Laoise graduated from the University of Limerick with an MA in Music Therapy. During her training she gained experience in various community, healthcare and educational settings. This included working with older adults in residential care settings in Dublin. She also spent time working with children and adults living in marginalised communities and working with members of the Irish traveller community. This work often focused on mental health and using music for emotional expression and regulation. She has experience working with children and adolescents living with anxiety, ADHD, autism, intellectual disabilities, developmental delay as well as children who have experienced bereavement, homelessness, addiction and separation within families.

Further to this, Laoise has co-facilitated and piloted therapeutic choirs and singing groups on various occasions. She aspires to embody humanistic principals in her work, fostering unconditional positive regard and person centredness. She is also inspired by psychodynamic music therapy, community music therapy and Neurologic music therapy principles.

Prior to pursuing a career in music therapy, Laoise studied music at Goldsmiths University of London. Here she developed a creative practice informed by improvisation weaving piano, electronic and vocal elements. Laoise also works as a professional musician and songwriter.

Rachel Greene is a music therapist from Dublin. She holds a BA in Music from Maynooth University and a MA in Music Therapy from the University of Limerick. During her training she has gained valuable experience working in palliative care, age-related healthcare, with adults who have profound and complex disabilities and children with additional needs. Since qualifying, Rachel has completed Neurologic Music Therapy training. She has also worked in a school with children with additional needs and is currently providing individual music therapy sessions in a St Michaels House residential unit.

Helena (she/her) is a registered music therapist with extensive experience in health, hospice and community settings. Originally trained as a classical violinist at the Sydney Conservatorium in a Bachelor of Music, Helena moved to Melbourne to pursue her Masters of Music Therapy which she completed in 2017.

Across her career, Helena has developed her neurorehabilitation skills through her work at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre and Epworth Neurorehab, working with adults who have experienced neurological and spinal injuries. To further educate herself on neurorehabilitation techniques, Helena completed the Neurologic Music Therapy Training in 2021, developing her knowledge in functional rehabilitation and recovery, and to support building coping resources during long term recovery.

Helena feels very passionately about reducing barriers to participation in music making and supporting children and young people’s quality of life. Through her work at Very Special Kids children’s hospice and at Monash Children’s Hospital, she has fostered supportive environments where children and young people creatively explore meaningful avenues for expression, development, recovery, and bereavement.

Before moving to Ireland, Helena was a tutor at the University of Melbourne, supporting tertiary students to develop their therapeutic facilitation skills, and has been an ongoing clinical supervisor for music therapy student placements. Helena is committed to making music therapy accessible, meaningful, and impactful for the individuals and families she works with at Neurolinks, and to becoming immersed in traditional Irish music and culture.

Kyriaki is a music therapist from Cyprus living in Dublin. She graduated from the University of Limerick (UL) in 2024 and whilst training she worked with a range of populations, from neonates to children with ASD through to older adults.

Kyriaki’s final year placement took place at CHI Temple Street hospital where she provided music therapy to neonates, infants and their caregivers in the neonatology ward. This led to her pursuing doctoral studies in neonatal music therapy at the University of Limerick.

Since qualifying, Kyriaki has been working as a music therapist at a specialised early intervention preschool providing music therapy to children with a diagnosis of autism. Kyriaki is also guest lecturing at the MA music therapy programme and undergraduate courses at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at UL and is actively involved in perinatal mental health research. As part of her doctoral studies, Kyriaki has taken part in numerous music therapy trainings, including neonatal music therapy training programmes. These include the “First Sounds: Rhythm, Breathe and Lullaby” based in the Netherlands led by Joanne Lowey and “Online NICU MT” based in the United States.

Kyriaki holds a BMus (Hons) degree in Jazz, Popular and Commercial music at Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Newcastle (UK) and has prior experience teaching guitar to children.