JIG Music Therapy was established in Geelong by Jessica Higgins-Anderson in 2017.  Since then our team has grown and we have expanded our practice to include Ballarat and surrounds.

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Music therapy is a research-based profession in which music is used to actively support people as they strive to improve their health, functioning, and wellbeing.

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Registered Music Therapists (RMTs) are university-trained professionals who are registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association Inc. They draw on an extensive body of research and are bound by a code of ethics that informs their practice.  Find out more about the Australian Music Therapy Association here.

 

RMTs incorporate a range of music-making methods within and through a therapeutic relationship in order to achieve specific health, functional, and wellbeing related goals. These goals might be related to speech and communication, social interactions, movement, or related to a person's mood, emotions and identity.  RMTs are employed in a variety of sectors including health, community, aged care, disability, early childhood, and private practice.  Music therapy is different from music education or entertainment in that it focuses on health, functioning, and wellbeing.  To learn more about what a music therapy session might look like, read more here.

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​Music Therapy can be used to improve:

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• Communication & speech skills

• Social skills

• Motor planning & skills

• Emotion regulation skills

• Auditory processing & sensory integration

• Reduce isolation

• Mood through music-assisted counselling

• Support to access community music programs and mainstream music lessons

• Self-awareness and coping skills

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