Expanding Music Therapy Services through Partnerships in Northern Ontario

Canadian Music Therapy

In this episode we are speaking with Kylie Klym and learning more about her journey in bringing music therapy services to northern Ontario. Kylie shares some of the challenges of working in such a vast community along with the partnerships she has made. Finally, she tells us more about the viability of virtual music therapy and her experience with it.

Here is a little more about Kylie:

Kylie Klym BMT, RP, MTA, NMT is a Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Music Therapist and the owner of Kadence Music Therapy. Kylie is from Northern Ontario and has lived in Greater Sudbury for most of her life. She graduated from the University of Windsor’s Bachelor of Music Therapy program and has been practicing music therapy in Greater Sudbury since 2013. Since then, she has worked into North Bay area in varying degrees and has presented on music therapy throughout Northeast Ontario. Kadence Music Therapy provides professional music therapy services with a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) to individuals and organizations in the Cities of Greater Sudbury and North Bay and is celebrating 10 years of services in 2023. She has been grateful to work with local Long Term Care Homes, Group Homes and several local Community Agencies in a private and public capacity. During the Pandemic, Kadence Music Therapy integrated the use of virtual therapy, which has been instrumental in providing music therapy in Northern Ontario. Kylie was able to continue services to established clients while expanding the reach of Kadence Music Therapy including a short series of summer community music sessions to a First Nations in the Hudson Bay coast and throughout Northeast Ontario. Kadence Music Therapy continues to provide in-person music therapy in Greater Sudbury and virtual music therapy sessions options beyond the Pandemic. Kylie looks forward to the next decade of Kadence Music Therapy and continuation of the growth the profession of music therapy in Northern Ontario.

Sing it Girls program Information

Beyond the Studio, Sing it Girls and the Canadian Music Therapy Podcast were founded by Adrienne Pringle and Cathy Thompson.

Adrienne is a Registered Psychotherapist and Certified Music Therapist with over years of clinical experience working as a music therapist in hospital palliative care, and hospice. She currently works in private practice with Beyond the Studio and CHM Therapy, as an educator and supervisor with Concordia and Wilfrid Laurier Universities. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Music Therapy Fund and is a past President of the Canadian Association of Music Therapists. Adrienne co-founded Beyond the Studio, Sing it Girls! and The Canadian Music Therapy Podcast with Cathy Thompson in 2013.

She created the Singing Well bereavement support group, her research in collaboration with Concordia university is published in the Summer 2018 issue of Bereavement Care. Her most recent publication, "Reflections on the Canadian Music Therapy Podcast: The First 40," can be found in the Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 2023.

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Cathy is a leader in business development across Canada. She is passionate about helping people discover their own talents and gifts in the areas of personal and professional development. She partnered with Adrienne to establish Beyond the Studio because of the vision of the organization.

I'm excited that we are able to help more people through our psychotherapy services launched in the fall of 2023.

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Publications:

"Reflections on the Canadian Music Therapy Podcast: The First 40," can be found in the Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 2023.

Thompson, C., Girls Talk : An anti-stigma program for young women to promote understanding of and awareness about depression: Facilitator’s manual, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.Canada.