Spotlight: Lucy
Welcome to our new Spotlight feature where we shine the light on an aspect of music therapy. Today we are shining the light on our music therapist Lucy Dindoyal and the work she does. Please get in touch.....
Chelmsford Discovery Festival
Elaine and Amelia spent two days at Chelmsford Museum providing music therapy taster sessions for children from local schools. This event celebrates the International Day for People with Disabilities. It was great fun and we saw over 100 children across the two days...
Dementia Action Week
This Dementia Action Week Amelia and Izzy have been providing workshops across Essex about the benefits of music therapy for individuals with Dementia. We have provided attendees with opportunities to experience music therapy and learn some activities to use with...
World Music Therapy Day: An Insight into Music Therapy with Early Years
As today is #worldmusictherapyday I wanted to give you an insight into my work with early years, specifically children under 5. I am passionate about work in this area as I believe the earlier the intervention the better the outlook for the future. I receive a lot of...
Ace Music Therapy CIC joins Social Prescribing Network
Ace Music Therapy CIC are delighted to announce that we are now part of Connect Well Essex a social prescribing network. Social prescribing is a way to help people make positive changes in their lives and within their communities by linking to voluntary and community...
We are growing! Music Therapist Opportunity
We are delighted to announce that Ace Music Therapy is growing and looking for a passionate music therapist to join the team. Client groupThe post is for two days per week (preferably Monday and Tuesday) in a special school in Northampton. The clients are children...
Amelia talks about music therapy on BBC Radio Essex
Today our CEO Amelia Clapham was interviewed on BBC Radio Essex by Jodie Halford. Amelia spoke about what music therapy is and how it helps people with disabilities as part of the International Day for People with Disabilities. She gave a case study of a young boy she...
EU Music Therapy Day – A Day in the life of a Music Therapist
November 15th is #EUMusicTherapyDay to mark this our music therapist and founder Amelia Clapham shares what a day in the life of a music therapist at Ace Music Therapy is like. Amelia describes a Tuesday working in the community with children who have life limiting...
Transforming Lives through Music
I launched my company Ace Music Therapy less than eighteen months ago and now have clients in Essex, London, Hertfordshire and Northampton but while going around talking to people about our work I have discovered that some people have quite strange pre-conceived ideas...
Recovery from mental illness – an honest account
Here we have an interview with a client, Lewis* who has been having weekly music therapy to get him get through difficult times following a period of mental illness in hospital. Lewis speaks honestly and openly about his experiences. Therapist: So why did you decide...