• Training of Trainers for the Core Curriculum – Addiction Counseling Skills, Case Conceptualization and Documentation, and Principles of Addiction: Colorado Behavioral Health Administration, 2025
• Parental Responsibility Evaluator Training: Colorado School for Family Therapy, 2024
• Approved Clinical Supervision (ACS) Training: Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute, 2016 – 2021
• Neurobiology of Addiction: Radboud University Summer School, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2018
• Neurobiology of Trauma and Music Therapy: Two-day workshop sponsored by the NVvMT, Ede, Netherlands, 2017 
• Powerful Tools for Caregivers: PTC, 2016
• Neurologic Music Therapy: ’Robert F. Unkefer’ Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy, 2010 
• 21st Century Exploring Parenting: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Administration on Children, Youth and Families Head Start Bureau, 2009
• Early Childhood Music and Movement Instruction: MTLLC, 2009

• EMBARK Open Access: A 14-hour online training in the EMBARK approach to psychedelic facilitation, 2026
• Evidence Synthesis Camp: 2-day evidence synthesis training by Anna Ferri, MLIS, MEd, Evidence Synthesis Librarian at Colorado State University, 2026
• Leading and Teaming – Working as Part of a Research Team: Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Colorado State University, 2025
• EEG Cap Application and Administration: The Brainwaves Lab at Colorado State University, 2024 – 2025

• Provided individual online counseling for individuals who are uninsured or underinsured.

• Provide individual counseling and music therapy services that address mental health and well-being for people across the lifespan, specializing in working with young adults and women who are navigating life transitions, exploring identity, and experiencing grief and loss.
• Facilitate psychedelic-assisted therapy preparation and integration sessions for individuals receiving ketamine-assisted therapy services or who are using psychedelics on their own with therapeutic intention.
• Develop and lead community music therapy groups through community organizations and schools.

• Facilitated individual and family music therapy sessions for individuals with a life-limiting illness to address quality of life needs related to emotional, physical, social, and spiritual well-being.
• Worked as a member of an interdisciplinary care team and contributed clinical insights as needed.

• Provide clinical supervision to counseling interns and LPCCs working towards licensure in the State of Colorado.

• Provided supervision addressing the American Music Therapy Association’s (AMTA) Professional Competencies to undergraduate and graduate equivalency music therapy practicum students working with individuals of different ages, backgrounds, and therapeutic needs in a variety of community-based settings.

• Provided supervision to a music therapy internship student, music therapists working in hospice care, and a licensed professional counselor candidate between 2020 – 2022.

• Managed teams of non-medical home health care providers by scheduling shifts, facilitating team meetings and providing case management.

• Helped establish and manage bereavement and volunteer programs according to CHAP criteria.
• Developed music therapy program and provided supervision to another music therapist and music therapy practicum students.

• Designed and facilitated interactive instructional activities in MU 433 Music Therapy and Mental Health Methods to promote clinical and critical thinking by utilizing teaching methods that include individual and small group work and cooperative learning.

• Provided performance and song facilitation feedback on the developing clinical musical skills of undergraduate students in MU 280 Clinical Musicianship Studio.
• Created and led 3 class lessons on Spanish diction and vocal improvisation to undergraduate students in MU 158 Voice Skills for Music Therapists.
• Presented lectures on gerotranscendence and music to undergraduate and graduate equivalency students in MU 440 Music Therapy Methods for Older Adults
• Provided grading assistance utilizing instructor-provided grading rubrics in MU 100 Music Appreciation classes.

• Teach therapeutic music lessons on voice and piano that consider individual needs and abilities, and backgrounds.
• Develop and lead synchronous and asynchronous online training programs for music therapists and behavioral health providers. 

