Lauren DiMaio
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Lauren DiMaio earned her undergraduate degree in music therapy from Berklee College of Music and her master’s and Ph.D. in music therapy from Temple University. She has spent most of her 16 years as a clinician in hospice work, serving as a bereavement manager and working with grief choirs. She is passionate about end-of-life and bereavement work in music therapy. Throughout her career, she has created five different grief choirs, giving choir members the opportunity to honor someone who has died through music, to find support in a musical ensemble, and to help the public better understand grief through their performances. She has also published multiple chapters on education related to music therapy and ethical thinking in music therapy.
DiMaio was a National Roster internship director for 12 years and supervised practicum students. She is co-chair of the American Music Therapy Association’s internship approval committee (AIAC) and was regional representative on that committee before co-chairing. She cares deeply about students, their education, and their internship experiences.
Book chapters include:
- (2024) Integral Thinking in End-of-Life Care in Music Therapy, Professional Grief, and Supervision (Professional, Practicum and Internship). In Music Therapy at the End-of-Life 2nd Edition.
- DiMaio, L., & Winter, T. (2023). Applying Integral Thinking to Music Therapy Education. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy.
- Blundon, Elizabeth G., Gallagher, R., DiMaio, L., & Ward, Lawrence M. (2022). Electrophysiological Evidence of Sustained Attention to Music Among Conscious Participants and Unresponsive Hospice Patients at the End of Life. Clinical Neurophysiology.
- Bernadrini, D., & DiMaio, L. (2022). Students' Mental Health and the Voice Studio: How to Help without Losing Lesson Time. Journal of Singing, The. [May]
- DiMaio, L., & Engen, B. (2020). Ethics in Music Therapy Education: Four points to consider. Music Therapy Perspectives.