About Abigail Yeh, MT-BC

Abigail Yeh, MT-BC, is a professionally trained, board-certified music therapist in private practice. She provides outreach music therapy, in-services, and workshops at various facilities.

After graduating with a Bachelor's of Science in Music Therapy at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Abigail completed an extensive 12-month internship at The Rebecca Center for Music Therapy, New York's leading music therapy provider. At The Rebecca Center she was trained in Child-Centered Music Therapy, while learning Nordoff-Robbins theory and clinical foundations. Although Abigail's specialization and primary focus is with children diagnosed within the autistic spectrum, she has a wide range of clinical experience providing individual and group music therapy to special needs children and adolescents, people afflicted with HIV/AIDS and substance abuse, adults with severe to profound developmental disabilities, elderly clients living with Alzheimer's and Dementia, and at-risk youth.

In addition to Abigail's diverse clinical experience, she also co-directed The Rebecca Center's program development, performing various administrative duties such as grant research, grant proposal writing, co-authoring The Center's annual report, and participating in pivotal development meetings with outside agencies and prominent healthcare facilities. In addition, she assisted in creating The Center's policies and procedures, and maintained the daily administration of the on-site clinic at Molloy College.

She has provided lectures and in-services to other music therapy professionals, interdisciplinary staff and direct care workers throughout New York. In the spring of 2005, the Fredonia College Foundation awarded Abigail the first annual Constance E. Willeford Award for Music Therapy.

In the summer of 2005, Abigail relocated to Gainesville and founded Gainesville Music Therapy, Gainesville's first Child-Centered Music Therapy clinic. In addition, she consults with facilities and organizations in the area in developing music therapy outreach programs for a variety of populations.

Abigail Yeh is a member of the American Music Therapy Association.