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A key commitment of MTA is our emphasis on working in collaboration with therapists and professionals of other domains, i.e. speech therapists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. We also provide rehabilitation services to clients who have neurologic impairment/disorders such as stroke, Parkinson's, and brain injuries.
MTA contracts with Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, Mercy Special Learning Center, Community Music School and private clients throughout the community. In addition to our office location, we maintain community sites to provide our clients the opportunity to receive the added value of contact within their community.
For each client, a music therapy assessment is completed and a plan is created with input from parents, teachers, and other therapists. Developmental goals in functional areas such as motor skills, speech and language and appropriate social/emotional responses are identified and pursued through musical activities.
Documentation is prepared to meet your specific requirements. Music therapy is generally reimbursable under FSS (Family Services Support) and FDSS (Family Driven Support Services) funding provided through the county of client residence.
Katherine M. Purcell, MT-BC, Director of Music Therapy Associates, is a Board Certified Music Therapist and Pennsylvania State Certified Music Teacher. She graduated, Cum Laude, from Shenandoah Conservatory in 1989 with degrees in both Music Therapy and Music Education with a minor in Psychology. For four years, she worked as a secondary school music teacher at a private school in Allentown, Pennsylvania, instructing severely emotionally disturbed children from around the country. Mrs. Purcell currently provides services as a contract Music Therapist for various agencies and individuals at the agency's facility, at the clients home or in her own studio. She provides individual and group Music Therapy sessions for individuals with Attention Deficit Disorder, Speech Delay, Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Brain Injury, Developmental Delay, Autism, Psychiatric Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Cancer, Physical Handicaps, Dysfunctional Families, and At-Risk Children. Together with her husband, who is also a musician, Mrs. Purcell provides highly
entertaining and interactive musical activity programs for children's birthday parties and special events. She resides in Whitehall, Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons.
Ken Purcell has been employed in the MH-MR field since 1976 as a Recreation Therapist serving institutionalized individuals. He has involved clients in social development and creative self expression through the use of music and the performing arts as a primary treatment modality. Ken has also performed at many retirement communities, schools, festivals and private events both as a solo entertainer and as a member of several different musical ensembles. He has also collaborated on several musical recordings.
Scott Berdux RN, MA, MT-BC, received his Masters in Music therapy from Immaculata University and served his internship at Sacred Heart Hospital. Drawing on his 11 plus years of nursing experience, Scott applies a fully holistic approach to his practice of music for the whole person. In addition to working as a nurse and music therapist, Scott also gives woodwind and keyboard lessons and performs in several musical ensembles.
Allie Bowers is presently completing her M.A. in music therapy at Drexel University. She is also currently finishing her clinical internship at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown and Red Shield Family Residence in Philadelphia. Allie grew up in the Lehigh Valley and moved back here after graduating with dual degrees from the University of Portland in Oregon. She holds a Bachelor's of Music in Education and a Bachelor's of Arts in Elementary Education. Hunterdon Developmental Center and Stratford Friends School were practicum sites for music therapy for Allie. She has worked at KidsPeace as a recreation counselor for over 4 years where she integrated the arts and music into the recreation programming. She has also worked at the Boys and Girls Club of Allentown as the Education Director. Allie is now serving as an In-Home Respite Worker and Transportation/Visitation Monitor at Pinebrook Services for Children.
Steven W. Heineman, MT-BC, graduated with honors from the State University of New York at New Paltz. He provides Music Therapy to groups and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, as well as At-Risk adolescents and adults in transition. Steve has provided services for the Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy in Philadelphia. Through the Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, he provided mental health support services for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders at Second Chance Academy in Wind Gap, PA. In addition to providing individual and group music therapy through MTA, Steve currently enjoys performing original music at various venues throughout the Lehigh Valley. He resides in Macungie, PA with his wife, Lisa, and their son, Phillip.
Kimberly A. Needham, M.Ed., MT-BC, graduated from Western Michigan University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Music degree. After moving to the Mid-Atlantic area in 1987, she worked for 14 years as a music therapist at the Hunterdon Developmental Center in Clinton, New Jersey serving adults with severe and profound developmental disabilities. In 1995 she received her Master of Education from East Stroudsburg University and is a certified special education teacher in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 2001-2002 she worked as a music therapist in Troy, New York serving children ages 2 through 10 with a wide range of disabilities. In 2002-2003 she taught a junior high multiple disabilities class at Warren County Special Services School District in Washington, New Jersey. She enjoys the theater and volunteers for various community and arts events in the Lehigh Valley area. She resides in Nazareth, PA.
