About me
Hello, I’m Donna! I’m an accredited psychotherapist (BABCP/NCPS), author, and music producer who creates therapeutic audio experiences that bridge clinical expertise with artistic expression. I specialise in bilateral music for therapy, flow-state music and audio guides, and therapeutic soundscapes that support emotional processing and peak performance.
My Mission
Creating Therapeutic Audio That Transforms How We Heal and Perform
After 24+ years in mental health and a Master’s in Music Production and Songwriting, I’ve discovered that talking is not the only way of helping people. I create specialised music and guided audio experiences. From bilateral music for trauma processing to flow-state music and audio for peak performance, helping both individuals and practitioners access deeper states of healing and creativity.
My Expertise
Therapeutic Music, Psychotherapy & Audio Production
My qualifications span psychology, psychotherapy, occupational therapy, arts & health and music. With training in trauma therapy, bilateral music research, and therapeutic sound applications. I hold a Master’s in Music Production and Songwriting from University of Westminster, where I researched musical awe and bilateral sound effects on neural processing. This unique combination allows me to create evidence-based therapeutic audio that serves both clinical and creative purposes.
Therapeutic Foundation
Accredited therapist with BABCP & NCPS
Specialised training in trauma therapy, emotion regulation, and sound healing.
Deep understanding of the psychology behind creativity, wellbeing and peak performance.
Audio Production Expertise
Master’s degree in Music Production and Songwriting from University of Westminster. Research in bilateral sound, musical awe, and therapeutic audio applications. Specialising in creating purpose-built music for emotional processing and flow states. Clinical experience using bilateral music in trauma therapy sessions.
Therapeutic Audio Applications
Evidence-based approach to creating music for specific therapeutic outcomes. Integration of bilateral stimulation with musical composition. Specialised expertise in audio for emotional regulation, trauma processing, and flow state activation.
Why I Create Therapeutic Audio
Music Reaches Beyond Where Words Can Go
As a trauma therapist, I’ve witnessed how music and sound can support emotion processing that goes beyond surface level thinking. Therapeutic audio works directly with the nervous system. Bilateral music helps process traumatic memories, flow-state soundscapes support creative breakthroughs, and purposefully composed music can shift us from dysregulation to balanced states. It is not only about being relaxed and calm. Often we want to feel balanced and activated in a positive way.
Research shows that audio stimulation affects multiple brain networks simultaneously, supporting both emotional processing and peak performance states.
My Approach
I combine evidence-based therapeutic knowledge with professional music production skills to create specialised audio experiences that serve multiple purposes:
- Bilateral music for therapy sessions: Supporting trauma processing, emotional regulation, and EMDR/Brainspotting work
- Flow-state audio guides: Helping individuals access peak performance states for creativity and focus
- Therapeutic soundscapes: Providing nervous system regulation and emotional support
- Research-informed compositions: Using my studies in musical awe, bilateral sound, and therapeutic audio applications
Whether you’re a therapist seeking evidence-based audio tools for your practice, or an individual wanting therapeutic music for personal healing and growth, my work bridges the gap between clinical effectiveness and artistic expression.
My Journey To Therapeutic Music
My relationship with music began long before I understood its therapeutic power. My early training was in dance, where I first experienced the profound connection between music, movement, and emotional expression. I started producing music in 1993, learning keyboard and drums, and have always been fascinated by the experience of driving while listening to music. It’s that unique combination of rhythm, movement, and sound whilst moving through a landscape. I find it captivating.
During my occupational therapy degree, I studied sensory processing and mental health, beginning to understand how our senses affect our emotional wellbeing. I also trained in various sound therapies, drums, tuning forks, Tibetan bowls, and chimes, exploring how different sonic textures and frequencies impact our nervous system.
But it was when I went through my own trauma that music helped me when talking could not. It was the experience of creating playlists and driving, that combination of carefully chosen music, rhythm, and movement, that helped me access the flow state and feel moments of being lifted up and out of the depths of despair that I was in at the time.
This personal experience of music as medicine shaped my path. In 2010, I began formal study in singing and songwriting, and later pursued my Master’s in Music Production and Songwriting at the University of Westminster, where I researched musical awe, bilateral sound, and how specific audio techniques affect our neurological states.
Through studying the intersection of sound, neuroscience, and therapeutic practice, I finally found the scientific framework to explain what I’d experienced personally: that therapeutic music isn’t just background sound, it is a direct pathway to nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and healing that can be intentionally designed for specific outcomes.
My Personal and Professional Mission
Now I combine my therapeutic expertise with music production skills to create evidence-based audio tools that support both individual healing and professional practice. I am on a mission to create musical experiences that help people to feel better.