Biography

I work as a music therapist with children and adults who experience difficulties with which they are learning to live and about which they search for meaning. I understand therapy clients as learners striving to make sense of their various situations. I understand therapy to be education-about-the-self within the context of individuals, families and communities.

Mary Rykov, Ph.D., MTA, F.A.M.I. lives in Toronto and Montreal and works throughout Canada and abroad.

She is a creative music therapist who is skilled at synthesizing theory, practice and reflexive insight. She has extensive clinical experience with diverse populations from a wide variety of age groups. Her work is characterized by integrity, dedication and commitment to her clients, to her students, to her research, and to the growing field of music therapy.

Currently Dr. Rykov is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Canadian Cancer Society through an award from the National Cancer Institute of Canada at McGill University (Oncology & Palliative Care) and the University of Saskatchewan (Community Health & Epidemology).