SMT - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Senior Registered Music Therapist

Jenny Lee joined the Southern Music Therapy Team in January 2017. Since young, Jenny has always enjoyed playing the piano and making music. While studying at Victoria University majoring in music composition, Jenny attended a few national music therapy conferences, as well as doing voluntary work in rest-homes and camp for children with disabilities. She felt drawn to the nature of work in music therapy. In 2007 Jenny completed her Masters in Music Therapy training in Wellington. Since then she has been working as a music therapist, mainly with children and adults with Neuro-disability. She received further training in Neurology Music Therapy, and the FloorTime Approach for children with autism.

Job Titles:

• Clinical Director
• Director and Founder of Southern Music Therapy
• Registered Neurologic Music Therapist / Director & Founder of Southern Music Therapy

Kimberley is the Clinical Director and a Registered Neurologic Music Therapist. She is also the Founder of Southern Music Therapy. In 2007 Kimberley completed her Masters in Music Therapy in Wellington. She has worked in a variety of disability settings including special education, aged care, and adult mental health. After gaining some confidence within the profession, Kimberley felt drawn to working clinically with people with neurological conditions. She received further training in Neurologic Music Therapy, vocal psychotherapy as well as continuing courses in music and neuroscience, and communication specific courses. She has a real drive to inspire people to use music to assist in ‘finding their voice'; encouraging them to communicate, express themselves and reach their potential. Kimberley works with individuals, small groups and provides consultation in long-term rehabilitation services and the community. She is the song leader for the Cantabrainers choir and provides workshops and in-services promoting and educating caregivers, clients, and professionals about music therapy. Music Therapy is a growing profession, and Kimberley looks forward to the new projects ahead, continuing to promote music therapy and developing the music therapy practice so that people can access Music Therapy. In 2021, Kimberley was presented with one of the New Zealander of year, Local Hero Awards, for her work in Canterbury. Both for establishing her own private practice offering music therapy sessions for people with disabilities as well as co-founding the Cantabrainers Choir.

Job Titles:

• Registered Music Therapist

Lucy began at Southern Music Therapy as a Music Therapy student. She now has a Masters of Music Therapy.

Job Titles:

• Senior Registered Music Therapist

May received her MA in Music Therapy in 1999 from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England, and has worked as a music therapist across the lifespan in Singapore and in Auckland, in a wide variety of settings with individuals and groups in education, rest homes, the community and private practice. May is highly committed to a person-focused, collaborative approach to music therapy that resources and empowers others. She has interests in the fields of autism, dementia and community music therapy and has had opportunities to present her work locally and overseas. May enjoys working collaboratively with other professionals, and also provides individual clinical supervision to music therapy students and registered music therapists. She has also had a rich and diverse portfolio career which includes roles as a foster parent, teacher aide, piano teacher and library assistant.

Job Titles:

• Specialist in Telehealth Music Therapy

Job Titles:

• Administrator
• Office Manager

Natalie has joined Southern Music Therapy as a part - time administrator.

Job Titles:

• Registered Music Therapist

Valentina Muga who was studying Music Therapy from the University of Barcelona.