Meet the Team

  • Rachael’s Qualifications Include:

    • MA Music Therapy from Anglia Ruskin University 2022 (HCPC Registration)

    • BA (Hons) Music from The University of York 2020

    • Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) Affiliate 2022

    • SandStory Therapy (2025)

    Rachael’s Recent Training Includes:

    • Supporting children and young people with anger and aggression (2025)

    • Letting The Future In (LTFI) NSPCC (2025)

    • Safeguarding and Prevent Cambridge County Council (2024)

    • Working With Words (2024)

    • MATADOC Assessment (2022)

    • Autism and Anxiety in Schools (2024)

    • Mask Making in Therapy (2025)

    • Winter Clay Day (2025)

    • Collage in Therapy (2026)

    Rachael has up to date training in mandatory and desired areas, which include:

    • Level 3 Safeguarding Children

    • Basic Safeguarding Adults

    • Basic Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

    • Prevent

    • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Trauma-Informed Approach

    • Online Safety

    • Data Protection and GDPR

    • Epilepsy Awareness

    • Administering Medication

Rachael Forder

Founder and Creative Therapist

Rachael is a creative therapist. She is a registered music therapist with the HCPC. Alongside her therapy work, she also likes to keep up with a bit of work as a community musician and private music teacher.

Rachael grew up in Kent and moved to York for her undergraduate degree to train initially in Music. She then moved to Cambridge to pursue a masters in Music Therapy. Rachael is passionate about how powerful music is and loves to share this with others. She first worked as a music therapist at a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities school in Cambridgeshire for a few years. But ultimately decided to start her own business to reach more people. This is what led her to creating ‘Cambridgeshire Music For Wellbeing’ (CMFW) in January 2024.
During the first year of CMFW, Rachael found that she needed more tools outside of music to support certain clients. From there, Rachael undertook further training in other creative therapy techniques such as Sandstory, Mask-making, clay, collage, and many more across the modalities of play, art, drama, movement and dialogue. These trainings and techniques enabled Rachael to support more clients and meet them where they are at. The creative domains allow us to delve deeper into the unconscious than words alone can do. Rachael began to offer creative therapy work in early 2025. She loves the diversity she can offer in sessions now and loves what she does!
Rachael made the decision to rebrand the business in late 2025 and relaunched the business under the new name of ‘Cambridgeshire Creative Art Therapies’ (CCAT) in early 2026.

Rachael’s specialist areas of work are in trauma in children and young adults, mental health and special educational needs in both children and adults.

Please do get in contact to find out more about the team!

Music Therapist and Music Teacher

Caitlin is a Music Therapist and Neurologic Music Therapist who completed her MA in Music Therapy at Anglia Ruskin University. Her clinical work is grounded in a trauma-informed approach, shaped by her earlier experience as a Teaching Learning Support Practitioner supporting children with learning difficulties and adverse childhood experiences.

She has worked across a variety of healthcare and community settings, including NHS functional assessment wards, older adult mental health services, and children’s hospices. Caitlin has particular experience supporting children with profound and multiple learning disabilities and individuals with complex neurological and emotional needs across the lifespan.

Caitlin uses improvisation and responsive musical interaction to create meaningful therapeutic relationships, enabling clients to communicate, explore creativity, and build confidence in ways that feel accessible and person-centred. She brings a calm, compassionate presence to her work, creating safe and engaging musical spaces that are thoughtfully adapted to each individual.

Caitlin Shek

  • Caitlin’s Qualifications include:

    • MA Music Therapy (2025)

    • Neurologic Music Therapy Affiliate (2025)

    Caitlin’s recent training includes:

Dramatherapist and Theatre/Drama Facilitator

Janice Tong

Janice joined CCAT in 2026 as a freelance HCPC- and BADth-registered Dramatherapist. She completed her MA in Dramatherapy at Anglia Ruskin University in 2025 and works from a creative arts psychodynamic perspective. Before qualifying, she trained as a drama and theatre educator, with a focus on creative and performing arts curriculum planning, at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and has since devised and directed plays exploring themes that mattered to young people. A certified DanceAbility teacher, Janice brings extensive overseas training and experience in counselling and education. She is currently working in further education, providing inclusive support to young individuals with neurodivergence and learning disabilities as they build confidence and independence.

Janice takes a strength-based, person-centred approach to clinical work and is committed to widening access to mental health care for marginalised communities. Her creative background continues to inform her practice, helping her draw on a range of creative media in psychological therapy. Outside clinical work, she enjoys slow walks in nature and simple playful time. 

    • MA degree in Dramatherapy, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK (Distinction)

    • MFA degree in Drama and Theatre Education, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

    • MA degree in Counselling and School Guidance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    • BA degree in English Language and Literature, Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Hong Kong Baptist University

Music Therapist and Music Teacher

Jessica Donoghue

Jess Donoghue is a HCPC-registered Music Therapist having achieved Distinction in MA Music Therapy at Anglia Ruskin University. She carries experience across educational, community and medical settings in paediatric neurorehabilitation, mental health, neuro-disabilities, learning disabilities and dementia.  

