Biography
Katie Down, (LCAT, MT-BC, MMT, MM) is a licensed creative arts therapist, somatic psychotherapist and sound practitioner. She is certified in EMDR, MBSR, Reiki and Deep Listening. She has been teaching and facilitating sound meditations and Deep Listening workshops for over 15 years offering classes, and training programs in music therapy and sound healing as well as providing clinical supervision for LCATs, LCSWs, MDs and other creative arts therapists. Katie received her master's degree in Music Psychotherapy at New York University and went on to post graduate training at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and with Laurel Parnell for certification in EMDR and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Paulette Graf. Incorporating MBSR, EMDR, and creative visualization for trauma and trauma-related symptoms, Katie provides a nurturing, grounded and open environment for opening the heart and letting go of blockages and negative patterns that hold us back from feeling connected to our higher selves and each other. Katie offers continuing education for clinicians interested in incorporating sound and music in clinical work and offers workshops and trainings at her space, the Sound Well Barn in Marlboro, NY