Soniya Brar

I received my board certification as a music therapist in 2014. I have worked with hospice patients and their family, individuals processing grief and experiencing bereavement, children with complex medical needs, hospital patients, neurodivergent clients, and individuals with diverse intellectual and mental health needs. I believe in the power of music to help individuals towards self-actualization, growth, and a sense of greater wholeness.

I am particularly interested in learning about each individual's personal culture and how it can inform (and transform) the therapeutic process. We each live in this world with our own set of ideas and beliefs on how to live life to our fullest potential. My work is rooted in respecting the dignity, uniqueness, and capabilities of each client.

I am open to full-time work and part-time or independent-contractor opportunities.

Music Therapist Experience

• The Adult Skills Center (TASC). Part-time: May 2022 - Present 
• Harmonic Changes Therapy Services. Independent Contractor: Nov 2024 - May 2025
• Harmonic Changes Therapy Services. Full-time: Nov 2021 - Oct 2024
• Roze Room Hospice. Part-time: Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

Full-time Parenting Career Break. Jan 2019 - Jun 2021

Music Therapist Experience (cont.)

• Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care (now AccentCare). Full-time: Nov 2016 - Jan 2019. Supervisor to Music Therapy Intern: 2018
• United Hospice of Rockland.·Part-time: Jun 2014 - Jan 2016
• The Louis Armstrong Ctr for Music & Medicine - Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Intern: Sep 2011 - Jun 2012

MA in Music Therapy (New York University), 2013

Sound Voice Music Healing Certificate (CA Institute of Integral Studies), 2010

MM in Ethnomusicology (University of TX at Austin), 2000

BA in Music (Tufts University)