Lecture
Wellness and the Arts
Tips from a Music Therapist
Artis—Naples Lifelong Learning
Kimberly Sena Moore, Ph.D., lecturer
Across cultures and time, music has held an important role in supporting health and wellness in individuals and communities. More recent advances in brain imaging studies have helped us understand how to utilize music more effectively to promote healthy living. Professional music therapists leverage this impact to promote specific therapeutic change — how might this help the rest of us? Join us in exploring music’s impact on physical and mental health and discover musical strategies you can incorporate to live well.
This presentation is part of the Artis—Naples Lifelong Learning Wellness and the Arts series.
Kimberly Sena Moore
Kimberly Sena Moore
Dr. Kimberly Sena Moore is a board-certified music therapist. She is an associate professor and coordinator of the music therapy program in the Bower School of Music and the Arts at Florida Gulf Coast University. Sena Moore’s research focuses on emotion regulation development, particularly in preschoolers who are neurodevelopmentally at-risk, as well as clinical music intervention development.
Outside academia, Dr. Sena Moore serves as regulatory affairs associate for the Certification Board for Music Therapists, where she is involved in state-level advocacy, legislative and policy issues that impact music therapy practice. She is also interim co-editor for the Journal of Music Therapy. Sena Moore has presented extensively at regional, national and international conferences, her research has been published in the Journal of Music Therapy, Music Therapy Perspectives, and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, and her work has been featured in media outlets such as Psychology Today, Redbook and CURE.
