Krystal Demaine

Krystal Demaine, PhD, MT-BC, REAT, RYT, is a board certified music therapist with 15 years of clinical experience.  She is also a registered expressive arts therapist and registered yoga teacher. Her passion for teaching is rooted in active play, imagination, creation, and exploration. Her classes are experiential in nature and encourage the self discovery through an understanding of how music and other creative experiences can be used to benefit a variety of human needs and conditions. 

Demaine, K. (2016).  A reunion of east and west: Reflections on the roots of creative arts therapy and traditional Chinese medicine.  Creative Arts in Education and Therapy: East and West, 2(1), 29-39

Demaine, K. (2015).  These are my memories of you: The use of music therapy with children’s grief support groups.  In S. L.  Brooke and D. Miraglia (Eds.), Using the Creative Therapies to Cope with Grief and Loss (pp.180-196). Springfield, Il: Charles C. Thomas.

Demaine, K. & Richardson, J. F. (2015).  The arts and natural health: A merging of creative art therapies and traditional Chinese medicine.  In S. L.  Brooke (Ed.), Therapists Creating a Cultural Tapestry: Using the Creative Therapies Across Cultures (pp. 57-72). Springfield, Il: Charles C. Thomas.

Demaine, K. (2015).  Musical roots for healing: The five tone system in traditional Chinese medicine.  In S. L. Brooke (Ed.), Therapists Creating a Cultural Tapestry: Using the Creative Therapies Across Cultures (pp. 154-169).  Springfield, Il: Charles C. Thomas

Demaine, K. (2014). Merging Voices and Finding Harmony in Co-teaching: A Doctoral Student’s Experience of Co-teaching a Music Therapy Course with her Doctoral Advisor. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, [S.l.], v. 14, n. 2, jun. 2014. ISSN 1504-1611. Available at: <https://voices.no/index.php/voices/article/view/743>. Date accessed: 01 Jul. 2014.

Demaine, K. (2013).  Abstracts of doctoral theses related to psychomusicology: Musical echolalia and non-verbal children with autism.  Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain, 23(3), 202-203.

Demaine, K.  (2012).  Musical echolalia and non-verbal children with autism.  (Doctoral Dissertation).  Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.  (Accession Order No. 3509266) 

Wan, C., Demaine, K., Zipse, L., Norton, A., & Schlaug,G. (2010). From music making to speaking: Engaging the mirror neuron system in autism.  Brain Research Bulletin, 82, 161-168.

Demaine, K. (2009).  Melody versus rhythm: The relative roles of melody and rhythm in music therapy for two boys with autism. In S. L. Brooke (Ed.), The use of creative therapies with autism spectrum disorders. (pp. 200-223). Springfield, Il: Charles C. Thomas.

Demaine, K.  (January, 2017).  Teaching from a Place of Compassion in Creative Arts

Therapy. Latin American Music Therapy Symposium.  Panama City, Panama 

Demaine, K.  (2016, April).  Creative Meditation.  American Music Therapy Association, New England Regional Conference.  Falmouth, MA.

Demaine, K., Morrison, A., & Cardillo, NJ.  (2015, October). Undergraduate expressive arts therapy pedagogy: Cultivating culture and developing mindsets. International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Conference, Hong Kong.

Demaine, K.  (2014, April).  Yoga, Music, and Neuroscience: An Integration of Wholeness.  American Music Therapy Association, New England Regional Conference, Bridgeport, CT.

Demaine, K.  (2013, May).  Musical echolalia and non-verbal children with Autism.  Paper presented at Teaching Music to Students on the Autism Spectrum Conference, Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA.

Demaine, K.  (2013, February).  The role of imitation in music therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.  Paper presented at Perspectives on Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorders.  Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. 

Demaine, K.  (2012, December).  Working in Concert: Exploring Scientific Research Collaborations in Music Therapy.  Invited Presentation at Massachusetts Music Therapy Alliance Meeting, Boston, MA.

Demaine, K.  (2012, October).  Musical Echolalia and Non-Verbal Children with Autism.  Paper presented at North East Music Cognition and Perception Meeting, Boston University, Boston, MA

Demaine, K. (2011, June) “Musical Imitation and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders”  Poster Presentation at Neurosciences and Music IV. Edinburgh, UK.

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