Maevon Gumble, MMT, MT-BC, LPC
Music Therapist, Licensed Counselor, Singer / Songwriter & Voice Teacher
Pronouns: they/them
Professional Experience
JUNE 2019 - PRESENT
Becoming Through Sound LLC
Music Therapist & Licensed Counselor
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Facilitates mental health services through the use of music therapy and/or talk therapy with those part of marginalized and minoritized communities (predominately those who are LGBTQIA+) as well as those navigating trauma stemming from abuse/neglect and/or systemic oppression.
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Facilitates the music therapy method of gender affirming voicework with those seeking to access a more affirming speaking and/or singing voice.
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Completes all documentation and billing to maintain services.
Voice Teacher
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Facilitates weekly or biweekly music voice lessons, developing personalized repertoire to meet individual students' goals.
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Works with those both new to singing and professional voice users (predominantly music therapists and singer/songwriters).
Singer/Songwriter
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Writes and records original folk-rock music, locally performing both original and cover music, predominately amplifying the voices of other queer, trans, nonbinary, and female musicians.
Supervisor
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Offers practicum opportunities, supervising and co-facilitating mental health-focused music therapy alongside undergraduate music therapy students.
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Specializes in providing supervision and professional consultation to music therapists focused on gender affirming voicework, queering music therapy practice, and mental health work.
Trainer of gender affirming voicework
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Met on an ongoing basis with Braedyn Inmon and Kay Schachner to support them in developing their skills and collaboratively develop a training process for gender affirming voicework as a music therapy method (2020 - present)
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Co-trains alongside Braedyn Inmon and Kay Schachner music therapists in how to facilitate gender affirming voicework as a music therapy method (2023 - present)
AUGUST 2019 - JANUARY 2021
Familylinks
Mobile Mental Health Therapist
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Provided intensive mobile mental health services to older adults who were unable to access traditional mental health services due to mobility issues, lack of resources, and/or mental health challenges.
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Goals addressed self-expression, emotional regulation, accessing of personal and community resources, development of coping mechanisms, healthy relationships, and exploration of life transitions due to shifts in mobility, age, and/or mental health challenges.
JUNE 2018 - JULY 2019
Familylinks
Teacher / Counselor
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Developed and maintained a therapeutic environment at a 2:1 or 1:1 staff to client ratio, utilizing music therapy skills as appropriate, for children/adolescents involved with CYS and who experienced mental health challenges in residential placement.
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Intervened directly in crisis situations, using approved behavior management and crisis intervention techniques.
AUGUST 2016 - MAY 2018
Slippery Rock University
Graduate Assistant for the Gender Studies Program
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Assisted in organizing/implementing educational events related to gender and diversity within the Gender Studies Program and other departments and student organizations.
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Engaged in outreach to different departments and organizations for program growth.
JANUARY 2016 - JULY 2016
Clarion Psychiatric Center
Music Therapy Intern
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Provided group music therapy services for children/adolescents and adults within an inpatient setting who had recently experienced an emotional crisis.
JULY 2014, AUGUST 2014, AUGUST 2015, AUGUST 2017, AUGUST 2018
Girls Rock! Pittsburgh
Voice Instructor, Band Manager & Designated Mental Health Support
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Week long rock band camp aimed at empowering self-identified girls and gender nonconforming youth (ages 8-18) through the use of instrument education, songwriting, and empowerment workshops.
Education
DOCTORAL STUDENT in the DMA VOCAL PEDAGOGY PROGRAM
Shenandoah Conservatory (starting Fall 2024, with an anticipated graduation of 2027)
Winchester, VA
MASTER OF MUSIC THERAPY, COUNSELING ENDORSEMENT
Slippery Rock University (2016 - 2019)
Slippery Rock, PA
Master's Thesis entitled: Embodied Speech Through Song: A Queer Autoethnographic Exploration of Gender Affirming Voicework in Music Therapy
BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN MUSIC THERAPY (VOICE CONCENTRATION), GENDER STUDIES MINOR
Slippery Rock University (2013 - 2016)
Slippery Rock, PA
Licensure & Certification
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR
PA Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors
No. PC016736
First awarded 2/2/2024
Expires 2/28/2025
BOARD-CERTIFIED MUSIC THERAPIST
Certification Board for Music Therapists
No. 12781
First awarded 10/2016
Expires 12/2026
Additional Training
VOCAL PEDAGOGY
Estill Voice Training
Level I (February 2021)
Level II (November 2023)
Currently working toward Estill Figure Proficiency
Somatic Voicework
Level I (July 2023)
Level II (July 2023)
Level III (July 2023)
MENTAL HEALTH
Internal Family Systems
Online Circle (October 2023 - March 2024)
Level I (April 2024 - August 2024)
Professional Awards & Honors
Benedikte Scheiby Innovative Spirit Award (MAR-AMTA) (April 2021)
Ally of Distinction Award (Slippery Rock University’s President’s Commission on Women) (October 2018)
Breaking the Silence Award (Slippery Rock University’s President’s Commission on Gender Identity & Expression and Sexual Orientation) (April 2018)
STARS Graduate Scholarship (AMTA) (November 2017)
Student Leadership Award (Slippery Rock University’s President’s Commission on Gender Identity & Expression and Sexual Orientation) (April 2017)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gumble, M. (Forthcoming). The Unmasked Vocal Chameleon: A Composite Case Study of gender affirming voicework.