• Contributed to coding and thematic analysis in a dissertation study by Sarah McKiddy, titled, “A PRISM-Guided Planning Study for Co-Designing a Novel Partnership for Music-Based Memory Loss Programming in a Community Setting.” (Fall Semester 2025)
• Served as primary investigator by developing and executing a multiple case study, “Examining the Use of Music by Practitioners of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy,” as an assignment for MU 743 Interpretivist Research. (Fall Semester 2023)

• Conducted focus groups for “Taking a Trauma-Informed Pedagogical Approach in the Music Therapy Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study,” under the supervision of Drs. Laura Beer and Lindsey Wilhelm. (Spring Semester 2024)

• Worked as part of a multidisciplinary team on a proposed, but uncompleted SCOPING review on music as a social determinant of health. (Spring Semester 2024 – Spring Semester 2025)

• (2026). “Using Music in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in a Trauma-Informed and Culturally Humble Way.” A recorded presentation given as part of PsychedelX 2026 hosted by the Intercollegiate Psychedelic Network that was awarded a runner-up prize. Refereed

• (2025). “An Overview of the Use of Music in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy,” Poster presented at the 2025 Graduate Student Showcase at Colorado State University. Refereed

• (2025). “Examining the Use of Music by Practitioners of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy,” Presentation given at the 2025 Online Conference for Music Therapy. Refereed

• (2024). “Examining the Use of Music by Practitioners of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy,” Presentation given at the 2024 Midwestern Regional Conference of the American Music Therapy Association. Refereed

• (2023). “Examining the Use of Music by Practitioners of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy,” Poster presented at the 2023 Graduate Student Showcase at Colorado State University. Refereed

• (2026). “Harmony Across Disciplines: Expanding the Music Therapist’s Toolkit as Cross-Trained Clinicians.” Roundtable discussion given with Aksana Kavaliova-Moussi, MACP, MMT, MTA; Yvonne Glass, MS, MM, LPCC, MT-BC; and Dr. Krystal Demaine, MT-BC at the World Congress for Music Therapy in Bologna, Italy, July 7 – 12, 2026. Refereed

• (2018). “A Heart for Service but an Empty Wallet? A Business Ethics Workshop.” Continuing Music Therapy Education (CMTE) workshop given with music therapists JoAnn Jordan, MT-BC, Jona Jeffcoat, MT-BC, and Rachelle Morgan, MA, MT-BC at the 2018 MWR Conference in Iowa City, IA, March 16-18, 2018. Refereed

• (2014). “Mindfully Manifesting Your Ideal Music Therapy Practice.” Continuing Music Therapy Education (CMTE) Workshop given with music therapists Natalie Jack, MMHS, RMT, MTA; Stephanie Swofford Bolton, MMT, FAMI, and Kate Taylor, MA, MT-BC, LPMT, at the 2014 AMTA National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, November 6 – 9, 2014. Referred

•  (2025). “The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You: How Music Can Enhance Mental Health and Wellbeing.” An online continuing education course created for the Integrative Trauma Treatment Center, additionally taught through the Colorado School for Family Therapy. Invited

• (2019). “Finding Their Song: Working with Adolescents in Music Therapy Treatment.” Presentation given with Mary Jane Landaker, MME, MT-BC for a short event hosted by the Online Conference for Music Therapy. Invited

• (2024). “The Power of Music in Working with Youth Who Are Grieving.” Workshop given at the 2024 Creative Arts Intensive hosted in Denver, Colorado by the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Invited

• (2020). “Gerotranscendence and Music Therapy: Supporting a Transpersonal Dimension to Aging.” Presentation given at the Online Conference for Music Therapy. Refereed

• (2019). “Music, Gerotranscendence, and the Baby Boom Generation.” Poster session at The Tavener Center’s International Symposium on Music, Spirituality, and Well-Being, University of Winchester, Winchester, England. Refereed

• (2017). “Music, Gerotranscendence, and the Baby Boom Generation.” Presentation given at the 4th Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference and the 4th International SAME Conference in London, England. Refereed

• (2016). “Gerotranscendence and Music: Supporting the Mature Gerotranscendence of the Baby Boom Generation.” Presentation given at the AMTA National Conference in Sandusky, Ohio. Refereed

