My desire to become a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP) came from looking for a career opportunity that would blend my love for ministering to others, my passion for music, and an income generating occupation. 

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Imagine having something that can help reduce pain, lower blood pressure, reduce anxiety, stabilize heart rate, increase oxygen saturation, and can regulate stress related hormones

and increase endorphin levels. A CMP is trained as a therapeutic musician and can do all that and much more! Therapeutic music is an art based on the science of sound; it is live, acoustic music, played or sung, specifically tailored to an individual patient’s immediate need, with the ability to bring intrinsic healing properties to the bedside. 

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I became certified through the Music for Healing and Transition Program. For more information about MHTP see  www.musicforhealingandtransitionprogram.org

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A CMP's services are used at many facilities such as skilled nursing facilities/nursing homes, all hospital environments, hospice programs, and in assisted living environments.

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I have played in a Baylor Scott and White Hospital and the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital.  I was privileged to participate as a co-presenter at the National Magnet Conference in 2017.

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