Our
Services
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Individual Music Therapy
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Group Music Therapy
“In the harmonies, I find my serenity”
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Serving the Greater Baltimore & Anne Arundel County Area
Serene Sounds Music Therapy offers individual and group music therapy services to individuals across the lifespan, from birth and early childhood to hospice care.
What is Music Therapy?
Our Mission
At Serene Sounds Music Therapy, we aim to enhance well-being through the transformative power of music. We are dedicated to providing compassionate and personalized music therapy services that address each individual’s unique needs, fostering growth, connection, and serenity at all stages of life.
Meet the owner
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Lissa Swartz
LPMT, MT-BC, NICU-MT
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Lissa is the owner of Serene Sounds Music Therapy. She is originally from Cincinnati, OH and graduated from Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA with a Bachelors in Music Therapy, obtaining her board certification in 2017 (MT-BC). Throughout her studies she worked with a wide range of ages and populations including: older adults in memory care, adolescents in the mental health setting, children with special needs and hospice.
After completing her internship in hospice in Baltimore, MD she went on to work in hospice for 5 years. In 2022, Lissa started a music therapy program at Herman & Walter Samuelson’s Children’s Hospital at Sinai and currently works in their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Inpatient Unit, and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology clinic.
Lissa describes her therapeutic approach as humanistic, always honoring her clients where they are in the moment. When she is not making music, Lissa teaches weekly yoga classes and enjoys traveling, attending concerts, spending time with friends and family, and enjoying nature!
FAQs
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Since music therapists work with a diverse range of individuals, each with unique needs, a music therapy session will look different depending on the client’s needs and established goals for music therapy. The music therapist will begin services with an initial assessment, create a treatment plan, and provide services to support the client’s personalized goals. Sessions can include interventions such as: instrument play, singing, songwriting, movement, reflection, improvisation, reminiscence, and more!
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Premature infants, children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly with mental health needs, developmental and learning disabilities, Alzheimer's disease and other aging related conditions, traumatic brain injuries, physical disabilities, and acute and chronic pain. You do not have to have prior music experience to participate in music therapy.
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According to the American Music Therapy Association, “MT-BC is the credential required to ethically practice as a music therapist. Once coursework and clinical training are completed, one is eligible to take the national examination administered by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). After successful completion of the examination, graduates are issued the credential necessary for professional practice, Music Therapist-Board Certified (MT-BC). To maintain this credential, music therapists must demonstrate continued competence by completing 100 recertification credits or retaking and passing the CBMT examination within each five-year recertification cycle. The MT-BC credential is awarded and administrated by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT)”.