Launching Your Daughter|psychotherapy|anxiety|trauma|mindfulness|parenting|depression|relationships

Today’s guest is Maya Benattar, licensed creative art therapist and board certified music therapist in New York city and Manhattan, NY. Maya talks about her work with women and how singing, music and mindfulness can calm worries and fears. We know music is important to most teenagers and can be a great way for parents to connect with them. Music can help us transcend from the stuckness to a place of feeling seen and connected. In this episode you will learn: Maya works primarily with women who struggle with anxiety “ Triumph over anxiety to understand it and move through it.” Getting women out of their heads and “noticing” where their anxiety is and interrupting that cycle Disconnect between mind and body and relearning that connection through sound, sitting in uncomfortable for little bit and through creative ways Techniques Used: Vocal psychotherapy-using voice, singing exercises Do not need to be a singer or have vocal training Use mindfulness around music that is meaningful to them Where do you feel it