Listening Together: Music in Therapy
Sometimes music speaks before words can. You may know the experience, putting on My Tears Ricochet by Taylor Swift or Norman Fucking Rockwell by Lana Del Rey and suddenly feeling overtaken by something you can’t quite name. A tightness in your chest. A swell of grief, longing, anger, or relief. A sense of being seen, or undone. The music seems to touch something already alive inside you.
In therapy, we have the option to listen to that together.
This is not music therapy. Rather, it is an invitation to notice how the music you’re drawn to, what you replay, what you return to, what feels impossible to turn off, may reflect something about your internal environment. Music often holds emotions that feel just out of reach in conversation, offering another way in.
You might bring in a record, a cassette, a CD, or simply a song that’s been sitting with you. We can listen quietly and pay attention to what emerges in the moment. What stirs, what settles, what feels familiar, comforting, activating, or painful. There is no expectation to interpret or explain. We follow what arises with curiosity and care.
For some, this becomes a way to access feeling more directly; for others, a way to slow down and be with themselves differently. This offering is always optional and unfolds at your pace. Sometimes, listening together opens a door that words alone can’t and we step through only as it feels right.