Ron Borczon, MT-BC
Board Certified Music Therapist
Ron Borczon, MT-BC
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Services Provided
- Individual or group Music Therapy sessions.
- Virtual therapy and virtual coaching session
- Supervision for Music Therapists
- Over 25 years experience in drug and alcohol rehabilitation
- A personalized recording for relaxation, affirmations and other aspects of well-being.
- Keynote address engagements on the power of music and story in our lives.
Ronald M. Borczon, MT-BC, founded the Music Therapy Department at California State University, Northridge in 1984. He has presented numerous papers at national and regional conferences, as well as given many public service presentations. In 1994, he received the Presidential Award from the President of the National Association for Music Therapy. This prestigious honor was given in recognition of Music Therapy work done following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake where he developed innovative music experiences to help school age children in the Northridge community deal with the earthquake trauma. In 1995, Borczon conducted a special workshop on Music Therapy and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for therapists in Oklahoma City after the Oklahoma City bombing. He was asked to help in the planning of music therapy interventions for the students of Columbine High School in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy and the Santee High School shootings.
In 2006 He was awarded the “Award of Merit” from the American Music Therapy Association at the National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. This award is the one of the highest forms of recognition given by the national office for contributions to the field of music therapy. In 2007 he was awarded the “Outstanding Faculty Award” from California State University, Northridge. He has presented numerous workshops on the effectiveness of music therapy in the wake of a mass disaster. in 2015 he was awarded the Publication Award for the second time from the Western Region of the American Music Therapy Association.
Ron Borczon has been interviewed many times for periodicals and venues such as LA Times, LA Daily News, Reader’s Digest, KNBC Channel 4 Los Angeles, and the Australian television show “What’s Good for You.” He appears on the Paul McCartney documentary DVD “The Space Within US” and has also been seen as the music therapist for Danny Bonaducci in the VH1 show, “Breaking Bonaducci.” He has been consulted for many projects that appear in television and film.
We are all musical beings and it is through music that we expresss life.
