The Therapist

SUSAN ELAINE LONG

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The Therapist

Music Therapy, Somatic Experiencing (SE), Vocal Rehabilitation

Besides an active artistic career Susan has dedicated herself passionately to deepening her knowledge through study and research in her quest for person health and wellbeing using a holistic approach.

This search lead her to become a Cranial-Sacral therapist, completing the five levels through the Istituto Upledger- Italia, Trieste, Italy, founder John Upledger, MD. She also attended the courses on psychosomatic illness, involving 200 hours of class work, with the French Canadian biochemist, Claudia Rainville.

In the fall of 2005 Susan began a post-graduate specialization in Music Therapy in Bologna, Italy through Music Space, branch of the University of Bristol, Bristol, England. This she completed in 2008. Subsequently in 2012 she completed her Masters, MA, in music therapy at the University of the West of England (UWE) – Bristol, England under the guidance of world renown music therapist, Leslie Bunt.

Upon conclusion of her Masters, Susan moved back to the United States for two years where she undertook two specializations in psychoanalytical music therapy: Analytical Music Therapy (AMT) under Benedikte Scheiby and Vocal Psychotherapy under Diane Austen. In May of 2014 Susan passed the American, national board exam for music therapists qualifying as an MT-BC.

Currently, to further her deepening wisdom of the human psyche, she is beginning her third and final year of Somatic Experiencing (SE) through the Institute of Somatic Experiencing developed by Peter Levine, PhD. in the understanding and resolution of trauma.

For the last 20 years she has placed more and more emphasis on working with clients, both amateurs as well as professionals who use the voice (singers, teachers, and speakers) with the resolution of vocal pathologies through the clients’ re-education, somatic awareness and offering psychological support collaborating with a network of other professionals to facilitate the wellbeing of her clients.