Amy joined Voices Together in July 2024 as a Music Therapist for the Western Region. She utilizes an integrative therapeutic approach to tailor her interventions according to each client’s needs, blending elements from person-centered therapy, body-mind psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy, along with the use of various creative arts modalities. In this role, she is excited to learn and implement the VOICSS ® model to allow clients to gain independence, autonomy and empowerment in finding their own voice and path in life.
Through her education and clinical experiences, Amy exudes a passion for not only providing music therapy services to children and adolescents, but bringing, creating and evolving music therapy to those that have limited access or lack access to such services. Amy has partnered with 51 schools and several community organizations across six counties in her previous role and believes her energy for relationship building will facilitate expansion of Voices Together in the Western Region.
Amy is originally from Massachusetts, but she has called North Carolina home since 2013. She last served as an Adult, Child and Adolescent Grief Coordinator for the West Region at Four Seasons. At Four Seasons, she also served in the roles of Child and Adolescent Grief Coordinator, Child and Adolescent Grief Counselor, and Music Therapy Intern. Amy established the first ever hospice music therapy program for Medi Home Health & Hospice in her dual role of music therapist and bereavement coordinator, serving Watauga and Ashe counties. She has also worked at Care Partners as a bereavement counselor.
Amy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music performance with a minor in psychology from High Point University. She earned a Singer-Songwriter Professional Certificate from Berklee College of Music and her Master of Music Therapy degree from Appalachian State University with a thesis titled “The Creative Arts in Music Therapy Supervision: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Study.”
Amy enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, step-son and dog, Chance. She likes to go camping, fishing, boating, hiking and snowboarding.
Fun Fact:
When she is not working, you can find her singing the National Anthem for the Asheville Tourists baseball games!
