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Masters of Music Therapy, University of Melbourne
Bachelors of Communications Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Professional credentials: Registered Music Therapist (RMT) Fellow of Association of Music and Imagery (FAMI) Austin Vocal Psychotherapist (AVPT))

Eta Lauw is a registered music therapist with a Masters of Music Therapy from the University of Melbourne.

As a clinician who strongly believes in culturally-centred practice, Eta believes in authenticity and the use of emotional and musical connections to foster personal development and encourage community integration and bonding. She uses an integrative approach, influenced by developmental, psychodynamic, humanistic-existential and intersubjective perspectives, in her work.

Eta is particularly interested in the use of music in music psychotherapy for exploration of intra- and interpersonal relationships and personal growth. She trained personally with the founder of the Vocal Psychotherapy method, Dr Diane Austin, to further her work in trauma. She has also completed Level 3 training in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) and is a qualified GIM therapist.

Eta’s professional practice includes children with developmental delay in special schools in Australia and Singapore, trauma, dementia and individuals who wish to seek a greater sense of well-being and connection. She has designed and conducted community music therapy groups aimed at stroke survivors, caregivers, siblings of people with special needs and seniors.

Eta is passionate about her work in music therapy and has presented in conferences and conducted workshops for her work in dementia and children with special needs. She is a member of the Association for Music Therapy (Singapore) and strongly believes that music therapists should play an active role in professional associations to help the music therapy profession and industry grow. This involvement also allows clinicians to further their professional skills through the healthy exchange of ideas within the music therapy community.

Prior to becoming a music therapist, Eta spent 10 years in the world of broadcast media and corporate communications, having led teams in the areas of service quality, media communications and operations.

‘Breath is life! A Two Year Collaboration Between Music Therapy and Physiotherapy for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in a Child With Brain Injury’ in Australian Journal of Music Therapy, 35(1), pp31–41 (2024)
‘When the Dust Settles… Reflections from the Music Therapy Working Space’ in Music Therapy Times, 18, pp9–11 (2023) https://musictherapy.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MusicTherapyTimes_ISSUE18.pdf
‘Connecting with my inner child through vocal psychotherapy’ in British Journal of Music Therapy, 37 (1), pp36-43 (2023)
‘When Home Feels Familiar But Yet So Foreign – The Professional Readjustment Experiences of Returning Internationally-Trained Singaporean Music Therapists’ in Music Therapy Perspectives (2016)
‘Mianzi and other social influences on music therapy for older Chinese people in Australian aged care’ in Australian Journal of Music Therapy, 27, pp57-68 (2016)

Professional practice

Music therapy in special education with children with limited verbal abilities
Music therapy with older adults with dementia
Music psychotherapy for developmental trauma

Clinical supervision
Music therapy education
Music psychotherapy
Interprofessional practice
Developmental trauma
Music therapy and special education
Autism
Dementia care

Academic leadership and faculty

Programme Leaders

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Alan P Rudge

Andreas Schlegel

Audrey Wong

Dayal Gian Singh

Dr Diego Celi

Dr Ronald P.M.H. Lay, MA, AThS-HF, AThR, ATR-BC

Dr Emilio Molina

Erzan Adam

Dr Francis Maravillas

Ginette Chittick

Hazel Lim-Schlegel

Dr Ian Woo

Dr Indra Selvarajah

Jay Loo Dexian

Jaygo Bloom

Jeffrey Say

Joselyn Sim

Justin Hegburg

Kathryn Shannon Sim

Khalid Almkhlaafy

Matt Grey

Michael Budmani

Dr Natalia Grincheva

Nathan Yong

Dr Rosslyn Prosser

Dr Subashini K Rajanthran

Victoria Elizabeth Ho

Wendy Chua

Associate Professor Woo Yen Yen

Senior Lecturers

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Adeline Kueh

Brian O’Reilly

Dr Darren Moore

Dirk Johan Stromberg

Hideho Urata

Jeremy Sharma

Kelley Cheng

Dr S Chandrasekaran

Salleh Japar

Urich Lau Wai-Yuen

Lecturers

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Aloysius Foong

Alvin Chiam

Ang Qing Sheng

Dr Aprille Chua Jia Qi

Chen Chin Tyng

Chris Yee

Christina Low Yung Chyuan

Dr Damaris D E Carlisle

Daniela Monasterios Tan

David Lee Siew Bing

Edmund Chia

Emylia Safian

Eta Lauw

Eugene Lee

Fanny Bratahalim

Dr Gan Sheuo Hui

Goh Hiro Toshi

Hera

Hillary Yeo

Janet Teoh

Jason Vitorillo

Jessica Olivia Chua

Dr Joel Gn

Dr Leela Alaniz

Lidya Chrisfens

Lim Shu Min

Lim Teng Hong

Dr Mardhiah Osman

Michael Charles Daniel Rezandi

Michelle Loh

Muhammad Fairul Azreen Bin Mohd Zahid

Nadia Oh Sueh Peng

Nicholas Ooi Wei Siong

Dr Nicholas Teo