All about PBMT
Pen Bay Music Therapy (PBMT) is dedicated to facilitating creative and thoughtful approaches to music therapy in Midcoast Maine and beyond. We recognize the many ways musical experiences and spaces can support the healing, coping, and growth of individuals and communities.
We guide our work through key evidence-based assumptions:
Music as a Pathway: Music can help us bypass various challenges and support healing in unique ways.
Brain and Music: Music has a unique capacity for guiding neural pathways in the brain.
Beyond the Everyday: Musical experiences can elevate our awareness and help us explore and transform ourselves in ways that go beyond daily life.
Self-Discovery Through Music: By analyzing our own musical experiences, we are able to deepen our awareness of unconscious expressive blocks, impulsive choices, and personal preferences
We facilitate collaborative processes with children, teenagers, and adults of all abilities and backgrounds. Our mission is to foster transformative relationships through shared music experiences while making individualized music and creative arts therapy available and accessible to Midcoast Mainers.
PBMT Values
Empowerment
We empower our clients with meaningful choices.
Safety & Trust
We build relationships founded on a sense of safety and trust.
Empathy
We listen deeply to our clients without judgement.
Individualized
We integrate client strengths and needs in unique processes.
Facilitating Community Change
The Maine counties of Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Waldo Counties each voted Mental Health as a top health priority in the Midcoast District 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Report.
Mental health was emphasized above Substance Use, Access to Care, Healthy Aging, and Chronic Disease. Other needs highlighted in the report included Programs for Youth and Less Stigma.
Reading this, we asked: how can we reduce stigma? How can we create low-barrier opportunities for youth? How can we support healthy aging?
We will…
Facilitate opportunities for clients to engage in therapeutic music experiences.
Celebrate the diverse and unique qualities of our community members.
Partner with community members and organizations to increase visibility and awareness surrounding mental health topics and increase accessibility to mental health programs.
This will…
Develop programs that evolve to meet the emerging community needs.
Create a reduction in stigma regarding mental health.
Provide accessible opportunities for mental healthcare in proven areas of high need.
About Pen Bay Music Therapy
Pen Bay Music Therapy aims to facilitate creative and analytical approaches to music therapy in the Penobscot Bay area. We recognize the many ways musical experiences and spaces can support the healing, coping, and growth of individuals and communities.
Evidenced-based assumptions we carry with us include:
Music can be used to bypass different forms of pathology.
Music has a unique capacity for guiding neural pathways in the brain.
Musical experiences transcend everyday life experiences, creating opportunities to heighten awareness and actively explore and transform the self.
We can deepen our awareness of unconscious expressive blocks, impulsive choices, and personal preferences by analyzing our own music.
We facilitate collaborative processes with children, teenagers, and adults of all abilities and backgrounds. Our mission is to foster transformative relationships through shared music experiences while making individualized music and creative arts therapy available and accessible to Midcoast Mainers.
Proposed Theory of Change
Our Context
Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Waldo Counties each voted Mental Health as a top health priority in the Midcoast District 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Report. Mental health was prioritized over Substance Use, Access to Care, Healthy Aging, and Chronic Disease.
Programs for Youth and Less Stigma were described as needs lacking in the Midcoast.
Our Response
Facilitating opportunities for clients to engage in therapeutic music experiences.
Celebrating the diverse and unique qualities of community members.
Partnering with community members in transformational relationships.
Outcomes
Accessible opportunities for mental
healthcare in proven areas of high need.
Reduction in stigma regarding mental health.
Programming that evolves to
meet emerging community needs.
Let’s discuss creative
possibilities.
Dan@PenBayMusicTherapy.com
(207) 955-1899
821 Commercial Street
Rockport, ME 04856