Suzanne Sorel

Suzanne Sorel, M.T.-B.C., L.C.A.T

Director of Graduate Music Therapy, Coordinator for the Nordoff-Robbins Training Program

Personal Information

About

I am Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Music Therapy at Molloy University, where I have been teaching for over 30 years. I practiced clinically as a senior music therapist and supervisor for 13 years at the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University achieving Level III Certification (trainer status) in the approach. During my music therapy career, I have worked with a variety of client groups including autistic children and adults, people with developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, speech and language delays, and psychiatric disorders. I developed the Nordoff-Robbins training at Molloy and oversee the training at our on campus clinic,The Rebecca Center for Music Therapy. I completed undergraduate music therapy training at State University of New York at New Paltz and received music therapy master’s and doctoral degrees from New York University. I have been an invited lecturer at regional, national, and international conferences and workshops sharing my areas of study and interest: Clinical improvisation and developing humanistic music-centered treatment plans that are evidence-based. I am the author of Becoming a Music-Centered Therapist (Barcelona, 2022), as well as several chapters in music therapy textbooks. I have also composed and published seven musical compositions used in music education and therapy. 

Education/Academic qualification

Music, MS and DA, New York University

Music, BS, State University of New York College at New Paltz

External positions

Senior music therapist and supervisor, New York University

Jan 1 1990 → Jan 1 2003

Music Therapist, School for Language and Communication Development

Jan 1 1990 → Jan 1 1991

Senior Music Therapist, United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County

Jan 1 1987 → Jan 1 1990

Research Interests

  • Clinical improvisation, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, Nordoff-Robbins teamwork, music therapy assessment, humanism, treatment planning

Disciplines

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Music
  • Music Therapy
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  • 1 Membership of committee