Music Therapy Assisted Childbirth

Canadian Music Therapy

We are excited to welcome Melissa Jessop on this episode to speak about her personal experience of using music therapy with the birth of her two children. She shares more about the process of music therapy assisted childbirth and her own birth song.

Here is a little more about Melissa:

Melissa studied music therapy at Wilfrid Laurier University, she completed her internship in Scotland. In 2003 was a member of the first MMT graduating class (also at WLU). She is a Registered Psychotherapist and Certified Music Therapist and has extensive experience as an internship and university practicum supervisor. Melissa has been practising music therapy for 28 years and specializes in the area of music therapy and dementia care. Melissa is the operator of Music Therapy Affects, a business that provides professional music therapy services to long term care homes within Waterloo Region.