Would you like to schedule therapy with Kelli?

Kelli is a TLMHC in the state of Iowa, a licensed creative art therapist (LCAT) in the state of New York and a nationally certified music therapist (MT-BC).  Kelli is a vocalist and songwriter and is particularly interested in using music therapy interventions with EMDR to heal clients with trauma, therapeutic songwriting for treating depression and anxiety, as well as therapeutic instrument instruction on the ukulele and music assisted relaxation (MAR). 

In the fall of 2015, Kelli developed the first music therapy program at Blank Children’s Hospital (BCH). Kelli continues to practice music therapy at Blank Children's Hospital (BCH) and John Stoddard Cancer Center (JSCC) where Kelli expanded music therapy services to include adult oncology inpatients in January of 2020. At BCH and JSCC, Kelli provides music therapy services for patients, their families and caregivers.

Kelli is a graduate of the prestigious music therapy masters program at New York University. During her training, Kelli completed her fieldwork at Bellevue Hospital in New York, NY, with adult psychiatric inpatients and at Heartsong, a creative arts therapy program for children with special needs in Yonkers, NY. Kelli completed her music therapy internship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, specializing in music therapy services for children and adults in palliative and end of life care. Kelli earned her license to practice creative arts therapy in New York (LCAT) while working as a music therapist at Mount Sinai’s Kravis Children’s Hospital in New York, NY.

Originally from Ankeny, Iowa, Kelli returned to Ankeny from Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and two children in the summer of 2015. In her free time, Kelli leads an Iowa-based folk band that performs her original music internationally.