Tiffany I. Baldwin, MT-BC , graduated Summa Cum Lade with a Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy from Duquesne University. Moving to Phoenix, Arizona, she provided home-based music therapy services to children with developmental needs as well as individuals in a nursing home for two years before moving back to the Mid-Atlantic area. Currently, Tiffany is enjoying working with groups as well as individual students at Mercy Special Learning Center in Allentown, PA. When she is not providing music therapy services, Tiffany enjoys cooking with her husband and entertaining their energetic son.
 Susan Herrick, MA, MT-BC , has been practicing Music Therapy for over 25 years. Throughout her career, she has been sought after to treat special needs toddlers, children, teens, young adults, adults and elders in individual, group, and community configurations in public and private, medical and educational institutions. With additional training in movement therapy, sensory integration, and creative process, Susan is equipped to address the many layers of need, potential and expression found in a diverse client base. A multi-instrumentalist and commissioned composer, Susan guides musical explorations in ukulele, guitar, bass, hand drums, marching drums, drum sets, taiko drums, electronic drums, keyboards, piano, accordion, chime bars, hand bells, small percussion and large percussion, switch technology (soundbeam), garage band, imovie, singing and composing. She has earned honors for 4 nationally distributed CDs of original healing music, including monetary grants, the Smithsonian Folk Collection, and SingOut Magazine. A long time consultant, Susan has also worked full time in schools, hospitals and intermediate units - where she has spearheaded innovative music therapy programs, influenced policy regarding healing modalities and trained teachers, nurses, social workers and administrators in practical applications of music, movement and creativity.
 Allison Gifford, MT-BC ,
graduated, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Music degree. She completed her clinical internship at Matheny Medical and Educational Center in New Jersey where she worked with individuals with Cerebral Palsy. Her practicum experience included working with adults with intellectual disabilities, elderly, infants and toddlers with developmental delays, and adults with post-traumatic stress disorder. She has worked in recreation departments with adults having severe developmental disabilities and elderly clients with dementia and other psychiatric disorders. She has also worked with children on the autism spectrum. Allison also plays multiple woodwind instruments including the saxophone, flute and clarinet. She currently resides in Easton, PA.
 Stephanie
Falcone, MT-BC , graduated, Cum Laude, from Elizabethown College with a
Bachelor of Music Therapy degree. She completed her clinical internship at Bethany Children's Home in Womelsdorf, PA.
Stephanie has experience working individually and with groups of at-risk adolescents, children on the autism spectrum, children with physical disabilities, pervasive developmental disorder, and ADHD, hospitalized children in a hematology/oncology unit, and older adults with varying levels of dementia.
Stephanie utilizes a variety of instruments in therapeutic interventions, including piano/keyboard, guitar, ukulele, clarinet, voice, and percussion, and has an avid interest in music technology in the clinic, utilizing music recording and adaptive notation in meeting client goals.
Abbie Lechler,
MM, NMT, MT-BC,
received her Master's degree in Music Therapy from Colorado State University, then completed her clinical internship at Bethany Children's Home in Womelsdorf, PA. After completing her internship she moved to Arizona where she worked for Coester Cares Therapy Services and United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Arizona, providing home and clinic-based music therapy services to children and adolescents with developmental disabilities including Autism, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy. Abbie recently returned to Pennsylvania and is currently an Expressive Therapist at Kidspeace Children's Hospital providing music therapy services to adolescents in an in-patient psychiatric setting. She resides in Cetronia, PA.
 Kristen Vogt graduated cum laude from Marywood University with a Bachelors of Music degree in Music Therapy with a minor in Psychology. She studied voice, guitar, piano, percussion, ukulele, saxophone and oboe.
She has served on both the Regional and National Level of the American Music Therapy Association as Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Region Student Association and as a Representative to the National Continuing Education Committee.
Kristen has worked with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autistic, multiply handicapped, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and psychiatric clients. She gained experience in the medical field through her internship in the Intensive Care, Oncology, Behavioral Health, and Pediatric Units at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she also worked as an Activities Therapist at a Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She incorporates modern technology therapeutically by using an iPad for songwriting, communicating and recording.
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