96: Expressive Arts: Music Therapy

Therapy Chat

Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

Social Sciences, Science, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 96 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. My guest this week is Maya Benattar. Maya is a music psychotherapist, but you might also call her a mindfulness mentor, a creativity coach, or a big fan of slowing down.

Maya helps women who long to experience true clarity and confidence in themselves and their lives, but are held back by anxiety or fear. She supports them in slowing down and exploring their lives creatively so they can make significant changes and discover the strong, confident woman they can be.

She knows from her own life and many years of helping other women that putting yourself first and asking for help can kick up a lot of fear and shame – but she strongly believes that slowing down and looking inside can help you become strong, passionate, sensitive, and brave.

As a trained and experienced therapist she has a Masters degree from NYU and is an NYS licensed psychotherapist), she knows a lot about how to slow down your hectic life, explore your dreams and thoughts through mindfulness, play and more (adults need to play too!), and develop new ways of coping creatively.

Resources

http://mayabenattar.com

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0:00.0	Therapy Chat Podcast, Episode 96.
0:04.1	This is the Therapy Chat Podcast with Laura Reagan, LCSWC.
0:11.0	The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional.
0:18.3	And now, here's your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC.
0:21.6	LCSWC.
0:22.6	Hey guys, today my guest is a creative arts therapist, which I think you are going to find very interesting. I know I did. I have a certificate in using expressive arts to help people who've experienced trauma.
0:56.1	And ever since I started that training process, I have been fascinated about learning more
1:04.2	about the different types of expressive arts therapies that are available.
1:08.3	I learned how to do a few different techniques, but certainly nothing like the
1:14.1	intensive training that my guest has in her chosen type of expressive arts. Today's guest is Maya
1:22.3	Benatar, who is a music therapist in New York City. And I think you're going to find this interview very
1:31.1	interesting as she talks about how she uses music therapy and her work and who she works
1:38.4	with, how it works, why it works, what it feels like. I really enjoyed our conversation. I hope you will too.
1:46.1	So let's go ahead and get started.
1:50.3	Hi, welcome back to therapy chat. Today, I have a very interesting guest. Maya Benatar is here.
1:58.5	Maya, thank you so much for being on therapy chat today. Thanks, Laura. Yeah,
2:02.3	I'm really happy to talk to you because the thing that captured my interest the most in your work is
2:08.6	that you are a creative arts psychotherapist and you do music therapy. So I'd love for you to
2:17.1	tell our audience about yourself and your work.
2:21.7	Absolutely.
2:22.6	So I am a music therapist and a psychotherapist and I'm based in New York City.
2:28.3	And for those of you who aren't familiar with music therapy,
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