Rhythms For Living has just hired a music therapist to join our team! Read more about her below and join me in welcoming her!
Joy Hinson
A professional music therapist, now working in Palm Beach County who earned her BM in Music Therapy with a minor in Psychology from the University of Miami. Prior to this degree, Joy studied Vocal Performance at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Joy is a native of South Florida but has traveled internationally, performing in various venues, and recently practicing music therapy in Miami, Florida. She recently worked with Seasons Hospice for a year and a half as a music therapist for hospitals and home-care in the Northeast region of Miami.
Joy has acquired ample experience working with various populations in need of music therapy, including terminally ill patients, cancer patients, veterans, psychiatric patients, as well as children and adults with disabilities, learnings delays, and behavioral issues. Joy continues to expand her clientele, with grief counseling and other patient/family/adolescent music therapy counseling; with a particular passion for early intervention with young children and families. (Aspergers/Autism & other early delays). Joy's primary instrument is voice, but she plays multiple instruments for music therapy sessions, including guitar, piano, and drums. Joy is also a dancer and artist, and enjoys integrating these gifts into music therapy sessions when applicable to enhance the effectiveness of therapeutic music interventions.
