About Key Music Therapy

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Hi! My name is Alexandria (AJ) Denne, owner of Key Music Therapy. I graduated with my a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. of Music with a certificate in sign language from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017. I graduated with a Masters of Music Therapy in 2019 from Florida State University. I started working as a Music Therapist in January of 2020 for a health care system where I gained experience in populations such as older adults, Alzheimer's Disease, Autism, Down Syndrome, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury, Aphasia, Parkinson's Disease and other Neurodegenerative Disorders. I hold both the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU-MT) and Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) certifications and also have additional training in the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorder of Consciousness (MATADOC). 

My philosophy of music therapy incorporates biomedical, neurologic, holistic, and biopsychosocial approaches to best serve clients within all populations and ability levels. To effectively determine and understand the needs of clients, it is important to not only look at the medical/physiological needs, but also the psychological needs. Integrating both a medical/neurologic approach with a biopsychosocial approach provides me with the ability to assess the client as a whole and define specific goals that address detailed areas of the client such as their diagnosis, disease, psychological status, and physiological status.    

I rely on interventions and practices that are based in research. Oftentimes, music can “bypass” the brains damaged neural pathways to showcase a client’s abilities that may not have been accessible via other therapies. With this said, when music therapy is combined with other therapies such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and/or other creative arts therapies, treatment teams can gain a more complete picture of client needs. This allows patients to receive the highest quality treatment and care.  

I acknowledge that music therapy as health profession is an ever-changing field and that I am ethically and morally obligated to emerge myself in the latest research, treatments, and interventions to best serve my clients. This includes updating and changing my personal philosophy of music therapy to sustain the standards of music therapy practice.