Any age, any need, music can connect

You, your loved one, or the person you care for might have a great love of music. It might be the one thing that interests and captures your attention. You might play, have played or want to play an instrument or sing, but you might not. Particular music and sounds might be the one thing that motivates you. 
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It might become about expressing what's going on for you, remembering what's important to you, holding something big, lifting something small, looking someone else in the eye, communicating using words, identifying where you're at and working towards being okay with it, staying focused for more than a minute, or attending to sound and image and light and touch all at the same time. And through the music it becomes possible.
As a NZ registered music therapist, Shari is trained to work in a variety of settings with anyone, of any age, from all walks of life. Youngest client at age 15 months, oldest at 100 years old - ! - over the past 8 years Shari has worked and/or currently works with:

Music Therapy with Children

Children and adolescents living with special needs including asperger's, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), cerebral palsy, developmental delay, down syndrome, visual and hearing impairments​

Music Therapy with
​Young People

Adolescents in a health school, music school, and acute hospital setting including those excluded from school, with mental health needs and those experiencing chronic pain​

Music Therapy with
​Adults

Adults living with intellectual and physical disabilities; and adults living with neurological conditions including neuro-developmental delay, stroke, Parkinson's Disease, spinal injury

Music Therapy with
​Older Adults

In residential, care, hospital and healthcare facilities, and a university research setting, with older adults: in aged care, dementia care; living with neurological conditions including stroke, Parkinson’s Disease; ​living with mental health conditions including anxiety disorders, bi-polar (manic-depressive) disorder, depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, and dementia