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About Kate Myers-Coffman, PhD, MT-BC

I am a board-certified music therapist that aspires to center culturally humble and critically reflexive approaches to music therapy practice, pedagogy, and research. My work focuses on critical, inclusive, and accessible pedagogies; community-based, resource-oriented music therapy with youth who have experienced trauma and loss; suicide prevention in music therapy; and supporting LGBTQIA2+ students and music therapy service users.

Positions

2020 - Present Assistant Professor, Molloy University ‐ Music Therapy
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2019 - 2020 Faculty Member, BuildaBridge International Restorative Arts Institute
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2018 - 2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Drexel University ‐ Department of Creative Arts Therapies
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2017 - 2020 Adjunct Faculty, Drexel University ‐ Department of Creative Arts Therapies
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2017 - 2018 Adjunct Faculty, LaSalle University ‐ Department of Psychology
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Disciplines

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2021 - Present Member, American Association for Suicidology
2016 - Present Member, National Alliance for Grieving Children
2014 - Present Member, Mid-Atlantic Region of American Music Therapy Association
2010 - Present Member, American Music Therapy Association
2015 - 2021 Member, Mixed Methods International Research Association
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Honors and Awards

  • American Music Therapy Association Arthur Flagler Fultz Award - 2019
  • Marian Chase Foundation of the American Dance Therapy Association Scholarship Award - 2018
  • Drexel University Department of Creative Arts Therapies Research Promise Award - 2018
  • American Music Therapy Association Mid-Atlantic Region Service Award - 2023

Courses

  • Culturally Informed Music Therapy (MUS 5270)
  • Music Therapy Fieldwork II (MUS 3750)
  • Music Therapy Fieldwork I (MUS 3740)
  • Music Therapy Lab II (MUS 2830)
  • Music Therapy Theories & Methods II (MUS 2730)
  • Thesis Research (MUS 5520)
  • Thesis Proposal (MUS 5510)
  • Trauma-Informed Music Therapy (MUS 5045)
  • Foundations in Music Therapy (MUS 5050)
  • Introduction to Music Therapy Research (MUS 3850)
  • Music Psychotherapy: Current Theories and Practice (MUS 5290)

Education

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B.A. Music, concentration in Psychology, Bard College
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M.S. Music Therapy, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
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Music Therapy Equivalency Certificate, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
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Ph.D. Creative Arts Therapies, Drexel University
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Links

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (10)

Cochrane Review (1)

Books (1)

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts (2)

Book Chapters (3)

Media (2)