Gumble, M., Inmon, B., & Schachner, K. (Forthcoming). Gender affirming voicework: Expanding on Theoretical Foundation and Clinical Practice.
Gumble, M., Inmon, B., & Schachner, K. (Forthcoming). Embracing Multiplicities: Reflections on After-Queer Practices. Book chapter for Music Therapy Handbook.
Gumble, M. (2019). "Missing the point." Critical Pedagogy and the Creative Arts Therapies.
Editorial Experience
Article Editor at Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy (2024-present).
Guest Co-Editor of special journal issue on queering music therapy at Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy (2018-2019).
Peer-Reviewed & Invited Presentations
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
Gumble, M. (Nov 2019). Gender Affirming Voicework: Returning to an Authentic Embodiment of Gender. 5-hour CMTE at the AMTA National Music Therapy Conference in Minneapolis, MN.
Hadley, S., Gumble, M., Gilman, V., Taylor, A., bautista, e., & Martin, T. (Nov 2019). Constantly Becoming: A Roundtable to Move from Queer Theory to Queering Practice. 75-minute concurrent session at the AMTA National Music Therapy Conference in Minneapolis, MN.
Gumble, M. (Nov 2018). Exploring the Potential of Gender Affirming Voicework in Music Therapy. 75-minute concurrent session at the AMTA National Music Therapy Conference in Dallas, TX.
Hadley, S., Bain, C., Reed, R., Gumble, M., McSorley, K., & Gilman, V. (Nov 2018). Queering Music Therapy Spaces: Listening and Looking with Radical Inclusivity. 75-minute concurrent session at the AMTA National Music Therapy Conference in Dallas, TX.
Hadley, S., & Gumble, M. (Nov 2017). Beyond the Binaries: Negotiating Gender and Sex in Music Therapy. 75-minute concurrent session at the AMTA National Music Therapy Conference in St. Louis, MO.
Bain, C., Eberle Cotter, K., McSorley, K., Gumble, M., Perkins, F., bautista, e., & Reed, R. (Nov 2017). Exploring Identity: Ongoing Journeys in Cultural Humility. 75-minute panel at the AMTA National Music Therapy Conference in St. Louis, MO.
REGIONAL CONFERENCES
Gumble, M. (March 2023). Gaining clarity: A composite case study of gender affirming voicework. 50-minute concurrent session presented at the MAR-AMTA Conference in Niagara Falls, NY.
Gumble, M. (Nov 2022). Exploring gender affirming voicework. 50-minute concurrent session presented virtually at the MAR-AMTA Mini-Conference. Virtual. (Invited).
Hadley, S., Reed, R., Gumble, M., Gilman, V., & Taylor, A. (March 2019). Destabilizing identities: Queering therapists' perceptions for radical inclusivity. 100-minute concurrent session at the MAR-AMTA Music Therapy Conference in Reston, VA.
Gumble, M., (March 2019). A Continued Exploration of Gender Affirming Voicework in Music Therapy. 3-hour CMTE session at the MAR-AMTA Music Therapy Conference in Reston, VA.
Gumble, M. (April 2018). Exploring the Potential of Gender Affirming Voicework in Music Therapy. 100-minute concurrent session at the MAR-AMTA Regional Music Therapy Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hadley, S. & Gumble, M. (April 2018). Queering Gender & Sexuality: Creating Inclusive Therapy Spaces. 100-minute concurrent session at the MAR-AMTA Regional Music Therapy Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
WORKSHOPS
Myers-Coffman, K., Gumble, M., Perkins, F., Thomas, N., & slaughter, k. (Oct 2022). Queering Music Therapy: Experiences of Supporting LGBTQIA2+ Communities through Shared Identities. 2.5 hour panel at Molloy College. Virtual. (Invited).
Gumble, M. (June 2022). Gender affirming voicework. 3-hour CMTE workshop at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Virtual. (Invited).
Gumble, M. & Inmon, B. (March 2021). Gender Affirming Voicework: Conceptualizing an Emerging Practice. 4-hour workshop facilitated at Becoming Through Sound LLC. Virtual.
Hadley, S., & Gumble, M. (Oct 2017). My Voice, My Self: Vocalizing Identity Beyond the Binary. Workshop at the Expressive Therapies Summit in New York, NY. (Invited).
GUEST LECTURES
Integral Counseling Psychology, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA. (December 2022). Course: Multicultural Counseling (taught by Sangeeta Swamy). Lecture Topic: Queering Practice & gender affirming voicework
Music Therapy Program, Monclair State University, Monclair, NJ. (April 2022). Course: Foundations (taught by Michael Viega). Lecture Topic: Gender affirming voicework.
Music Therapy Program, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. (March 2022). Course: Advanced Music Psychotherapy Models (taught by kei slaughter). Lecture Topic: Gender affirming voicework.
Music Therapy Program, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX. (March 2022). Course: Context Thinking in Music Therapy (taught by Rebecca West). Lecture Topic: Queering music therapy & gender affirming voicework.
Media
The Feeling is Musical podcast - Guest, Episode 51. (February 2021).
Topic: Gender affirming voicework
The MTea podcast - Guest, Episode 8. (June 2020).
Topic: Queering music therapy and gender affirming voicework
