Sandy Golias, MT-BC, HPMT

Sandy Golias, MT-BC, HPMT, has been a board-certified music therapist since 2018 and recently completed certification in Hospice and Palliative Music Therapy through the Center for Music Therapy in End of Life Care. She holds degrees in Music Education and Piano Performance from Barclay College in Kansas and spent more than 15 years teaching music and drama in public and private school settings.

Sandy has worked extensively in hospice and long-term care settings, including her role as a music therapist with Brookdale Hospice in Colorado Springs. She later founded Mountain MusicTherapy Services, providing group music therapy services to more than 30 nursing homes, assisted living communities, and memory care units throughout Colorado. In 2022, she began contract work with Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, where she developed the music therapy role into a full-time position and served for over three years.

In October 2025, Sandy and her husband, Tim, relocated to North Carolina. She now serves as a music therapist on the Healing Arts Team at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, working with Med-Surg, Rehabilitation, Mental Health, and Neurology populations. Sandy and Tim live in Leland, North Carolina, where they enjoy hiking, cooking, time at the beach, and life with their beloved cat, Nikki.