Creative DBT Activities for Children Using Music

<p><strong>Deborah Spiegel</strong> Deborah Spiegel MT-BC is CEO and director of the DBT-Informed Music Therapy Centre. She and her team also provide a comprehensive DBT-informed music therapy training program for music therapists through the Spiegel Academy. She has a passion for using music therapy to support patients in strengthening DBT skills.<br /><br><strong>Suzanne Makary </strong>is a Board-Certified Music Therapist who has spent her career serving adults and adolescents with mental health challenges. Since 1997, Suzanne has worked with an interdisciplinary team in the Partial Hospitalization setting.<br /><br><strong>Chelsea Steen,</strong> MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist serving children, teens, and young adults. Chelsea developed a music therapy program in a childrens residential treatment center, and continues to work in an outpatient setting. As a DBT-informed music therapist, she holds groups and sessions focused on building skills through music.<br /><br><strong>Lauren Bonavitacola </strong>is a clinical psychologist, certified Clinician, and board-certified music therapist. She was the founder and director of the Trauma Program at Cognitive & Behavioural Consultants of Westchester and Manhattan. She has first-hand experience teaching DBT to school staff, school clinicians, teachers, and administrators.</p><br>