Presentations and Workshops
Creative professional development & workplace wellness offerings
Maya Benattar, MA, MT-BC, LCAT
As a music therapist and psychotherapist with 15+ years of clinical experience, I love offering workshops/trainings that blend simple and effective experiential exercises with practical information.
My areas of expertise include social-emotional learning (SEL), mindfulness, trauma-informed care, experiential approaches to stress management & self-care in high stress settings, resilience, and creative approaches to therapy/mental health.
Sample of available workshops & presentations:
Tuning In: Reducing Stress & Anxiety in the Classroom Through Music and Mindfulness
Social Emotional Learning & the Arts: What, Why and How
The Creative Use of Songs Within a Trauma-Informed Framework
Restorative Music & Imagery Workshop
Refill Your Cup: a Music & Self-Care Workshop
Connecting to Our Clients Through Song Listening
Managing Anxiety in Young Children Through Humming & the Breath
Presentations and workshops are available in small and large group formats and are customized to your organization/group’s needs.
I am available for full-day retreats/workshops, as well as shorter presentations.
In-person and online options are available.
all set up for a post-Hurricane Sandy community support drum circle in Hoboken, NJ - 2012
Partial list of past audiences include:
Silman, Inc. Corporate Wellness Program
Smithtown Central School District
The Collaborative for Inclusive Education - NYC
Montefiore Medical Center
New Jersey Association for Music Therapy
Greens at Greenwich
Fusion Academy - Manhattan & Brooklyn
Amscan, Inc. Corporate Wellness Program
Pratt Institute
Gilda's Club - NYC & Westchester
Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester
Kint Institute
Expressive Therapies Summit
New York Society for Clinical Social Work - Westchester Chapter
Testimonials
Maya’s workshop is lovely…These are wonderful ways to explore transference issues, I feel I have an entirely new way to experience this with my clients…I am leaving with a renewed interest in song listening as a way to connect with clients. I also have some practical tools that I can use. I highly recommend this workshop!
- Marcia Wooden, LCAT
CEU workshop participant
Maya’s presentation on music and mindfulness was captivating. Her ability to make her audience feel comfortable with experiential exercises is unparalleled. I had many audience members come up to me after the evening had concluded to thank me for inviting Maya to speak. Even I left feeling not just informed, but elevated.
- Lucas Goodwin
Fusion Academy - Manhattan
I had the pleasure of hiring Maya for a series of “Music Wellness” workshops for our employees here at Amscan. Everyone who participated thoroughly enjoyed Maya’s classes.
She teaches in a friendly and compassionate way, allowing people to feel comfortable and at ease with instruments they’ve never even seen before. Her exercises were informative, useful and fun.
I highly recommend Maya for her expertise and ability to connect with her students.
-Lauren Forney
Amscan, Inc
teaching 5 hour CEU workshop for the NJ Association for Music Therapy - October 2019
teaching a music & mindfulness workshop to K-12 teachers on Long Island - August 2018
making a list of internal and external rhythms in the classroom during a professional development workshop for K-5 educators at The Collaborative for Inclusive Education, NYC - January 2020
virtual workshops can still be embodied and creative! teaching a professional development workshop for therapists at the Expressive Therapies Summit - December 2020
leading a music & self-care workshop for Let it Shine Womens Retreat, Ossining, NY - February 2023