Marianne Rizkallah
Director | Head Music Therapist
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Marianne qualified as a music therapist from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2013 and received further training in psychodynamic psychotherapy from the Tavistock Centre in 2018.
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Marianne has experience working with adults, adolescents and children with a wide range of mental health needs, including
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depression
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anxiety
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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eating disorders
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attachment issues
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autism
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social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
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early trauma
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Marianne is a registered supervisor with the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT) and served as BAMT's Vice Chair of Trustees from 2019-2022, sitting on the Board from 2016. She wrote the national guidelines for working as a music therapist during COVID-19, which were adopted worldwide.
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​Marianne lectures regularly at the Guildhall School and the Institute for Contemporary Music Performance. She is published in the British Journal of Music Therapy and Approaches Music Therapy Journal. Through NLMT, Marianne provides regular training and CPD for healthcare professionals. She began a PhD at the Guildhall School in September 2023, exploring power dynamics within 1:1 music therapy with anxious adults.
Priya Vithani
Senior Music Therapist
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Priya qualified as a music therapist from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2019.
For NLMT, Priya runs our new South London clinic based in Blackheath, and has worked with a wide variety of patients with mental health concerns and autism, ranging across the lifespan. She is Stroke Lead for NLMT, and was the main clinician in NLMT's collaborative pilot project with University College London NHS Foundation Trust, working in the homes of patients living in the community after experiencing stroke or neurological impairment.
Priya also works as a music therapist in a school, working with children and adolesents with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Saphia Amer
Administrator
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Saphia works with all NLMT service users with regards to paperwork, invoices and any practical needs that may arise through the course of music therapy.
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Behind the scenes, she also plays a vital role in looking after NLMT's clinicians and taking care of all administrative matters for running the business.