About
Music Therapy
Polly completed her Masters in Music Therapy at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011. She went on to work with older people with Dementia in the care home setting with Methodist Homes (MHA) for over 5 years. Currently she works for the NHS in adult mental health and adult learning disability services. She also works for Chiltern Music Therapy and Music Therapy Bedfordshire with with a varied caseload which includes adopted and looked after children with and without learning disabilities.
Polly is a Trustee for the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT). She is passionate about this work and strives to promote music therapy and the positive impact it can have on people's lives.
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Additional Training/Experience
Polly recently completed the IHI Improvement (QI) Coaching Programme as part of her role at ELFT.
She has taken the ICAPT 2 day Mentalization in the Arts Therapies training and additional training in receptive methods in music therapy.
Performing
Polly plays 'cello, sax and sings in a wide range of music groups including folk collective Tribe of Tinkers, and 90’s cover band, The Cardigan Pimps. She also plays with the Bedfordshire Symphony Orchestra, Bedford Sinfonia and has led choir and folk music workshops in schools and at festivals.
Teaching
She has been involved in coaching on and running music courses since the age of 18 when she joined her mother in coaching at Benslow Music Trust. This year (2018) she returned to Benslow to run their first introduction to music therapy course. The course will run again in July 2019. Check the Music Therapy and Teaching pages for further information.
Academia
Polly has written and presented papers at music therapy conferences including the Dementia and Music Therapy conference held at Anglia Ruskin University in 2016. She will be speaking about music therapy for Bedford Counselling & Training in February 2019.
Polly recently completed the IHI Improvement (QI) Coaching Programme as part of her role at ELFT.
She has taken the ICAPT 2 day Mentalization in the Arts Therapies training and additional training in receptive methods in music therapy.
Performing
Polly plays 'cello, sax and sings in a wide range of music groups including folk collective Tribe of Tinkers, and 90’s cover band, The Cardigan Pimps. She also plays with the Bedfordshire Symphony Orchestra, Bedford Sinfonia and has led choir and folk music workshops in schools and at festivals.
Teaching
She has been involved in coaching on and running music courses since the age of 18 when she joined her mother in coaching at Benslow Music Trust. This year (2018) she returned to Benslow to run their first introduction to music therapy course. The course will run again in July 2019. Check the Music Therapy and Teaching pages for further information.
Academia
Polly has written and presented papers at music therapy conferences including the Dementia and Music Therapy conference held at Anglia Ruskin University in 2016. She will be speaking about music therapy for Bedford Counselling & Training in February 2019.
