“Music is a part of my identity, my work, my leisure, my humanness.”

Matt Le Mare is a British Association of Music Therapy (BAMT) registered music therapist presently working with elders with dementia and a variety of private clients. Matt also trains music therapists at Derby University where he encountered compassion focussed therapy (CFT) and trained as a CFT practitioner with Paul Gilbert. Matt is very interested in how compassion can be used alongside music therapy and has blended it into his approach with clients.

Time Stamps:

3.05 What does music mean to you?

7.15 What was it like to feel enchanted by music?

11.17 Matt Le Mare first hears about Professor Paul Gilbert!

14.17 Music as an expression of a compassionate motivation.

19.53 Tell us a bit about how music can also activate threat or drive systems.

22.22 How might you integrate music into your practice of CFT?

27.14 What are some examples of the successes, or where bringing music into CFT has been helpful?

34.07 Would you mind playing us some music?

38.44 What about the role of the instrument or musical preferences?

40.44 What are some of the challenges you have encountered working with compassion and music?

44.26 Music helps us embody the compassionate self.

45.15 What current projects do you have on the go?

47.16 How can people access your musical pieces?

49.56 What are three tips you would offer others who are making their way on their compassionate journey?

Website:

https://compassionfocusedmusicians.bandcamp.com/music

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