Mary Anne Barclay,
Music Therapist Mary Anne grew up in Suffolk and studied Music at St Peter's College, Oxford before training as a music therapist at the Guildhall School of Music. Since 2014 she has been working as a music therapist with children, adolescents, and adults with depression, anxiety, attachment disorders, learning disabilities, autism, social, emotional and behavioural problems, brain injury, and with people suffering from dementia. In addition, she works as a freelance harpist and harp teacher, and lead of Breathe Music. She is delighted to work as the harp tutor at Sheffield Music Academy. Mary Anne is a fellow of the Lloyds Bank School for Social Entrepreneurs Programme run by the SSE. The programme enabled the development of Breathe Music into a social enterprise to give more people greater access to the therapeutic benefits of music. |
Helen Cochrane,
Music Therapist Helen is a music therapist, songwriter, singer and recording artist who lives and works in the Suffolk countryside. She ran her own recording studio in London for several years recording a wide variety of musical artists, and also worked as a sound engineer in various professional recording studios. She writes and records her own music and is an experienced live performer; both solo and as part of a band. She retrained as music therapist in London in the Nordoff-Robbins discipline, graduating in 2014. She then moved back to her roots in Suffolk to take up her first role as a music therapist in dementia care with MHA, where she worked for 4 years running both large music and singing groups and individual music therapy sessions. She is currently recording her second solo album in Laxfield, Suffolk. |
Mary Anne and Helen met as colleagues while working on the music therapy team with MHA. They have spent some time working as co-therapists, and also enjoy singing with harp and guitar together.
They are both HCPC registered music therapists, and are members of the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT). They hold enhanced DBS checks and undertake regular safeguarding training.
They are both HCPC registered music therapists, and are members of the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT). They hold enhanced DBS checks and undertake regular safeguarding training.
