Kristen Stewart PhD Cand, LCAT, MT-BC

Kristen Stewart, PhD cand, LCAT, MT-BC, is Assistant Director and Clinical Director in the Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy here at Mount Sinai, and is pursuing her PhD at Temple University. She holds two post-graduate certifications in trauma treatment and has advanced training in NICU and Neurologic Music Therapy training. Her music therapy practice has evolved through medical, educational, mental health and residential treatment contexts. Publications and presentation history focus primarily on trauma, including her work as editor of the text Music Therapy & Trauma: Bringing Therapy and Clinical Practice. Before returning to Mount Sinai Beth Israel, she worked in the NICU at Vassar Brothers Medical Center and in the VA – Hudson Valley Healthcare System, serving veterans in the Community Living Centers, Acute Psychiatry, and Residential Treatment Programs, including substance abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, and housing and work rehabilitation.