A bit about Katie
Katie Down, LCAT, MT-BC, MMT, MM, is a licensed creative arts therapist, somatic psychotherapist, board-certified music therapist and multi-instsrumentalist.
She received her master's in music therapy from NYU, and in composition from the New England Conservatory with post-graduate certifications from the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy's Trauma Studies Program and EMDR Level III through the Parnell Institute.
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Her relationship to healing stems from years of creative inquiry, music and sound meditation, mindfulness meditation and authentic movement, incorporating tools from Somatic Experiencing and Body Mind Centering practices to help clients navigate and release past traumas, heal relationships, support career changes, and illuminate the self-actualization process.
Katie has been at the forefront in integrating sound and music into clinical work training hundreds of students how to incorporate sound and music into their clinical and healing practices. Her students include MDs to LSCWs, LCATs, board-certified music therapists, holistic healing practitioners and anyone interested in learning how to incorporate sound and Deep Listening into their personal and professional lives for continued health and wellbeing.
Katie offers an integrative and holistic approach to healing focusing on the creative arts as a means of self-expression and a powerful entry point into healing. EMDR, somatic work, sound healing and music therapy are amongst some of the techniques offered in each session. Katie offers clients the opportunity to experience true self-acceptance and unconditional positive regard, the release of trauma, connection to the self and others, and insight into personal integrity and purpose.
Katie is a professional flutist, multi-instrumentalist, and award-winning composer and sound designer, bringing with her a wide range of musical experiences and approaches from classical, jazz, world music, and free improvisation. She has enhanced her musicianship with intensive voice and Deep Listening training with Pauline Oliveros, Rhiannon, Meredith Monk, and Lisa Sokolov.
She served as a full time professor of music therapy at SUNY New Paltz from 2020 - 2024 and regularly lectures as a guest at NYU, Vassar College, University of Colorado, The School for Visual Arts, Cal State Fullerton, The Jewish Theologic Seminary, and Hofstra University.
Katie co-leads the Sound School training program at Maha Rose Center for Healing in Brooklyn and in Mazunte, Mexico each year in a week-long retreat format.
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Katie is a Reiki practitioner as well and provides Reiki as an adjunctive offering in her clinical practice and training programs. ​
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