Jenny Lee

Canterbury

From a young age, Jenny has always enjoyed playing the piano and making music. While studying at Victoria University majoring in music composition, Jenny attended a few national music therapy conferences, as well as doing voluntary work in rest-homes and camp for children with disabilities. She felt drawn to the nature of work in music therapy.

In 2007 Jenny completed her Masters in Music Therapy training in Wellington. Since then she has been working as a music therapist, mainly with children and adults with Neuro-disability. She received further training in Neurologic Music Therapy, and the FloorTime Approach for children with autism.

Jenny has experiencience working in both New Zealand and Singapore. She is a talented pianist and has a key interest in improvisation.

She likes working as part of a team, co-creating programmes with other therapists. She also enjoys working alongside staff and caregivers, sharing ways of using music to create a calming environment and to promote therapeutic relationships. In her spare time, Jenny enjoys going to cafes, hiking, traveling, and doing voluntary work.

Langlois Hunt, E. (2020). Developing a sense of belonging: A case study on the use of peer inclusion to support a child with selective mutism. New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy 18, 141-158
Hunt, E. J. (2019). What strategies did I use, as a music therapy student, to promote child-led cooperative play in an inclusive education setting? (Unpublished thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8246

Collaborative Article: Shaw, C. et al. (2022). Lived Experience Perspectives on Ableism Within and Beyond Music Therapists’ Professional Identities, Music Therapy Perspectives 40(2), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miac001
Collaborative Article: Talmage, A. et al. (2020). Music Therapy in a time of pandemic: Experiences of musicking, telehealth, and resource-oriented practice during COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy 18, 7-66

NZ Registered Music Therapist Master of Music Therapy, NZSM, Victoria University of Wellington, 2019 Certificate in Teaching, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), UK, 2005 PhD in Theology, University of Birmingham, UK, 2000 Certificate in Counselling Skills, Counselling and Psychotherapy Awarding Body (CPCAB), UK, 1999 BA (Hons) in Theology, University of Birmingham, UK, 1995