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Akilah Watts MM MT-BC

Akilah specializes in music therapy for acute psychiatric care, addiction, special needs, trauma and children. Akilah hails from Chicago and has a background in music education. She taught general music at an Illinois public school to grades K-6 for two years before attending Illinois State University in 2012 to pursue her Master’s in Music Therapy. In addition to her work in California, Akilah has practiced music therapy in Kenya, Thailand and Uganda.

Brittany Burns, MT-BC

Brittany Burns reigns from the land of Platte City, Missouri. She obtained her Music Therapy degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 2017. Brittany became a Board Certified Music Therapist in 2020 practicing in Los Angeles, California. She is currently working with adolescents with depression, anxiety and addiction and with adults with Schizophrenia. Brittany also has professional experience working with Hospice patients and children. Brittany's primary instrument is piano, but she is proficient in many others including but not limited to: acoustic guitar, percussion, marimba and voice. In her free time, Brittany enjoys reading and exercising in the beautiful outdoors.

Madeleine Brown, MT-BC

Madeleine is a board certified music therapist in Los Angeles. She received training from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Madeleine provides music therapy to teens and adults with mental health challenges, addiction, and eating disorders, as well as children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and new mothers who are bonding with their newborns. She has extensive experience working in the pediatric hospital setting to provide support with anxiety and pain, as well as bereavement services for families. Madeleine is from Chicago, IL and although she has traveled to many countries, one of her favorite places in the world is still the log cabin in Door County, WI. Madeleine plays piano, guitar, ukulele, djembe, and harp, and has experience with music technology and recording.

Jean-Marc Tardieu, MT-BC

Jean-Marc Tardieu, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist born and raised in the twin island republic of Trinidad & Tobago in the southern Caribbean. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston where he obtained his Music Therapy degree in 2014, Summa Cum Laude.He currently works with the Children’s Music Fund, Get in Tune Music Therapy, Rhythm & Truth Music Therapy and other various organizations doing sessions at Rehabilitation centers and Hospitals throughout The Greater Los Angeles Area and Orange County. He incorporates mindfulness, culture and the awareness of the mind-body connection into his work and specialises in working with adolescents and adults in Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders. Simultaneously as a vocalist and songwriter, Jean-Marc has worked with various Grammy award winning producers & writers and has been actively writing for his personal projects as well for other artists in various areas of the music industry and his catalogue has garnered millions of plays across streaming platforms.

Ellie Ikeda, MT-BC

Ellie Ikeda is an LA native pianist, Board-Certified Music Therapist, and music instructor. She is a graduate of Cal State LA, where she received a BA in Music in 2015 with an emphasis in composition and arranging. She also has over 20 years of classical and contemporary piano training and experience. Throughout her undergrad and following her graduation, Ellie continued to teach piano and is currently the co-owner of Radiant Music Studio in South Pasadena, CA.

In May of 2020, she graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana on the Dean’s highest honors list through their distance learning equivalency program for Music Therapy. In October of 2020, she obtained her Board Certification for Music Therapy. While she currently works with adolescents in mental health and adults with intellectual developmental delay, Ellie also has music therapy experience in populations such as hospice, geriatrics and memory care, adults and children with developmental delay, and Special Education settings. 

Elissa Gould, ATR-BC

Elissa Gould is a Board-Certified Art Therapist. 
She received both a Master’s Degree in Art Therapy and Counseling and a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the College of New Rochelle. Elissa has extensive experience working with older adults diagnosed with Dementia in continuum of care retirement communities. Since relocating to California Elissa has been providing Art Therapy services for adults at in-patient Mental Health rehabilitation programs. She cultivates a down-to-earth and welcoming space for her clients by emphasizing process over product, allowing for freedom of expression without fear of judgment. Her studio art background welcomes a wide variety of art-based mediums to the Art Therapy experience, from collage and ceramics to printmaking and painting.

Anna Jeffries, MT-BC

Anna Jeffries, MT-BC is a Board Certified Music Therapist and a Neurologic Music Therapist. Anna received her Bachelor’s Degree In Music Therapy with a minor in Speech- Language Pathology from the University of the Pacific Conservatory in Stockton, California. Anna is primarily a cellist however, she is also proficient in voice, guitar, piano, percussion and ukulele.

Anna completed her Music Therapy internship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where she primarily worked in the inpatient rehabilitation unit focusing on patients who experienced Traumatic Brain Injuries and strokes. Anna has done significant work in the inpatient mental health and recovery setting. 

Anna has a passion to utilize music as a healing device to provide a creative, encouraging and supportive environment for each client to achieve any personalized goals and improve their quality of life.

Jayne Garceau MT-BC