Mackenzie Costron, BMT, MTA, CCC, RCT (she/her), is the Owner and Founder of Find Your Voice Music Therapy, launching the first practice location in Katarokwi/ Kingston, ON June 2014. She launched the second Find Your Voice Music Therapy location in K’jipuktuk/ Halifax, NS July 2017 and currently provides trauma informed music therapy & counselling services in Halifax area as well as online across Turtle Island/ Canada.
Mackenzie began her Canadian Association of Music Therapists (CAMT) Certified Music Therapist (MTA) training with Acadia University obtaining a Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMT). In recent years, Mackenzie returned to campus as a part time member of the music therapy faculty instructing 3rd and 4th year students. She is also a Registered Counselling Therapist (RCT) with the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists (NSCCT) and completed the Narrative Therapy program through The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre and University of Toronto. In addition, Mackenzie is a Heart Centered Facilitator with Costron+Co supporting creative, health and wellness entrepreneurs through business 1:1 mentorship, coaching, and group workshops.
Mackenzie is an autistic therapist and uses the interplay of music and verbal language within the therapeutic process. She specializes working in adults with high-masking autism including mental health, anxiety, autism meltdowns, panic attacks, grief and loss. Mackenzie also supports folks during moments of change and transition, namely with perinatal maternal health. Her work as a therapist is informed by working with neurodivergent folks (i.e. developmental delays, ADHD), children & youth at risk, stroke & acquired brain injury, neurologic movement disorders, seniors in isolation, dementia & Alzheimer’s, hospice & palliative care.
In Mackenzie’s clinical and spirituality work is inspired by Danielle Laporte (Heart Centered Program), Byron Katie (The Work), Dr. Gabor Mate (Compassionate Inquiry), Dr. Richard Swartz (Internal Family Systems Therapy), and Dr. Shefali Tsabary (Conscious and Awakened Parenting). Also, through Mackenzie’s passion in equity, diversity and inclusion. She completed the University of Alberta Indigenous Studies Course and frequently attends Anti-Oppressive Practices trainings and workshops, such as with Holiday Phillips. and with FYVMT’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator Kimiko Suzuki.
Mackenzie is a classically trained vocalist, with advanced training in piano, guitar, and percussion. She has been a member of Canadian choral communities since 1998. Currently Mackenzie sings with the Halifax Camerata Singers. She finds nourishment in actively engaging with music, spending time with her family, travelling, boxing and being outdoors.
Email: mackenzie@findyourvoicemusictherapy.com Phone: 1-800-827-3120 ext. 103