
Looking forward to being able to do in person music therapy again someday (pre COVID action shot below), but for now we ...
10/21/2020

Looking forward to being able to do in person music therapy again someday (pre COVID action shot below), but for now we are finding many ways to creatively keep things rolling remotely!

A cool little article highlighting one of the many virtual experiences being provided by the music therapy team at Perki...
05/13/2020

A cool little article highlighting one of the many virtual experiences being provided by the music therapy team at Perkins during this extended school closure:

With energy that rivals a rock concert, Zoom dance parties at Perkins give students a chance to let loose.

This is absolutely spectacular - one of my amazing little rockstars also happens to now be a member of the Harvard Men’s...
12/14/2019

This is absolutely spectacular - one of my amazing little rockstars also happens to now be a member of the Harvard Men’s Soccer team! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Dec. 13, 2019

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