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EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH MUSIC

Tahlee comes to music therapy to assist with her verbal language skills, but in this beautiful video, Tahlee is choosing to communicate and express herself through the piano. Here she has a spontaneous musical conversation with her therapist Iani Sujono, demonstrating

TRANSITIONING BACK TO FACE-TO-FACE SESSIONS AT OUR CLINIC

We have now reopened our clinic for face to face sessions. All our 9 therapists are back on deck. We have organised extra signage and infection control measures as part of our commitment to providing a safe environment for all clients and staff. We thank you for your patience and cooperation during these times. We […]

A LITTLE LOOK AT OUR RECENT TELEHEALTH WORK

We’ve been powering through our online sessions as more and more clients try our telehealth service. We are delighted that, for most clients, this has been a positive experience and an excellent way to stay connected and keep working on their clinical goals!

WE’RE NOW DELIVERING MUSIC THERAPY VIA TELEHEALTH!

We’re now delivering music therapy via telehealth!  Due to the ongoing threat from Covid-19, our music therapy services are now fully online! Our Telehealth service has been a great success so far, with excellent levels of engagement and connection achieved in working towards our clients’ goals.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW TEAM MEMBERS!

We are very excited to welcome our new team members Catherine Vesic, Grace Elliott and Lucy Morgan. They all come to us with their own areas of expertise! Catherine Vesic completed her Master of Music Therapy at the University of Melbourne, and her Bachelor’s degree in Health Science (Speech and Hearing) at the University of […]

Victor Dominello MP visits Sound Expression

We were honoured to have a visit from our local MP Victor Dominello MP. It was great to have a chance to talk about the work we do and also discuss some of the challenges we face. We think we make a good trio, with Victor showing us his ‘chops’ on the keyboard! Thanks for […]

Merry Christmas 2019!

Iani, Rob and all the team at Sound Expression, with lots of help from Zeb, would like to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and fantastic New Year! Thank you to all our clients, parents, carers and support workers for being with us this year and trusting in the power of music to

Andy finds his voice!

Andy attends music therapy to work on the prosody and volume of his speech. Andy’s speech is often equally stressed and monotone. As music and language are processed in similar areas in the brain, various musical interventions are used to support Andy’s goals.