About Me
Susie Bajali
I have been working as a Music Therapist since qualifying from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2018.
Most of my career has been in the NHS, working in Child Development and Children and Young People's Services. I work closely and collaboratively with families and other professionals supporting clients who experience developmental delay, learning disabilities, social, emotional and mental health needs and neurodiversity. I also have experience working with elderly people living with dementia and in end of life care.
I am now living and working in Abingdon running my own community-focused therapy practice.
I am passionate about my work and about the difference music therapy can make in people's lives.
About Music Therapy
Music Therapy offers a way of expressing and communicating your inner world creatively without the need for words.
In music therapy we might:
- play instruments and improvise together
- write songs together
- listen to music together
- talk about and reflect on the music we’re making
There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to play in music therapy and you don’t need to know how to play an instrument.
Who can it help?
People seek therapy for all sorts of reasons - I have worked with children and adults looking for support with:
- Trauma (including attachment and developmental trauma)
- Communication difficulties and differences such as selective mutism and speech and language delay
- Learning disabilities
- Emotional regulation
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Processing grief and loss
For more information about music therapy you can visit bamt.org