BACKGROUND

Dr. Michelle Cooper received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1995, her Master's in Music Therapy from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA in 1999, and earned her PhD in Music Therapy from Temple University in 2012. As a music psychotherapist, Dr. Cooper worked for 20 years with adults, adolescents and children in private practice and a variety of medical and psychiatric settings. During her doctoral work, she received two post-graduate certifications in two advanced models of clinical improvisation, Analytical Music Therapy and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in New York City. Her qualitative research study entitled Clinical-Musical Responses of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapists: The Process of Clinical Improvisation, was granted a Research Award by Temple University and is published by Barcelona Publishers.

Dr. Cooper was licensed as a Professional Counselor (LPC) by the state of Tennessee in 2021 and completed her analytic training through the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA) in 2023. Currently, she is a faculty member of the affiliated Memphis-Atlanta Jung Seminar (MAJS), an affiliate seminar of the IRSJA. She also serves as a co-editor for the Clinical Commentaries and Film and Culture section for the Journal of Analytical Psychology, the primary journal for Jungian clinical theory and application. Her book reviews on the topics of Aesthetic Music Therapy and poetry have been published through Music Therapy Perspectives and the Journal of Analytical Psychology.