Education

Ph.D. in Creative Arts Therapies, Drexel University, 2018
M.S. in Music Therapy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, 2014
B.A. in Music, Bard College, 2006

About

Dr. Kate Myers-Coffman (they/she), Ph.D., MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist, researcher, and educator. Centering culturally humble and critically reflexive approaches to music therapy practice, pedagogy, and research, Dr. Myers-Coffman has published and presented nationally and internationally on topics such as critical pedagogies, inclusive syllabus design, community-based, resource-oriented music therapy with youth who have experienced trauma and loss, suicide prevention in music therapy, and supporting LGBTQIA2+ students and music therapy participants.

Dr. Myers-Coffman embeds values of justice, liberation, creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, relational and participatory learning, and co-constructed experiences of making meaning in their work.

Select publications

  • Myers-Coffman, K. (2024). Intersections of trauma and grief: Navigating multilayered terrain in music therapy to support youth through bereavement. Arts in Psychotherapy, 89, 102166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2024.102166
  • Potvin, P., & Myers-Coffman, K. (Eds.). (2023). Portraits of Everyday Practice in Music Therapy. Routledge.
  • Lacson, C., Myers-Coffman, K. Kesslick, A., Krater, C., & Bradt, J. (2021). Conducting clinical studies in community health settings: Challenges and opportunities for music therapists. Music Therapy Perspectives, 39 (1), 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miaa008
  • Myers-Coffman, K., Krater, C., Shanine, M., & Bradt, J. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of the Resilience Songwriting Program for adolescent bereavement. Arts in Psychotherapy, 71 (101724). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2020.101724
  • Myers-Coffman, K., Daly, B. P., Baker, F. A., Palisano, B., & Bradt, J. (2019). The Resilience Songwriting Program for adolescent bereavement: A mixed methods exploratory study. Journal of Music Therapy, 56 (4), 348-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2019.1642373