Rebecca Zarate, PhD
Dr. Rebecca Zarate is a Professor of Arts and Health, and Associate Dean for Research at College of Fine Arts, the University of Utah. She was an associate professor of music therapy in the department of Expressive Therapies at Lesley University, USA with 27 years of practice and research in mental health and trauma – informed music therapy. She is a music psychotherapist, musician, researcher, and educator of music therapy and the arts therapies. Her research focuses on anxiety and improvisation-based music therapy and she has secured several program and research development grants. Dr. Zarate is interested in the clinical, social, and cultural intersections of anxiety, and writes and presents on this from clinical, critical, and cultural perspectives. She is the author of Music Psychotherapy and Anxiety in Social, Community, and Clinical Contexts (published in 2022). She directs the Lab for Anxiety and Music psychotherapy (LAMp) and is dedicated to translating clinical and educational knowledge of music as a sustainable health mechanism.
ISSN 2451-876X
Creative Arts in Education and Therapy
Vivien Speiser, PhD Professor Emerita Lesley University, USA Editor-in-Chief, EEC
Shaun McNiff, PhD University Professor Emeritus Lesley University, USA Co-Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Tony Yu Zhou, PhD Founder, Director Inspirees Institute, China Executive Editor, EEC
Michal Lev, PhD, LCAT, CMFT Researcher Ono Academic College, Israel Co-Editor, EEC
