Services
Higher Octave Healing offers a wide variety of music therapy services and music enrichment programs in our Tempe clinic and across the Phoenix-metro area.
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Programs
Individual Music Therapy
Individualized music therapy services focus on a person’s unique needs in the areas of communication, cognition, social skills, motor skills, mental health, and general wellness. Our music therapists are skilled in using music to meet the needs of individuals with developmental differences including autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy, as well as those facing challenges from traumatic brain injury and mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Services are available in the ASU Music Therapy clinic or virtually via telehealth through private pay or ESA funds.
Start With Music
“Start With Music” is a research-based parent-child developmental music program for all children age 5 and under. Participants in this program engage in a variety of songs and music games designed to support aspects of healthy development including socialization, communication, and pre-academic skills. “Start With Music” sessions take place in schools and community centers throughout the Phoenix metro area in partnership with Arizona First Things First, Tempe Thrive to Five, and other early intervention initiatives.
Social Sounds
“Social Sounds” is a group music program for individuals age 5 and up with diverse needs. Participants will learn new skills, make music together, and socialize through unique music experiences. Click the button below to learn more.
Rock Band
Teens and adults with developmental disabilities in HOH’s Music Therapy Rock Band program participate in a unique music therapy setting while learning valuable life skills. Band members learn to play instruments, choose songs, rehearse as a band, and even perform all while learning pre-vocational and life skills such as planning, decision-making, teamwork, coping skills, and independence.
The Rock Band program has limited openings for the 2024-2025 season. Contact us for more information.
Music Therapy in Our Community
HOH partners with other organizations across the Phoenix-metro area to bring music therapy services to schools, facilities, and community centers of all kinds. Our music therapists bring innovative music interventions into these settings each week to help individuals meet their goals in communication, cognition, social skills, coping, stress management, physical wellness, and more!
HOH music therapists current provide service in:
- Schools: serving students with autism and other developmental differences in specialized schools
- Addiction Recovery Facilities: serving individuals with substance use disorders as part of a comprehensive treatment approach
- Behavioral Health Facilities: providing group music therapy in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health settings
- Assisted Living & Memory Care: serving individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other needs of aging
- Senior Centers: reaching seniors in the community through patrneships with city Senior Centers
- Hospice & Palliative Care: providing pain management, comfort, and grief support for those at the end of life and their families
Education
Continuing Education
Higher Octave Healing is an Approved Provider of Continuing Music Therapy Education Courses (CMTEs) through the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT).
Past CMTE Courses
- Trauma-Informed Music Therapy Practice
- Ethics in Music Therapy
- Grant Writing and Music Therapy
- Self-Care for the Music Therapist
- Music Therapy in the Treatment of Autism
- Assessment
- Creating and Maintaining Your Music Therapy Business
Music Therapy Internship
Higher Octave Healing offers a University-Affiliated Music Therapy Internship. Our interns work closely with our Board-Certified Music Therapists in a variety of settings in the clinic and throughout the community. Interns gain valuable experience observing and conducting music therapy sessions with individuals in several populations including but not limited to developmental disabilities, hospice and palliative care, early intervention, mental health, skilled nursing, dementia, and addiction recovery.