Meet
sarAh KenNedy
Guiding you toward insight and healing with music as a companion.
Finding Healing Where Words Fall Short: A Personal Journey with Music
I became a music therapist because of the healing role that music has played in my own life. In my late teens and early adulthood, I struggled with depression, disordered eating, and challenging attachment patterns. As part of my healing journey, I initially pursued a career in healthcare, but it was when I allowed myself to fully embrace my love of music and began performing as a jazz vocalist that I started to feel truly well. The more I immersed myself in music, the more I discovered its power to sustain and heal me, helping me navigate life transitions such as divorce, relocation, and shifts in spiritual perspective.
I relocated to Montreal to pursue formal music therapy training at Concordia University, which deepened my understanding of how music supports emotional and psychological wellbeing. My training explored not only the ways music can impact mental health, but also how relationships within music—through improvisation, collaboration, and shared musical experiences—can meet real relational and emotional needs.
With this lived experience and professional training, I now guide others in using music as a tool for self-discovery, emotional regulation, and personal growth. Whether you are navigating grief, anxiety, PTSD, or a sense of disconnection, I offer a compassionate, creative, and evidence-informed approach—creating a space where your experiences can be expressed, explored, and understood through music.
Professional Training & Certification
What It’s Like to Work with Sarah
Client-centered, strength-based, and emotionally safe
Uses listening, improvisation, songwriting, and musical reflection
Empathy, creativity, authenticity, and collaboration guide every session
Mission
To provide compassionate, creative, and evidence-based music therapy that empowers individuals to reconnect with themselves and navigate emotional challenges through music.
Vision
A world where music is recognized not only as art, but as a vital therapeutic language for healing, expression, and connection.
Why “Kaleidoscope”
A kaleidoscope shows that beauty comes from shifting perspectives.
When emotions are explored through music, new patterns and insights emerge.
Healing often involves transformation from one way of being, into a new way of being.
“When I explore my connection to music, I explore the essence of who I am. When I change my connection to music, I change myself.”
Sarah Kennedy
Testimonials
What Kaleidoscope Clients Say
I fell back in love with the therapeutic arts in general, and now music therapy in particular. It really brought to the forefront how important it is as a mode of expression, as a raiser of self-esteem, and as a challenger to comfort zones. It’s something that you helped me to fall back in love with but at a deeper level because I had never been exposed to it as in-depth and with someone as knowledgeable as you. That is my experience thus far with your music therapy support groups.
I’ve known Sarah for more than a decade, and I know how skilled she is at guiding the heart & soul of her clients. Her passion for music and people is paralleled by her talent for utilizing music very gracefully to help others with their grief and pain.
Sarah is an incredibly skilled and competent Music Therapist who truly knows how to hold a therapeutic space for healing and growth, especially in the fields of anxiety, grief, loss and chronic pain.
Sarah is a warm, compassionate, and skilled music therapist. She is passionate about helping others, especially in the areas of grief/loss and chronic pain. Music therapy is a great option for those who are looking for an alternative to talk therapy.
What Kaleidoscope Clients Say
I’ve known Sarah for more than a decade, and I know how skilled she is at guiding the heart & soul of her clients. Her passion for music and people is paralleled by her talent for utilizing music very gracefully to help others with their grief and pain.
Sarah is an incredibly skilled and competent Music Therapist who truly knows how to hold a therapeutic space for healing and growth, especially in the fields of anxiety, grief, loss and chronic pain.
Sarah is a warm, compassionate, and skilled music therapist. She is passionate about helping others, especially in the areas of grief/loss and chronic pain. Music therapy is a great option for those who are looking for an alternative to talk therapy.
My Community
I am sincerely grateful for the ever-expanding community I’ve built through my collaborations with these wonderful organizations. If you’d like to learn more about the organizations I’ve worked with, you can visit their websites by clicking on their logos.
Additionally, I’ve included the professional organizations I am registered with. Thank you for your interest and support.