Beginning as a Support Worker for adults with learning disabilities, Jess currently works across music therapy, private music tuition and inclusive community theatre. She is also a Research Assistant at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research. Jess has a history of centreing young voices, having led the reinstatement of the annual island-wide under-18s Battle of the Bands in Jersey post-pandemic and campaigned for the platforming of young musicians in the 2023 Government Music Manifesto as the Live Music Cell Leader of the Jersey Music Association.  

 Jess takes a person-centred approach drawing from a range of evidence-based music therapy lenses and techniques with emphasis on a co-created therapeutic relationship, including creative improvisation, sensory stories and world-building, goal-oriented games, and therapeutic songwriting. She holds an interest in the ways music technology can be used to improve the accessibility of music therapy, and facilitate inclusive engagement in music production. 

  • Jess's Qualifications Include: 

    • MA Music Therapy from Anglia Ruskin University 

    • BMus (Hons) from Royal Holloway University of London 

    • TQUK Level 2 Diploma in Care 

     

    Recent Training: 

    • Safeguarding Adults Level 3 

    • Safeguarding Children Level 3 

    • Preventing Radicalisation - Awareness of Prevent Level 3 

    • TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (ongoing) 

Queenie Wong

Music Therapist and Music Teacher

Queenie is a qualified music therapist registered with the HCPC. She graduated with distinction from the master’s in music therapy at Anglia Ruskin University.

She has a heartfelt passion for supporting children with special needs, helping them grow in confidence, communication, movement, and emotional wellbeing through music.

She is also a Neurologic Music Therapist and qualified Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) assessor.

She is keen to work with clients of diverse needs, including patients in neurorehabilitation and older adults in care homes, bringing comfort, connection, and resilience through music.

  • Queenie’s Qualifications include:

    • MA Music Therapy (2025)

    • Neurologic Music Therapy Affiliate (2025)

    Queenie’s Recent Training Includes:

    • MATADOC Assessment

    • Star Outcomes Assessment Tool

Art Therapist

Hazel Howell

Hazel is a HCPC registered Art Therapist who gained her MA in Art Therapy from the University of Hertfordshire. She approaches her clinical work by embracing the uniqueness of each person she works with, acknowledging intersecting aspects of a person's life and considers all forms of behaviour to be a method of communication. 

Embedding the notion of co-production, Hazel works alongside the person she is working with, and their support network if appropriate, to provide a holistic and relational underpinning to the therapy.

Hazel provides an array of art materials to promote a creative, tangible way to externalise feelings, thoughts and experiences, that may or may not have words. As art therapy is about the process rather than the final artwork, the therapy is accessible to everyone.

Hazel has experience of working with adults and children with complex needs and trauma histories, including children with learning disabilities and non-speaking communicators. She welcomes clients of all ages, needs, and experiences who would benefit from a relational, creative, and person-centred approach to therapy.

  • Qualifications
    MA Art Therapy (2025)
    MRes Health and Social Care Research (Current)

    Recent Training Includes:
    Level 3 Safeguarding Adults
    Level 3 Safeguarding Children
    A variety of CPD workshops and seminars regarding art therapy techniques and practice. Please enquire for the full list.

Music Therapist and Music Teacher

Jan Ong

Jan Ong is a HCPC-Registered Music Therapist who completed her MA in Music Therapy (Distinction) at Anglia Ruskin University. Her work is relational and person-centred.

She has clinical experience across SEND settings, NHS psychiatric and adult mental health services. Jan has also delivered music therapy in community contexts, including work with adults experiencing homelessness and individuals living with dementia. As a Creative Wellbeing Practitioner, she facilitates creative arts-based sessions for children and adults in community and care home settings.

She brings a calm, grounded presence to her work, creating attuned musical spaces that support regulation, communication, and emotional expression.

  • MA Music Therapy (2025)

    BA (Hons) Creative Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing (Music pathway) (2022)

Music Therapist and Music Teacher

Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson is a HCPC-registered Music Therapist, qualifying in July 2026 from Anglia Ruskin University with a Distinction in MA Music Therapy. 

Philip spent 10 years as a teacher, working in Special Educational Needs settings around the Cambridgeshire area. This has given him a wealth of experience of working with young people with diverse emotional, social, communication and physical needs. Philip spent some time before starting his Master's working in international schools in Italy. 

Philip has started practising as a music therapist, alongside maintaining some teaching commitments. His practice is grounded in relational, person-centred, and trauma informed theory. Philip believes that music therapy supports human connection, creating a shared musical space where communication, healing and understanding of the self takes place through musical collaboration. His approach prioritises improvised, interactive music-making to build a deep sense of mutual trust and emotional safety.

  • Qualifications:

    MA Music Therapy (2026) Anglia Ruskin University

    PGCE in Primary Education (2013) Cambridge University

    BSc Psychosocial Studies (2008) University of East Anglia

    Trainings:

    Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice

    Childhood Adversity: The Impact of Childhood Maltreatment on Mental Health

    PECS

    Attention Autism

    Team Teach

    Systems of Inclusion, Learning and Wellbeing

    Bamboozle Approach Training