Sarah Thompson, MM, MT-BC

Neurologic Music Therapist

Sarah Thompson completed her undergraduate degree in music therapy at the University of Kansas and her Masters degree at Colorado State University. In 2003, Sarah passed a peer review of her clinical work and became a Fellow in the Robert F. Unkefer Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy at the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at Colorado State University.

She has supervised interns through Poudre Valley Hospital and the Center for Neurorehabilitation Services. Sarah has experience in program development, grant writing and insurance reimbursement. She has given presentations at both regional and national conferences. Sarah recently completed requirements to become a Certified Brain Injury Specialist, and is the only music therapist in the state of Colorado with that credential. She recently served on the advisory board for the Division of Worker’s Compensation revision of the medical treatment guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury.

Sarah co-authored an abstract with Dr. Alan Weintraub titled The Clinical Use of Neurologic Music Therapy In a Brain Injury Rehabilitation Setting: A Retrospective Analysis of Therapeutic Practice. The abstract was published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (2013), Vol. 28, No 5, pp E46.

Sarah is owner of Rehabilitative Rhythms Music Therapy