• (2016). “Gerotranscendence and Music: Supporting the Mature Gerotranscendence of the Baby Boom Generation.” Presentation given at the Colorado Mental Health Professionals Conference. Refereed

• (2015) “Hospice 101: An Introduction to Hospice Music Therapy.” Webinar eligible for Continuing Music Therapy Education (CMTE) credits through The Speigel Academy. Invited

• (2017). “The Benefits of Mindfulness Practice for Music Educators and Music Therapists,” Poster session at the 4th Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference and the 4th International SAME Conference in London, England. Refereed

• (2016). “Being in the ‘Hear’ and Now: Music as a Mindfulness Practice.” Workshop given at the European Music Therapy Conference in Vienna, Austria. Refereed

• (2015). “Being in the ‘Hear’ and Now: Music as a Mindfulness Practice.” Workshop given at Eurotas’ Feeding the Soul Transpersonal Festival in Italy. Refereed

• (2015). “The Art and Soul of Mindfulness: How Mindfulness Practice Can Enhance Your Life and Clinical Practice.” Workshop given to the Expressive Arts Therapy Team at Simssee Klinik in Bad Endorf, Germany. Invited

• (2015). “Being in the ‘Hear’ and Now: How Mindfulness and Music Can Enhance Your Life and Clinical Skills.” Preconference Institute given for the Canadian Association for Music Therapy National Conference in Calgary, Canada. Invited

• (2014). “Being in the ‘Hear’ and Now: Music-Making as a Mindfulness Practice.” Presentation given at the World Congress of Music Therapy in Krems, Austria. Refereed

• (2014). “Being in the ‘Hear’ and Now: Music-Making as Mindfulness Practice.” Presentation given for the Online Conference for Music Therapy. Refereed

• (2013). “Music-Making as Mindfulness Practice: Tuning In to the ‘Hear’ and Now.”  Presentation given at the AMTA Southwestern and Midwestern Joint Regional Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Refereed

• (2019). “Neurological and Clinical Foundations of Addiction and Music: Beginnings of a Theory for Treatment.” Round table presentation given with Drs. Kathleen Murphy and Jörg Fachner at the European Music Therapy Conference, Aalborg, Denmark. Refereed

• (2019). “A Neurobiological Foundation for Including Music Therapy in Addictions Treatment.” Presentation given with Dr. Kathleen Murphy for the Online Conference for Music Therapy. Refereed

• (2018). “Resounding Spirit Within Yourself.” Workshop given at Center for Spiritual Living Boulder Valley, Lafayette, Colorado. Invited

•  (2015). “Finding Self Through Song.” Talk and music given at Unity of Loveland Spiritual Center, Loveland, Colorado, and Longmont, Colorado. Invited

• (2023). “The Holistic Voice.” Educational webinar for The Spiegel Academy. Invited

• (2014). “Tuning Into You: A Holistic Understanding of the Voice and Its Therapeutic Implications.” CMTE given at the Colorado Association for Music Therapy Spring Conference in Fort Collins, Colorado. Invited

New Thought Services and Events

Unity Longmont Spiritual Center (2010 – Present)

• Provide vocal music to support spiritual reflection and growth.
• Assist with the planning of holiday services and special events.

Unity Longmont Spiritual Center Benefit Concert (2017)

• Performed vocals and on keyboard with violist, Miguel Halverson-Ramos, at this concert benefiting Unity Longmont Spiritual Center.

Cantor for Catholic Services

Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, 2001 – 2002

Tong Tong Festival, The Hague, the Netherlands (2017)

• Performed “Summertime” with jazz guitarist Olaf Tarenskeen

Sara Gita Flores’ Album Release Concert, Mercury Café, Denver (2012)

• Performed backup vocals as part of a trio

Viterbo University (1998 – 2002)

• (2002) Programmed a 60-minute vocal recital and performed arias and art songs from the Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century periods in German, French, Italian, and English.
• (2002) Cast as “Announcer” in student production of Gallentry.
• (2001) Programmed a 30-minute vocal recital and performed arias and art songs from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods in German, Italian, and English.
• (2001) Cast as “Granny” in university production of Sondheim’s Into the Woods.
• (2002) Performed “Oh, Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion” from Handel’s Messiah, as a soloist with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.
• (1999) Pit Singer for university production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe.
• (1998) Choral member for university production of Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Peace Through Music Benefit Concert (2016)

• Performed original piece to open this community concert benefiting Sister Carmen Community Center.

