Jillian Webb Registered Music Therapist
Experienced Registered Music Therapist helping Melbourne's West achieve their goals through music.
About me
Jillian Webb is a Registered Music Therapist with the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA). Jillian has over 18 years of clinical music therapy experience with children and adults with disabilities within both special education and private practice settings. She has a private practice which has wide a range of different client populations and needs, including providing supervision. She also provides programs within schools as part of the Victorian Schools Mental Health Program. Jillian is a registered NDIS provider of music therapy, and provides music therapy in participant’s homes.
Currently servicing in home at Delahey, Kings Park, Caroline Springs, Burnside, Burnside Heights, Albanvale, Taylors lakes, Taylors Hill, Sydenham, Hillside, Taylors Lakes, Keilor Downs, Fraser Rise, Melton, Truganina, Bonnie Brook, Aintree, Rockbank and Deanside.
Available services
NDIS
Music therapy is currently included in services for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Jillian can provide music therapy within your home, SIL, childcare center, school or residential facility (with permission from the individual facility). If you’re not sure if your plan can include music therapy, please contact Jillian to find out.
Possible reasons for referral:
- attention and cognitive function
- speech
- communication
- social skills
- pain management
- motor skills and mobility
- mood and emotions
- emotional regulation
- mental health and wellbeing
- behavioural goals
- anxiety
- depression
- emotional expression
- capacity building for community participation
Possible methods may be:
- Music assisted relaxation
- Vocal and respiratory exercises
- Song based voice work
- Therapeutic singing
- Songwriting
- Improvisation
- Instrument playing
- Movement / dance to music
- Sensory stimulation to music
- Song sharing and music based discussion
- Education of healthy use of music
- Purpose playlist creation (Eg. for pain or relaxation)
My Aged Care
From November 2025, Music therapy will be included in services for the My Aged Care Program. Jillian can provide music therapy within your home or residential facility.
Possible reasons for referral:
- Improve, maintain or slow deterioration of cognitive function
- Improve or maintain vocal and respiratory strength
- Improve or maintain mobility, balance and physical movement
- Improve or maintain motivation
- Social isolation / loneliness
- Reconnection with identity and culture
- Pain management
- Legacy creation
- Chronic mental health ongoing support
- New diagnosis support
- Carer stress
- Grief and loss
- Significant life changes (diagnosis, downsizing, grief, etc.)
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Assist with carer / patient relationship
- Emotional expression
Possible methods may be:
- Music assisted relaxation
- Purpose playlist creation (Eg. for pain or relaxation)
- Vocal and respiratory exercises
- Song based voice work
- Therapeutic singing
- Songwriting
- Improvisation
- Musical life review
- Music based reminiscence
- Song sharing and music based discussion
- Learning or relearning an instrument
- Instrument playing
- Movement / dance to music
- Sensory stimulation to music
- Education of healthy use of music
Schools Mental Health Fund
Music therapy is currently included in services for the Victorian Mental Health in Schools Menu in all three tiers. Jillian can provide music therapy within your primary or secondary school, for group or individual sessions.
Possible reasons for referral:
- Promote student mental health and wellbeing
- Enable schools to intervene early to support students
- Provide targeted and more individualised support for students who need it
- Positive mental health promotion
- Early intervention
- Assist in regulating students emotions, learn emotional regulation techniques
- Build emotional literacy and expression
- Sustain positive relationships with others
- Develop interest and motivation
- Develop positive coping resources and strategies
- Explore a sense of self and identity
Possible methods may be:
- Music assisted relaxation
- Purpose playlist creation (Eg. for pain or relaxation)
- Education of relaxation techniques
- Group discussions
- Emotional regulation activities and education
- Therapeutic singing
- Drum circle
- Songwriting
- Improvisation
- Song sharing and music based discussion
- Instrument playing
- Movement / dance to music
- Sensory stimulation to music
- Education of healthy use of music
- Social skill development activities
Supervision
Jillian provides supervision face to face or via telihealth. Jillian has been a practicing Registered Music Therapist for over 18 years. Her wealth of experience, knowledge and empathy has supported and encouraged Masters of Music therapy students from Melbourne University, and Registered Music Therapists for over ten years.
“Clinical supervision is a formal professional relationship between two or more people in designated roles, which facilitates reflective practice, explores ethical issues, and develops skills.” (ACSA, 2015, p. 1)
Clinical supervision aims to improve the quality and safety of services delivered to clients by developing clinician knowledge and skills through reflective practice to better meet the needs of the client. The specific objectives of clinical supervision can help to ensure:
- a learning culture through reflective practice
- identification of knowledge and skill acquisition and resources and gaps
- identification of opportunities for staff development and support
- accountability processes are established to support and refine practices to enable high quality care is provided to the client
Corporate music therapy
Encouraging a sense of wellbeing and community within your workplace
- Team building activities
- How to regulate the nervous system workshops
- Staff mindfulness workshops
- Relaxation techniques to reduce stress workshops
- Foster and increased connection within a team for team bonding
- Grief and bereavement programs
- Establish bands/choirs for wellbeing
If you are a facility, group or business and would like to talk about setting up a music therapy program, I am happy to chat with you about options and talk about music therapy more with you.
If you are an individual looking for a music therapist, I'm happy to chat about how I could help you.
