CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA
Healing through Music therapy in Cupertino, CA.
For children finding their words, for autistic clients of every age, and for older adults where conversation no longer reaches. Sessions in our studio, at home, and at school.
Spring openings are limited. Four weekly slots left for the spring term. Book a free consultation →
Welcome to Agape Music Therapy
Agape is a small private practice in Cupertino. We see children, autistic clients of every age, and older adults living with dementia or at the end of life — in our studio, in your home, at school, and at the bedside.
Every plan starts with the same question: what matters to this person? From there I write goals you can read and measure, and I adjust when the notes say to. If music therapy isn’t the right tool for your situation, we’ll tell you that on the first call.
Who We Work With
Children
Speech and communication, motor skills, regulation, and turn-taking, in sessions built around play. Ages 18 months through 18 years.
Autism & Special Needs
Client-led and sensory-aware, at any age. We ask about sensory profile before session one, and we don’t treat stimming as something to eliminate.
what music therapy is
It isn’t a music lesson, and it isn’t entertainment
Music therapy is a clinical discipline. It uses music — playing, singing, listening, writing — to work on goals that usually have nothing to do with music: speech and communication, motor control, emotional regulation, memory, and connection.
A session might look like play, or like a quiet conversation with a guitar in the room. Underneath it there’s an assessment, a written plan, and notes that track whether the thing we’re trying is working.
Your child does not need to be musical. Neither does your parent. That isn’t what any of this depends on.
How it works
Three steps, in this order, every time.
Free phone consult
Twenty minutes, no cost. We learn about your concerns and tell you honestly whether music therapy is the right tool.
Assessment & plan
A therapist meets the client where they are, then writes goals you can read, measure, and share with the rest of the care team.
Sessions
The same therapist each week, in our studio, at home, or at school — with progress notes you actually receive.
Your therapist
Briana Wu, MT-BC
Briana is a board-certified music therapist and the founder of Agape Music Therapy. She trained at the University of the Pacific and completed her clinical internship at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Her work has spanned memory care, pediatric oncology, hospice, and intensive care. Guitar is her primary instrument, though sessions draw on whatever helps each person reach their goals
I’ve have impacted lives of populations in memory care, pediatric oncology, hospice, special needs, and ICU
Music is a language that transcends all other boundaries.
What it costs
Agape is a fee-for-service practice, paid directly by families. There’s no insurance billing and no waiting on an authorization — you book the call, and if it’s a fit we can usually start within a week or two. Full rates are listed on the rates page.
Serving the South Bay
Our studio is in Cupertino, and a lot of the work happens somewhere else: homes, schools, day programs, memory care communities, and hospice bedsides. We see clients in Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, Los Altos, and Mountain View. Virtual sessions are available where they suit the client.