What is Music Therapy?
Music therapy is a type of healthcare where a trained therapist uses music to help people work on important goals.
In a session, you might sing, play instruments, move to music, or listen to songs. Each activity is chosen on purpose to help the brain and body learn new skills - not musical skills! Life skills.
Music therapy can help with talking, emotions, focus, movement, and social skills. It is fun, but it is also real therapy that helps people make progress and feel better over time.
Where are you?
Telehealth Everywhere!
Live in 6 Counties …and counting!
How to get started…
It starts with curiosity. Have you ever wondered…
How do I help my kid communicate, calm down, and connect—when other approaches haven’t been enough?
What supports can help my child with autism/ADHD/anxiety that don’t feel like a struggle every time?
There has to be something better out there.
Then a phone call. Asking what a music therapy session might look like and what insurance will cover.
Then an intake form. After you submit an intake form online, we call to talk about eligibility, therapist match, and scheduling. For medicaid families, we have a team hustling to get insurance pre-authorization paperwork - which we handle for you. Grown ups have enough paperwork!
Sometimes, we wait.
Medicaid, CMS, Sunshine, and CDC+ require pre-authorization before starting. That process takes 2-3 weeks after a complete intake is submitted. Feel free to call and check on your status at any time.
We have immediate availability for scholarship, private insurance, and all other funding sources.
Then the fun begins. At Florida Music Therapy, we take the time to get to know your each participant and understand their unique strengths, challenges, and goals. We take time and work together to acclimate to new spaces and people. The first session is an assessment session. Our music therapists create a personalized treatment plan designed specifically for your family. Every session is tailored to support meaningful progress while making therapy motivating, enjoyable, and rewarding.