Eva Phan Quoc 
Music Therapy Research Centre Vienna (WZMF)
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Austria

Eva Phan Quoc is a certified music therapist, research associate and lecturer at the Music Therapy Research Centre Vienna (WZMF) and the Department of Music Therapy at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Her main clinical and research areas are attachment-based music therapy, early childhood music therapy and family settings. Since 2022 she is coordinating activities of the Music Therapy with Families Hub.

Grace Thompson 
University of Melbourne
Australia

Dr Grace Thompson is a music therapist and Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Grace has worked with children, young people and families for over 20 years within the early childhood intervention and special education sectors. Grace is co-editor of the book “Music Therapy with Families: Therapeutic Approaches and Theoretical Perspectives”.

Thomas Stegemann
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Music Therapy Research Centre Vienna (WZMF)
Austria

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. sc. mus. Thomas Stegemann is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a licensed music therapist, and a family therapist. Since 2011 he has served as Professor of Music Therapy and Head of the Department of Music Therapy and the Music Therapy Research Centre Vienna (WZMF) at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria. He is an internationally publishing author and lecturer. He was a member of the Local Organizing Committee and co-head of the Scientific Committee of the European Music Therapy Conference 2016 in Vienna, Austria. His main research areas are: Music therapy for children, adolescents, and families; music(therapy) and neurobiology; ethics in music therapy.

Tali Gottfried 
Herzog Academic College 
Israel

Tali Gottfried, PhD, from Israel is a certifies music therapist and supervisor, lecturer and researcher. She is the Academic Coordinator of the Graduate Program for Special Education at Herzog Academic College in Jerusalem. Her main clinical and research areas are families of children with developmental challenges. Tali works within a parallel clinical model, where music takes a central role in the therapeutic process of both the children and their parents; she is also MEL Assessment co-developer. Tali has presented her work in national and international conferences, and ran "music therapy with families" seminars in Australia, Spain, Sweden and Vienna. 

Agnes Burghardt-Distl  
Zentrum für Entwicklungsförderung Dresdnerstraße
Austria

Agnes Burghardt-Distl is a certified music therapist and psychologist, currently working within a multiprofessional team in a clinical outpatient center and in private practice in Vienna. She is specialized inmusic therapy with children, adolescents and families and gives lectures on the subject of autism-spectrum-disorders.

Amelia Oldfield 
Anglia Ruskin University
UK

Amelia Oldfield worked as a clinical music therapist with children and their families for 40 years in a child development centre and a child and family psychiatric unit. She has researched, written and lectured extensively in this area. In September 2019, she officially ‘retired’ but continues music therapy supervision, research consultancy and teaching both in her role as Emeritus Professor at Anglia Ruskin University and for other Universities, organisations, or individuals in the UK and abroad. 

Kirsi Tuomi 
Myllytalo
Finland

Kirsi Tuomin (PhD) is a music-, theraplay- and attachment focused family therapist and a licensed supervisor with 25 years of clinical experience. She currently works at her private clinic with families in foster care in addition to adolescents with their primary caregivers. She is one of the head educators in mt professional training programs in Finland and the chief editor for Finnish journal "Musiikkiterapia". Kirsi has given numerous presentations in international conferences and is one of the founders of the music therapy with families-network.

Claire Flower 
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foudation Trust
UK

Claire Flower is Consultant Music Therapist in Children’s Therapies at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.  She co-leads a team within a Child Development Service, and is currently developing services within maternity and neonatal care.  She also works at Anglia Ruskin University, facilitating Together in Sound groups with people living with dementia and their companions.   Claire is co-editor of the book ‘Music Therapy with Children and their Families’, and continues to publish and present widely. 

Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz
Arizonia State Univeristy
USA

Eugenia Hernandez-Ruiz is Associate Professor in Music Therapy at Arizona State University. Her clinical and research interests include music interventions for autistic children and their families, parent coaching of music interventions, music therapy with domestic violence survivors, student research skill development, and music neuroscience.

Rachel Swanick 
Oakdale Centre and University of South Wales
UK

Rachel Swanick is the Clinical Lead for Adoption at the Oakdale Centre. She supports adoption therapists and the families they work with through specialist assessments, interventions and building a research base. Rachel is a trained APCI assessor and trainer, having also co-authored the APCI training manual. Rachel has published several papers, reflective music therapy blogs, and is currently studying for PhD by Portfolio at the University of South Wales.

Sara Knapik-Szweda
University of Silesia, Faculty of Social Sciences
Poland

Sara Knapik-Szweda, MT-C, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Silesia in Poland. She works in premature infants and newborns in two hospitals in Poland, with autistic children and seniors in Muzka (her private Music Therapy Center). Her research interests include Family-Centered Music Therapy and Resources-Oriented Music Therapy. She is the author of the first Polish book titled 'The Significance of Music Therapy Techniques in Supporting the Development of Children with Autism.

Ieva Langaite
UZ Brussels hospital, psychiatric ward for infants, children and adolescents (PAika) and NICU departments
Belgium

Ieva Langaite is a Lithuanian music therapist based in Brussels. She studied classical flute at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and Brussels, where she discovered her passion for music therapy. Ieva completed her music therapy studies at LUCA School of Arts and KU Leuven and now works at the pediatric psychiatric ward in UZ Brussel hospital, specializing in music therapy with adolescents, family music therapy, and NICU. She actively promotes music therapy through articles, interviews, and workshops and is a member of both Belgian and Lithuanian Music Therapy Associations.