Ep 98 Tessa Watson

Tessa Watson is a music therapist and trainer. She is Associate
Professor and Programme Leader for the MA Music Therapy at
University of Roehampton and works in that setting with
colleagues across the Arts and Play Therapies and other HCPC
registered professions. She has extensive clinical experience in
mental health and learning disability work and her current music
therapy work is with the children and families who use Alexander
Devine Hospice. Tessa has an interest in co-production and is one
of the founders of HENCoP (The Health Education Network for
Co-Production).


Tessa has published and spoken widely about her music therapy
work to support adults with profound and multiple learning
disabilities, the experience of women in secure psychiatric
settings, multi-disciplinary work and learning and teaching music
therapy. She has contributed to the development of the profession
in the UK (BAMT) and internationally (EMTC) and in 2020 led the
BAMT online conference which attracted over 570 delegates. Tessa
is an HCPC partner, working on CPD and FTP schemes. She plays
cello and sings in local amateur musical groups.


Tessa’s most recent book, written with Cathy Warner is
Contemporary Issues in Music Therapy Training, A Resource for
Trainees, Trainers and Practitioners (Routledge 2024).


Some other notable publications are ‘Music Therapy with Adults
with Learning Disabilities - a view from the United Kingdom’
in The Handbook of Music Therapy (2024), ‘Supporting
the Unplanned Journey’ in Collaboration and Assistance in Music
Therapy Practice (2017), ‘The World is Alive! Music Therapy with
Adults with Learning Disabilities’ in the Oxford Handbook of
Music Therapy, OUP (2016), Integrated Team Working: Music
Therapy as Part of Transdisciplinary and Collaborative
Approaches, London; Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2008) with
Karen Twyford, and Music Therapy with Adults with Learning
Disabilities, London; Routledge (2007).


Links:


https://www.routledge.com/Contemporary-Issues-in-Music-Therapy-Training-A-Resource-for-Trainees-Trainers-and-Practitioners/Watson-Warner/p/book/9781032853963?srsltid=AfmBOoqv92gfeHbBxe_zmiemr1pyCC769xqTMPqxlu1E7Hfqo-imlCXw


https://alexanderdevine.org/


https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught-courses/music-therapy/