Enabling change through musical connection
Hello!
Hello, I’m Head of Surrey Music Therapy, Hannah Smith. Based in Surrey for most of my life, I’m an HCPC registered Music Therapist (AS14160) currently working for an NHS Foundation Trust in London, alongside private practice. I qualified from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2011 and have extensive experience of working with children and adults within the NHS and private practice, through roles in mainstream and special education, mental health and the charitable sector, and I am also a registered supervisor for Music Therapists.
My work to date includes individual and group sessions in children’s centres and nurseries, mainstream and special school provisions, clinics for neurodivergent children, acute and forensic mental health hospitals, neuro-rehabilitation, dementia and hospice care. Clients have presented with a range of needs, including support with early years development, social and communication difficulties, mental health, attachment work after trauma, complex educational and/or medical needs.
I am also fully insured and subscribe to the DBS Update Service. I have Safeguarding Children Level 3 as well as other relevant training. I have also undertaken Supervision Training for Creative Art Therapists with the London Art Therapy Centre (2023-2024), and have previously supervised students across four of the UK Music Therapy training courses.
They are so engaged in the music with you
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"It was a pleasure meeting you. I am so grateful for how you were with my darling boy, your patience with him was amazing, thank you so much"
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"Thank you so much for that session. I've been trying to integrate some of your songs into what we do at home"
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