Katie Opher is The Center on Central’s Program Manager and Director of Day Camps, as well as being a provider of Music and Music Therapy. Katie is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and Master’s Level Board Certified music therapist (MT-BC) and has been in practice for over 20 years. Katie earned her Master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapy from Hahnemann University (now part of Drexel University, where she serves as an adjunct faculty member).

Katie is adept at integrating verbal processing within the arts and focusing on purposeful use of the arts to address therapeutic goals. She believes that the verbal processing is essential to having the arts experience relate to real life and to making progress within therapy.

Katie brings her musical expertise into her therapy practice by using live music; she specializes in meeting her clients in their areas of strength, in order to address whatever issues they need to work on and goals they seek to reach. Katie has worked varying populations which include: infants in the NICU, toddlers in mommy and me music groups, non-verbal students on the autism spectrum, out-patient pediatric cancer patients, brain injured teens and adults in rehabilitation, normal and emotionally disturbed adolescents, moms-to-be and new mothers, normal adults (using music to decrease anxiety and work to alleviate depression), and seniors in assisted living and Alzheimer’s units.

In 2000, Katie founded a non-profit, called Creative Arts for Everyone®, and has administered a grant from the Department of Human Services in the City of Philadelphia for a total of 15 years, managing and supervising a groundbreaking program which provides Creative Arts Therapy services in the supervised visitation program in the Family Court of Philadelphia.

Current Programs by Katie Opher

Family Music Time - Mommy & Me, infant-5 years

Type:	Music Groups
Group:	Preschool & Toddler
Provider:	Katie Opher
Day/Time:	Saturday, 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Cost:	$12 per week, with 6-class minimum. Deposit: $50. Individual/drop-in sessions: $15 for individual sessions (check ahead for space availability).

MOMMY (or Daddy or caregiver) AND ME MUSIC GROUPS
For one adult per child age infant through 5 years old

Katie Opher leads a zoo-themed music group for toddlers at The Center on Central

Katie Opher leads a rainbow-themed music group for toddlers at The Center on Central

Katie Opher leads a globe-themed music group for toddlers at The Center on Central

Katie Opher leads a goodbye song at a music group for toddlers at The Center on Central

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Music Group - Everybody Play... Music for ages 3-7

Type:	Music Groups
Group:	Preschool & Toddler
Provider:	Katie Opher
Day/Time:	Monday, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Cost:	$15 per week, with 6-class minimum. Deposit: $50. Individual/drop-in sessions: $18 for individual sessions (check ahead for space availability).

Everybody Play…Music! Groups for children age 3 through Kindergarten.

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Music Group - Everybody Play...Music! for ages 3-7

Type:	Music Groups
Group:	Elementary School, Preschool & Toddler
Provider:	Katie Opher
Day/Time:	Saturday, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Cost:	$15 per week, with 6-class minimum. Deposit: $50. Individual/drop-in sessions: $18 for individual sessions (check ahead for space availability).

Everybody Play…Music! Groups for children age 3 through Kindergarten.

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Music Therapy - Individual Sessions and New Groups

Type:	Music Therapy
Group:	Special Needs Programs
Provider:	Katie Opher
Day/Time:	By Appointment

If you are interested in individual music therapy sessions, please complete the contact form. We will contact you to learn more about your needs and pair you with a masters-degreed music therapist.

Please also contact The Center if you are interested in hearing about the formation of new music therapy groups, such as:

• Social Skills Group for children ages 2-4
• Everybody Play…Music Therapy! group for grades K-5

Music Therapy - Social Skills Group - grades 3-5

Type:	Music Therapy
Group:	Elementary School, Special Needs Programs
Provider:	Katie Opher
Day/Time:	Saturday, 11:15 am - 11:45 am
Cost:	$150 for 6 consecutive sessions., with 6-class minimum. Deposit: $50.

A weekly Music Therapy Social Skills Group for children in grades 3-5 who can benefit from activities designed to foster positive interactions with peers

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Music Therapy - Social Skills Group - grades K-3

Type:	Music Therapy
Group:	Elementary School, Special Needs Programs
Provider:	Katie Opher
Day/Time:	Monday, 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost:	$240 for 6 consecutive sessions, with 6-class minimum. Deposit: $50.

Music therapy social skills group for children in grades K-3.

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