In addition to being a harpist, Alison is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and is a board certified music therapist (MT-BC) with an in-depth knowledge of music’s healing qualities. Her therapeutic music creates a comforting environment and fosters feelings of tranquility and peace. 

As a music therapist, Alison utilizes music as a key element within the therapeutic environment to create an atmosphere for healing and to facilitate positive change. Alison has implemented diverse music therapy techniques with varied client populations including adults and children with developmental disabilities (Autism, mental retardation), elderly individuals experiencing dementia and/ or traumatic brain injury, and adults with psychiatric disabilities. Alison recently proposed, developed and implemented a music therapy program within a psychiatric facility.

“I love music for all that it makes me remember, all that it makes me forget,
but most importantly, for all that it is”  ~  Ronald Borczon

“Music hath charms to soothe a savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak”  ~  William Congreve

“Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory”  ~  Oscar Wilde

“I regard music as a tool of great power in many neurological diseases because of its unique capacity to organize or reorganize cerebral function when it has been damaged”  ~  Oliver Sacks, M.D.

“Almost all children respond to music. Music is an open-sesame, and if you can use it carefully and appropriately, you can reach into that child’s potential for development”  ~  Dr. Clive Robbins