Sonic Connections helps higher education employees balance their own self-care with student support responsibilities. Our immersive professional development programs utilize music and mindfulness to equip participants with skills that enable them to thrive in their roles.
Well-intentioned warm handoffs and referrals. Compassion fatigue. Emotional burnout. Boundary issues. Role ambiguity.
Front-line educators and admins are increasingly thrust into support roles for which they are underprepared, while counseling resources are stretched to their limits. This maelstrom challenges everyone’s ability to foster inclusive, nurturing learning environments and jeopardizes the culture of wellness in academia.
Our North Star? Helping schools nurture mindful and values-guided employees through engaging, arts-based trainings. Participants in our programs:
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Our team of expert facilitators lead culturally sensitive mental well-being programs that help faculty and staff develop principles, strategies, and tools for managing their emotional health while navigating the demands of their roles.
Sonic Connections is not oriented around psychological crisis management (suicidal ideation, self-harm, etc.) or severe mental health issues that require professional intervention. We explicitly do not explore behavioral threat detection, risk management, high-level assessment for students of concern, or on-call mental health emergencies.
While there is an important need for initiatives like QPR Gatekeeper Training and Mental Health First Aid, we aim to support higher education professionals in their ability to navigate non-clinical mental health issues that are part of the normal range of human emotions and experiences (stress, mild anxiety, loneliness, etc.) and can often be navigated through self-care, peer support, and other similar means. We adopt this focus because recognizing mental wellness needs without over-pathologizing them is key to appropriate response and support.
Meet our dedicated artist-facilitators who bring over a decade of experience in crafting mental health programming.
Hear real stories highlighting the impact of our approach from those who have experienced our workshops.
Explore the research and methodologies underpinning how music and psychology converge to enhance well-being.
Have questions? Find nuanced details about our programs from the booking process to topics we focus on.
