Rebecca Fairchild is a Registered Music Therapist from Australia. She works part time as a music therapy group facilitator at Bethany, supporting children and families living in crisis due to homelessness and family violence. Rebecca is a PhD candidate at The University of Melbourne, researching the ways that pre-adolescent children use music as a mechanism for enhancing their resilience throughout their experience of living in crisis. Rebecca completed a Master of Music (Music Therapy by Research) in 2014. Her project explored the experience of a music therapy performance for pre-adolescent children and families living in crisis.