Bio
BIO / Mj Buck
Mj is a Musician, Intuitive, Music Therapist-Board Certified, Sound Therapy Practitioner & Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is passionate about music and using music and sound as an approach to enhance wellness. Mj plays the piano, guitar, ukulele, drums, and sings. She utilizes resonant instruments, such as singing bowls, chimes, gongs, drums, and the voice to create restorative and healing spaces for humans and animals alike. Mj has had a love of animals from as far back as she can remember and grew up with lots of dogs, cats, and ducks! She loves spending time with her miniature dachshund, Poppie, connecting with Nature, engaging in music, writing, and drawing and collaging. Mj has also had the opportunity to work with horses and humans in healing spaces. Her love of horses began in childhood, and she continues to enjoy communing with them.
Mj began playing the piano at the age of 8. She still proudly owns the baby grand piano her parents purchased during her childhood, which has traveled with her across multiple states! Mj earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Centenary College of Louisiana. She has a deep love of and connection to music. She grew up listening to the music of the 70’s and 80’s, including disco, funk, soul, R&B, dance-pop, classic rock, metal, and English pop rock. Her first piano teacher introduced her to classical music, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and a love for classical music quickly took root. Mj enjoys listening to many different genres of music and discovering new artists.
Mj later studied Music Therapy at Arizona State University and completed the music therapy equivalency in 2009. Mj learned many new skills during her music therapy studies, particuarly improvising and songwriting. She utilized these skills in her work with patients of all ages and diagnoses to promote wellness and connection, ease anxiety, stress, and pain, cope with grief and loss, and increase resilience. After earning board-certification, Mj provided indivdual and group music therapy to children and adolescents with development disabilties. Eventually, she made a shift towards behavioral & mental health, working with adults with serious mental illnesses/dual diagnoses at Arizona State Hospital. Mj had the privilege of working with a dynamic clinical team of other music therapists, art and dance therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, psychiatrists and medical staff. Mj is a certified HealthRhythms Group Empowerment Drumming Facilitator and enjoys drumming and facilitating drum circles.
Mj returned to Arizona State Univerity to obtain a Master of Social Work in 2013. She earned the credential of Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of California in 2015 and continues to work in behavioral and mental health. Mj specializes in complex trauma, PTSD, and attachment disorders.
Mj is completing the Somatic Sound Practitioner certification through Mind Body Music Center founded by Andrea Cortez, MM, MT-BC. Mj also studied Sonic Science and Cymatics with acoustic-physicst scientist, John Stuart Reid. Mj loves to create restorative spaces through the use of music and sound for both humans and animals to promote healing, a sense of peace, calm, relaxation, and groundedness. She considers this work sacred and believes that each individual’s journey into sound therapy is unique, though the benefits experienced is often similarly reported as healing, uplifting, and spiritual. Mj continues to study the profound effects of music and sound to transform, enlighten, and anchor the body, mind, and spirit.
Mj began exploring the use of divination, including Oracle Cards, to deepen her own spiritual practice. Divination has been used in many indigenous cultures across time and history. Oracle Cards provide guidance from the spiritual realm, helping one to tap into their higher self. The cards do not predict the future. The cards can assist in identifying emotional and spiritual blocks, expand out consciousness, explore our strengths, gifts, and challenges, helping us find greater ease and flow in the direction of our dreams. The messages they provide are compassionate and always for the highest good. Please feel free to ask Mj any questions you may have about this special offering or make a request to include an Oracle Card reading in your individual session.
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