Charleston Music Therapy, LLC

Intergenerational music therapy today with my favorite assistant ❤️

I will never tire of learning a person's life story through the sharing of music ❤️

This shark was hungry today and the way to feed him is finding the letter he is hungry for! Great way to practice phonics, letter sounds and articulation.

Having a blast working on visual tracking and expressive language skills using the song "With Our Binoculars." We've got the fanciest binoculars in town 🤣

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"Today was a big day for Campbell! She has a lot of anxiety and fear of the stander. My student Claire and I have been working really hard for over a month to help slowly ease her into trying it out. We created a book about it that we read every week and started out by just saying "hi stander" and being able to even get within five feet of it was a big milestone. With the help of her awesome music therapist Jessica we were able to all work together to create a special song for her about her stander. The distraction of music allowed her to calm herself and try it out - she stayed in the stander for about 10 minutes and realized it's not so bad after!"

Yay, for disciplines coming together for the benefit of our sweet clients! Go, Campbell! 👏

We love teaching piano to preschoolers! Their joy for learning is infectious. Today we played many games that reinforced finger numbers, 1-1 correspondence, auditory discrimination, finger isolation and more.

Charleston Music Therapy is proud to be a James Island Rec Soccer League sponsor. ❤️

We enjoyed meeting lots of new people at Daniel Island Waterfront Park yesterday. We enjoyed some dancing, drumming and singing while sitting beside the beautiful Charleston harbor.

Practicing early childhood academic concepts through movement and music!

Thankful for all you do! So grateful to be a part of this empowering community. Bridges of Hope

Getting prepped for a day on the beach with the Shannon's Hope campers. Music therapy can be a powerful tool as individuals navigate the grief process. The groups will get to choose the mantras that they most relate to and play them in the drums.

Getting prepped for a day on the beach with the Shannon's Hope campers. Music therapy can be a powerful tool as individuals navigate the grief process. The groups will get to choose the mantras that they most relate to and play them in the drums.

We enjoyed fostering a sense of community at the Bridges of Hope family day today!

Strumming a ukulele improves fine motor skills, bilateral coordination and most of all provides an outlet for a child to make music and express themselves!

Our new piano welcome mat we got for Christmas is just what is needed at the front door of the music studio ❤️

We've enjoyed playing songs like "Silver Bells" and "Jingle Bell Rock" on the hand bells this holiday season.

It made my heart happy when I showed up at a client's house today and his family had gotten me a new cart for Christmas. What a thoughtful gift! My other cart was on it's last leg❤️

We are so grateful for the gift of music therapy and the amazing community we are blessed to work alongside. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Happy Halloween from your friends at Charleston Music Therapy 🎃

Today our letter monster was so hungry! We practiced phonics, letter recognition and also had a lot of fun feeding this hungry guy.

Learning about intervals and musical patterns is way more fun with Halloween games! 🎃

Memorizing Mom's phone number on the drums today!

Today the Shannon's Hope campers identified emotions on the feeling wheel with the drums, learned coping strategies to work through grief and lifted each other up in community- all through music. Slide through the photos to check out the gorgeous backdrop for our sessions.

Mondays are for singing our favorite books together! ❤️

We love supporting our community! Loved see Charleston Music Therapy out on the soccer field today ⚽️

A beautiful day for an early childhood group outside! The theme for today's group was trains- complete with a song about driving an imaginary train 🚂

Learning to read color coded music! Did you know playing music can help with literacy skills?

We are so excited to welcome our new intern, Macy to Charleston Music Therapy! Macy is joining us from Charleston Southern University where she is finishing up her degree in music therapy.

Continuing to play an instrument throughout the dementia process can allow opportunities for joy, creativity, relaxation and cognitive stimulation. Music therapists provide support and adaptations to make playing a musical instrument accessible for all.

Our new piano assistant (below the bench in case you can't spot her...)

Our studio wide practice challenge has begun! Prizes and a grand prize raffle at the end of 2 weeks. We love these fun animal themed practice cards! 🥳

This guy is working hard learning how to read C, D and E in his piano music!

Thank you for the Friday Feature! We are so appreciative of all you do for our community and for making music therapy accessible for many 🙏

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What is a better way to practice counting than on a drum while singing about watermelon? 🍉

Allie wrote an original composition this summer! It is supposed to sound like birds and frogs in the rainforest. She even learned how to notate her music on the computer. We are so proud of her!