International Hour of Peace (2016)

• Selected and performed music related to peace to support contemplation and reflection.

Practices for Inner Peace Longmont’s Day of Meditation (2016)

• Led event attendees in singing of original meditative chants. 

Faith and Foolishness (2014 – 2016)

• Performed original music as part of a musical comedy duo with music therapist Clint Brown.

Boulder Women’s Chorale (2006-2007 season)

• Soloist for final concert of the season

Opening Act for Singer-Songwriter Robert Hoyt (1998)

• Performed songs from the American Labor Movement as part of a folk duo.

Peace Through Music Benefit Concert (2016)

• Performed commissioned choral pieces at this community concert benefiting Sister Carmen Community Center.

Longmont Chorale (2014)

• Performed Carmina Burana with the Longmont Chorale and Longmont Symphony Orchestra.

Boulder Women’s Chorale (2006 – 2007 Season)

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (2004 – 2006)

Yaenoeul Choir (2003 – 2004)

• Competed in and won the 2003 Choir Festival of Korea President Prize; performed a televised performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. 

Choral Ensembles at Viterbo University:

• Viterbo Women’s Chorale (2001 – 2002)
• Ninth Street Singers (1998 – 2002)
• Viterbo Concert Choir (1998 – 2001)

Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman Choir (1993 – 1995)

• Performed concerts in Rome and Assisi.

• Graduate Peer Mentor through the Graduate Peer Mentoring Program at Colorado State University. (2026 – Present)
• Provided clinical supervision to pre-licensed counselors providing community mental health services through Spark the Change Colorado. (2020 – 2022)

• Treasurer of COMBINE, an organization representing the Independent Behavioral Health Network serving Coloradans on Medicaid. (2022 – Present)

• Executive Director for the Online Conference for Music Therapy (2017 – Present); previously served as Secretary. (2015 – 2017)

• Review chapter for Music, Spirituality, Death and Loss: Contemporary Perspectives from a Crisis-Driven World, co-edited by Rev. June Boyce-Tillman, PhD, Dr. Giorgos Tsiris, and Dr. Amira Ehrlich, to be published by Peter Lang as part of their series on Music and Spirituality. (2026)

• Reviewer for Journal of Music Therapy. (2025)

• Coordinate the scholarship program for Delta Kappa Gamma Mu Chapter. (2024 – Present)
• Midwest Regional Representative to the Interprofessional Collaborative Resources Committee of the American Music Therapy Association. (2016 – 2024) 
• Assisted with coordinating and participating in community mental health events through a local community mental health awareness collective.  (2017 – 2021)
• Taught the “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” class through local Area Agency on Aging. (2017 – 2018)
• Helped coordinate community-based events through Longmont Practices for Inner Peace that were designed to increase awareness of contemplative practices and community organizations offering such groups. (2014 – 2017)
• Served in various leadership positions with the Colorado Association for Music Therapy. (2010 – 2013)

• MAPS, 2025 – Present
• Intercollegiate Psychedelics Network, 2025 – Present
• Open Foundation, 2025 – Present
• Delta Kappa Gamma, 2018 – Present
• Sound Health Network, 2024 – 2025
• International Association for Music and Medicine, 2024 – Present

• American Music Therapy Association, Professional Member, 2007 – Present
• American Counseling Association, Professional Member, 2023 – Present 
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Member, 2024 – 2026

• Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), Student Member, 2025 – Present
• COMBINE Action, Professional Member, 2021 – Present
• Midwestern Region AMTA, Professional Member, 2007 – Present
• Colorado Counseling Association, Professional Member, 2015 – 2017