Ep 54 Michaela de Cruz

In Episode 54, Davina Wilson talks to Michaela de Cruz. Michaela
qualified in 2019 and is relatively new to music therapy but is
not new to music activism. Over her 20 years as a jazz and soul
performer, musician and songwriter, she has championed and
contributed to causes as varied as racial awareness, gender and
sexual equality and animal rights. As an activist in the music
therapy scene, Michaela was on the panel for the first ever BAMT
racial awareness event, which was a seminal effort for music
therapy in the UK. In this podcast, Michaela speaks with her
panel member Davina about the events which led to her putting her
passion behind the fight for racial equality and equity in the
music therapy space for both therapists and their clients, why
she believes there can be no more excuses for ignorance of racial
issues and discrimination in the community, as well as what she
hopes to see in the future for music therapy training and
practice across the UK. 


 


Michaela works primarily in adult mental health and runs her own
private practice MdC Music Therapy. She will be presenting a
roundtable discussion together with the BAMT racial awareness
panel members at the upcoming European Music Therapy Conference
in 2022. 


 


MdC Music Therapy - www.mdcmusictherapy.com


 


Michaela Therese music
- https://soundcloud.com/michaelatheresemusic/tracks


 


Resource Books:


 


Turner, D. (2021). Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in
Counselling and Psychotherapy: Mockingbird. Routledge


 


Keval, N. (2016). Racist States of Mind: Understanding the
Perversion of Curiosity and Concern. Routledge.


 


Shukla, N. (2017). The Good Immigrant. Unbound.