Dr. Debbie Carroll,
Ph.D.,
MTA, is Professor of Music
Therapy
at the Université
du Québec à Montreal where
she has been educating and
supervising students since
1985. She received her
postgraduate diploma in
music therapy from the
London Guildhall School of
Music and Drama, and worked
as a music therapist in
Germany (Heidelberg and
Mannheim) and Canada
(Montreal). An accomplished
pianist and music therapy
clinician with extensive
experience in special
education and
child/adolescent psychiatry,
she has researched
children’s intuitive musical
understandings and the role
of music (specifically
rhythm and melody) in
developing the expressive
language of children with
Down syndrome. She has also
developed a guide for
teaching clinical
improvisation techniques
that focus on the specific
use of music to establish
contact with a client,
elicit, structure, guide
and/or redirect their
responses, and also to work
on deeper interpersonal and
interpersonal levels, as
indicated. Dr. Carroll has
presented her work
nationally and
internationally. Recently,
she was awarded a lifetime
membership from the Canadian
Association for Music
Therapy in recognition for
her outstanding commitment
to the organization and to
the field of music therapy.
carroll.debbie@uqam.ca
Dr. Debbie Carroll,
Ph.D.,
MTA, is Professor of Music
Therapy
at the Université
du Québec à Montreal where
she has been educating and
supervising students since
1985. She received her
postgraduate diploma in
music therapy from the
London Guildhall School of
Music and Drama, and worked
as a music therapist in
Germany (Heidelberg and
Mannheim) and Canada
(Montreal). An accomplished
pianist and music therapy
clinician with extensive
experience in special
education and
child/adolescent psychiatry,
she has researched
children’s intuitive musical
understandings and the role
of music (specifically
rhythm and melody) in
developing the expressive
language of children with
Down syndrome. She has also
developed a guide for
teaching clinical
improvisation techniques
that focus on the specific
use of music to establish
contact with a client,
elicit, structure, guide
and/or redirect their
responses, and also to work
on deeper interpersonal and
interpersonal levels, as
indicated. Dr. Carroll has
presented her work
nationally and
internationally. Recently,
she was awarded a lifetime
membership from the Canadian
Association for Music
Therapy in recognition for
her outstanding commitment
to the organization and to
the field of music therapy.