Faculty Supervisor
Music Therapist
Andrea Dalton, MA, MT-BC, is a trainer and consultant with the Center for Trauma Informed Innovation, supporting individuals and organizations in promoting resiliency and developing trauma sensitive culture. She is a certified leadership coach, with the perspective that leadership is within each person, regardless of job title.
Along with her colleagues, Andrea works with school districts, agencies, organizations, and businesses to develop strategies to support the people they serve, as well as those doing the serving, that are grounded in the science of resilience and the practice of compassion.
Prior to joining the Center for Trauma Informed Innovation, Andrea worked for more than a decade as a music therapist in both private and state-run inpatient mental health units, providing services to some of the most vulnerable adults and children in the Kansas City area.
Andrea has an undying fascination with the way the brain works, a critical appreciation for research, a strong commitment to best practices, a creative spirit, and a calling to make the world a better place.