Charlotte currently specialises in working with children and young people. Charlotte works in mainstream schools supporting children with social and emotional challenges. Charlotte also works with children with additional learning needs including Profound and multiple learning difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Conditions, through providing sensory exploration, a safe therapeutic environment, providing music therapy through verbal and non-verbal musical interactions.

Charlotte has much experience working with adults living with dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions. Charlotte has provided music therapy in a safe environment to support adults with orientation, communication, regulation, reminiscence and relaxation.

Charlotte is also a Neurologic Music Therapist (NMT) and trained with the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy. Charlotte has worked with stroke survivors and people with traumatic brain injury. Using NMT techniques to support clients to achieve functional goals, usually working in connection with Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.

Charlotte has worked as a creative attachment therapist. In this role working with young people who have been adopted or who are in foster care and have experienced trauma.

Charlotte was an experienced primary school teacher of 10 years when she decided to embark on the Master’s degree qualification to become a Music Therapist. As a music therapist, Charlotte has gained experience in working clinically with a range of child and adult clients in different settings.

Charlotte graduated as a Music Therapist from the University of South Wales in 2019. Charlotte’s training was a psychodynamic modality. Charlotte uses her knowledge of theoretical ideas such as attachment, holding and containment when thinking about the therapeutic relationship with a client.

During music therapy sessions, Charlotte takes a client led approach, enabling the clients to move at their own pace during therapy sessions. She is passionate about promoting the benefits of music therapy through using non-verbal expression. Client and therapist can connect in music where communication through words cannot. Music is innate in everyone, from the heart beat to the songs we sing, the gestures and intonation in our voices and even the sounds we hear all around us.

Charlotte works with trainee music therapists at the University of South Wales, delivering sessional groups and offering clinical supervision, placements and contextual visits. Charlotte also provides supervision to training and qualified music therapists. Charlotte is registered on the BAMT supervision register. If you would like to enquire about supervision please click here. Charlotte also provides instrumental tuition on piano and woodwind instruments for children and adults.

What is Music Therapy?

Music therapy is a therapeutic and psychological intervention through the modality of music. Music therapy can support people with emotional difficulties and people affected by injury, illness or disability. Music therapy sessions can be offered face to face or via an online video calling platform.

What happens in a music therapy session?

A music therapist draws upon the innate musicality that connects us, to develop a therapeutic relationship with clients through the use of spontaneous, improvised music making and familiar songs. Music can be used to express ourselves by developing a musical language and connection during music therapy. Anyone can access music therapy and you don't need to be able to play a musical instrument to engage in a music therapy session.

Music therapy can benefit clients in a wide range of areas including:

• Communication difficulties
• Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD)
• Multi-sensory impairments
• Social skills
• Anxiety
• Autistic Spectrum Condition
• Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
• Attachment difficulties

A music therapist must be qualified to master’s degree level and must be registered with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) in order to practice. A music therapist must also undergo clinical supervision when practicing.

Please get in touch if you are interested in finding out more or feel that musc therapy might benefit you.

"Music by nature is an art form comprised of non-verbal elements and as a medium experienced in time can connect to our more primitive and therefore pre-verbal selves. Within a musical relationship, adapting to and identifying with our patients can help to form the core elements of the intitial stages of a music therapy relationship and, interwoven together, begin to create a state of musical holding." (Levinge, A. 2015)

Charlotte provides instrumental tuition on Piano, flute and saxophone. Lessons are usually one to one and face to face however lessons online using a video calling platform are also available. Charlotte is experienced in preparing students for ABRSM exams and has sound knowledge of the current syllabus. All students have had great success during their graded exams. Lessons are tailored to suit the needs of each individual student using a range of different learning materials and student preferences. If you would like more information about instrumental tuition, please get in touch via the contacts page.

"My daughter has been having flute lessons with Charlotte for 2 years. She thoroughly enjoys the lessons which Charlotte makes fun and my daughter always comes out with a smile on her face. She is now working towards her Grade 3 exam and impresses me all the time with the progress she has made. The lessons have continued online every week throughout lockdown and even through holidays so that our daughter can have structure and routine."
(Student's Parent)

• Where innovation meets evidence: The cutting edge of Neurologic Music Therapy and evidence-based practice in clinical settings
• Music therapy and autism
• British Association of Music Therapy
• The Music Therapy Charity
• Jessie's Fund
• Wales Arts Therapies Advisory Forum
• Catchpoint Consultancy CIC