Back Mountain Music Therapy

Back Mountain Music Therapy is a DIR-Floortime acreditted organazation. DIR-Floortime combines the vigor of playful interctions within an attuned,reciprocal interchange as the incentive that furthers development across the lifespan. This is a powerful individual-centered approach championing the dignity of each individual and familiy’s culture, uniqueness and strengths. This approach stresses the prominenece of family involvement and partnership. DIR emphasizes ranking connection and trust through shared participatory involvement, that are significant and robust in order to generate a bedrock for healthy emotional. social and cognitive development. An expanded sense of agency, selfhood and a positive sense of well being are priority.

The Medical Association (AMA), has adopted a resolution (Resolution 706), entittled “Revision of H-185.921”, Removal of AMA support for Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy ( [AMA], 2023, pp. 1179-1182). The new policy includes all evidenced based therapies including DIR Floor time .

As a DIR-Floortime accreditted organization, Back Mountain Music Therapy is a client-led, Developmental-Relationship based Therapy, that cultivates attention, self-regulation, engagement, and communication through relating in a safe, predictable environment.

While simultaneously considering each individuals preferences and differences, BMMT administers an evidenced-based assessment, through musical play, which drives musical, relational experiences to aid in further developing core emotional milestones necessary for expanding higher levels of thought in order to help clients increase their abilities to relax, regulate, engage, express, communicate and relate

Our service may be what you are looking for if you have a loved one with ADHD, other attention and focus issues. Has someone your family experienced disruptive life changes, Brain injury, Irreversable Neurodegenerative brain diseases, Language or Communication Delays, other types of Developmental Disabilities, Neurological challenges, behavioral or emotional challenges? Is your family memeber, or yourself, going through a major life change? Are you seeking services for things such as Autism, Smith-Magenis Syndrome, Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome, Trauma-related issues, or Sensory Processing issues that makes everyday life a litte more work?

Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
DIRFloortime®

The Heyward Rooms Music Therapy Center focuses on both relationship and developmental models to assess and understand client strengths and weaknesses to assist clients to organize sensory inputs, regulate or express emotional responses, develop the ability to share attention, and more. through the use of improvisational music therapy. This approach creates an outlet for positive expression in which the client can make connections that traditional therapy or other learning types have made difficult.

If you are seeking a Music Therapist in Luzerne, Lackawanna, and extending counties in PA, contact us today. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly digest email or contact us to learn more about DIR Flooritme and Music Therapy in Dallas and the surrounding areas.

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