Josie walks tentatively into the music studio. This is our first session together. “Hi, Josie! I’m Maryliz. Come on over to the piano and sit with me, okay?” Without a word, this slender nine-year-old girl walks over and slowly slides herself onto the bench…

Clementine came to my studio when she was only eight years old. She and her mother often held hands and kissed good-bye, then Clementine would quietly enter, whisper hello, and sit down on the piano bench…