Freddy Perkins, MMT, MT-BC (he/him), is a queer Black music therapist and narrative practitioner. Freddy owns Attune Music & Wellness and works primarily with LGBTQIAS+ BIPOC. He is an advanced trainee in analytical music therapy and gender affirming voicework and serves on the music therapy faculty at Slippery Rock University and IUPUI.
In Cultural Reflexivity in Music Therapy, he would discuss what it means to be culturally reflexive and walk participants through exercises that help start the process of unpacking bias. Additionally, he would discuss the importance of the therapist’s intersectional identity and how that influences the therapeutic process.