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May Clulee

Southern Music Therapy / Supervision Private Practice

Canterbury

May Bee Choo Clulee 吳美珠 works for Southern Music Therapy and also has a private supervision practice.

May grew up in a rich, multicultural environment in Singapore. She is an experienced therapist, and has worked with individuals and groups across the lifespan in a range of diverse settings.

May has a lifetime of working in the disability sector and strongly advocates for disabled people to live well. She is interested in how music transforms, breaks barriers and builds diverse, inclusive spaces where all people experience belonging. May has had a rich portfolio career, including roles as a foster parent, teacher aide, piano tutor & library assistant. She lives in North Canterbury.

  • Assistant Editor of New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy 2020-2024
  • Member of Music Therapy New Zealand Working group – Te Tiriti O Waitangi Ropu 2022 to present
  • Recipient of Music Therapy NZ Lindgren Study Award for Kaitiakitanga Postgraduate Diploma in Bicultural Professional Supervision 2021
  • Founding member of the Association for Music Therapy (Singapore) 2007

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I am interested in how music transforms, breaks barriers and builds diverse, inclusive spaces where all people experience belonging.

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 (Unpublished thesis).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

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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