About

Julie Hoffer, MM, MT-BC, has been a Board-Certified Music Therapist since 2005. She strategically utilizes music as the catalyst for therapeutic interaction to address psychosocial, cognitive, physical, communicative, and spiritual needs, helping individuals attain and maintain maximum levels of functioning. Julie has diverse, multicultural clinical experience with nearly all populations and settings including medical/hospital, hospice, behavioral health, geriatrics, brain injury, developmental disabilities, and wellness. Julie was a clinical professor of music therapy at Arizona State University for nine years, where she coordinated student placements for fieldwork and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of practicum, music competencies (voice, guitar, piano, percussion), music therapy repertoire, children’s music, psychology/neurology of music, basic counseling skills, improvisation, professional writing, and music therapy marketing. Julie holds a Master of Music degree in Music Therapy from Arizona State University and a Post-Graduate Bachelor of Music degree in Music Therapy from Arizona State University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Northern Arizona University. She has two children and resides in Tempe, AZ. She hopes to retire as a singing gondola sailor in Venice, Italy.