Krzysztof Stachyra

Biography

Krzysztof Stachyra, PhD, a music therapist and a music teacher. Director of Postgraduate Music Therapy Study Program and assistant professor at The Department of Music Therapy and Music Education at Music Faculty of Maria Curie-SkÅ‚odowska University, Lublin, Poland.  President of the Polish Music Therapists Association and also the Polish Association for Therapy Through Arts. Co-founder of Art Therapy Center, Lublin, Poland. European representative of Commission on Education and Training World Federation of Music Therapy. Editor-in-Chief for “Therapy Through Arts” journal and Co-editor for Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. He teaches music therapy at a few universities in Poland and University of Zagreb, Croatia. Dr. Krzysztof Stachyra has over 15 years of experience in working in music therapy with children, youth and adults with different disabilities - mentally handicapped, autism, psychiatric disorders, as well as preventive and developmental activities carried out with healthy people Krzysztof Stachyra, PhD, a music therapist and a music teacher. Director of Postgraduate Music Therapy Study Program and assistant professor at The Department of Music Therapy and Music Education at Music Faculty of Maria Curie-SkÅ‚odowska University, Lublin, Poland.  President of the Polish Music Therapists Association and also the Polish Association for Therapy Through Arts. Co-founder of Art Therapy Center, Lublin, Poland. European representative of Commission on Education and Training World Federation of Music Therapy. Editor-in-Chief for “Therapy Through Arts” journal and Co-editor for Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy. He teaches music therapy at a few universities in Poland and University of Zagreb, Croatia. Dr. Krzysztof Stachyra has over 15 years of experience in working in music therapy with children, youth and adults with different disabilities - mentally handicapped, autism, psychiatric disorders, as well as preventive and developmental activities carried out with healthy people

Research Interest

Music in receptive music therapy techniques and methods; role of sounds and voice timbre in music therapy interventions; Guided Imagery and Music; music and neuroscience