About Musician Therapy Studio
This Practice Was Built
For People Like You.
Specialized therapy for musicians and the music industry in Colorado.
Sabrina Merz, MS, LPC
Founder of Musician Therapy Studio
Denver Metro, Colorado
The Guide
Why this practice exists.
Too many musicians and creative professionals were going to therapy and spending half their sessions explaining their world. Explaining why a bad show felt like an identity crisis. Explaining what it means to live without a salary. Explaining why they could not simply decide to put ten percent of their income into savings. That time belonged to the actual work.
“You have spent your career showing up no matter what for everyone else. This is a place to show up for yourself.”
Musician Therapy Studio was built to close that gap. This is not a practice that happens to see a few musicians alongside a general caseload. Every client here works in music or a creative field. That means the shorthand is already in place and the work can go deeper, faster.
The work here is grounded in evidence-based methods and shaped by genuine familiarity with what this industry actually asks of people. Not just the performance pressure or the financial instability in isolation, but the way those things compound and get tangled up with who you are. That specificity is what makes the difference.
Sessions feel more like a conversation than a performance or an interview. You can talk about what has been happening in your life, how your body and mind have been reacting, and how your music and relationships have been feeling. There is space to be honest and notice what is present.
You do not need to show up with perfect words or a clear plan. You can come tired, quiet, unsure, or just wanting to pause for a moment. Everything you bring has space here.
A music career brings its own specific texture to everything, including therapy. The intensity, the dark humor, the absurdity, the grief over things that do not fit neatly into words. All of it has room here. You do not have to translate your life into terms a general therapist would recognize.
Sessions can be scheduled at different times each week based on what works for your life. You do not have to commit to the same slot every week. The scheduling is built around your calendar, not a fixed time that only works when nothing else does.
Common Concerns
Things people wonder before they reach out.
“Do I really have to start from scratch explaining what my career actually looks like?”
Every client here works in music or a creative field. That is not a coincidence, it is the design. The financial uncertainty, the identity pressure, the irregular rhythms. None of that needs to be introduced. It is the starting point.
“What if my schedule makes it impossible to keep regular appointments?”
Online therapy is available statewide across Colorado. Sessions can be scheduled at different times each week to work around your calendar. You are not locked into a fixed slot. What matters is showing up consistently, and the scheduling is built to make that as easy as possible.
“I am worried my therapist will treat me like a celebrity instead of a person.”
What you do is interesting. Who you are is what matters here. Sessions are direct, grounded, and focused on you as a person, not your career. There is no starstruck energy in this room.
“I am not in crisis. Is this even the right time?”
You do not have to be falling apart to reach out. Some people come when the music stops. Others come before it does. The free consultation is no pressure and no commitment. It is just a conversation.
The Approach
Evidence-based. Industry-aware.
Sessions are structured to help you understand what is driving the anxiety, depression, burnout, or disconnection you are experiencing, and to build tools that hold up in the actual conditions of your life, not a textbook version of it.
That means tools that work backstage, in the studio, on the road, and at 2am after a show. Not tools designed for a 9-to-5 life.
- Cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and shift the thought patterns keeping you stuck
- Nervous system regulation approaches to help you feel safer and more grounded in your body
- Practical tools designed for the specific conditions musicians and creative professionals actually work in
- Support for identity and self-worth when your career and your sense of self get tangled together
- Space to process grief, loss, and transitions that the industry does not stop for
- Individual and group therapy options depending on what works best for where you are
Get Started
Ready To
Get Started?
The free consultation is where it starts. Fifteen to twenty minutes to ask questions, talk through where you are, and decide if this feels right.