Front Porch Music Therapy
The front porch – where community blooms
About Front Porch Music Therapy
Front Porch Music Therapy is a traveling company dedicating to providing meaningful music therapy services to communities across the U.S. Music Therapy is an evidenced-based practice facilitated by a Board-Certified Music Therapy that uses music in many forms for addressing goals. People of all ages and abilities can benefit from this type of therapy. Front Porch Music Therapy offers singular in-person music therapy groups great for team building, self-care retreats, camps or facility events as well as specializes in personalized heartbeat recording keepsakes.
Owner of FPMT, Gianna, is a board-certified Music Therapist and Neurologic Music Therapist who has worked in both private practice and in hospitals. Gianna took to the road, traveling the country in a camper with her husband and senior dog when she founded FPMT!
About our name: At a hospital where Gianna worked, long-term patients were placed together to decrease agitation and increase quality of life. Gianna provided regular music therapy groups and slowly staff began referring to the hall as the "the front porch." Where there was once isolation, patients were given the chance to socialize and community bloomed a new sense of hope and joy. Front Porch Music Therapy hopes to continue the work of bringing people together and sparking connection.
Our Services
Heartbeat Songs
$180 This service would involve taking the heartbeat and having the Music Therapist record 1-2 songs to the tempo of the heart. A song can be replaced by a voice recording of a loved one which the MT will bring equipment to record if interested. -Recording time varies but the maximum time would be 3 minutes. + Additional time, songs or voice recordings can be added for additional cost.
Heartbeat Bear
With this service, the Music Therapist adds 20 seconds of the client’s heartbeat recording to a small recording insert that fits into a stuffed bear. A 1-minute MP3 of the heartbeat will be sent digitally as well for backup. -Bear pictured to the right will be $110 and a quicker turn around time for shipping to you -If you are interested in choosing a different animal go to My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear . MT will order your selection, add recording and ship to you. Choosing this option will be $130.
Music Therapy Group
Music therapy groups are available upon request and dependent on the physical location of Front Porch MT at the time requested (FPMT is a traveling company and moves frequently). With each group will have their own set of goals that is looking to be addressed and Music Therapist will plan a session based on the needs and requests of the facility. Great for team building, self-care retreats, children, adults, camps, and more! Groups should be 12 or less participants for 45 minutes at $150