Jenny Barrett-Freeman
Founder/Music Therapist 

​Jenny is a classically-trained cellist and completed her BA (Hons) degree in Music at Leeds University in 2005. 

She studied Music Therapy at Queen Margaret University culminating in an MSc (Nordoff-Robbins) in 2010. After graduation, she set up Music Therapy services for the City of Edinburgh Council, Bupa and private clients, working with people with learning difficulties, brain injuries, autism and dementia and facilitating singing groups in care homes and day centres.

In 2016 she incorporated Forth Music Therapy Service Ltd in order to develop new Music Therapy projects as well as to bring together therapists to work collaboratively and incorporate
different approaches. Aiming to create more opportunities she has set up projects for Care UK, Forward Vision, Barnardo's and Capability Scotland.

Through Forth Music Therapy, Jenny aims to further develop its services, continuing to provide professional Music Therapy and music services to improve the well-being and quality of life for those who are hardest to reach and who need it most.

Esther Chuang
​Music Therapist

Esther completed her BMus (Hons) degree in Music in 2015 and graduated with an MA in Ethnomusicology in 2016 at Cardiff University. She is a classically-trained musician and her main instruments are piano and voice. Esther has also enjoyed playing a range of instruments during her studies and training, including clarinet, guitar, harmonica, organ, drum kit and other percussions. Before she moved to Edinburgh, she worked as a private voice and piano teacher with children.

Having graduated from Queen Margaret University in 2019 with an MSc in Music Therapy, Esther is now an HCPC registered Music Therapist and a member of British Association of Music Therapy. She also completed her training with Chroma in 2019 and successfully gained the certificate to practice as a Neurological Music Therapist.

Esther has clinical experience of working with adolescents with complex social, emotional and behavioural needs. This includes adolescents with autism, learning disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, and mild brain injuries. She also has experience working with the elderly with advanced dementia and physical disabilities.

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Jeanne Laidlaw
Music Therapist

Jeanne graduated from the BA Popular Music course at Edinburgh Napier University in 2010 and then worked as an instrumental music instructor, music tutor and musician.

She graduated from the MSc Music Therapy course at Queen Margaret University in 2018. She is Treasurer of the Scottish Music Therapy Trust.

Jeanne has clinical experience of working with adults with acquired brain injury, adults with physical and learning disabilities, older adults with dementia and health care needs, and adolescents with social, emotional and behavioural needs. Jeanne also has clinical experience of working with children with autism and additional support needs in educational and community settings during her work at ELM Music Therapy. 

Her main instrument is drum kit and she enjoys playing a variety of other instruments including guitar, piano and singing.

Eirini Chouliara
​Music Therapist

Eirini is from Greece, she graduated from the Music, Science and Art course at the University of Macedonia in 2012. She is a classically trained musician and has a diploma in flute, sings and plays various instruments including piano, guitar, cello and a range of percussion instruments. She has worked as a professional musician, instrumental music tutor and a coordinator of musical programs for children aged 8 months to 3 years old and their parents.
 
Eirini is a fully qualified psychodynamic music therapist who graduated from the MSc Music Therapy course at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She is a member of British Association of Music Therapy.
 
Eirini specialises in working with parents and their babies during the perinatal period. With varied experience working with children and families for many years, she works with the understanding that engaging the whole family in the therapeutic process contributes towards developing positive attachments and supports bonding between the infant and parents.
 
Additionally, she has clinical experience with early intervention including infants who have suffered neglect and young children who have experienced childhood trauma. She has worked in settings with children, adolescents, and adults with complex social, emotional, and behavioural needs, including autism and profound learning disabilities.
 
Through Forth Music Therapy, Eirini aims to improve the overall wellbeing of the people she works with and use the art of music as a tool to create communication bridges, bringing music to those who need it.