Maija Salokivi (PhD, Music Therapist MA, Bachelor of Social Work) has worked for many years as a music therapist for psychiatric and neurological child and adolescent clients, specialising in emotional and interpersonal skills. Her doctoral research was on developing an emotional skills instrument for music therapy with early adolescents, and this development work is still ongoing.

Research interests include emotional and interpersonal skills, the psychosocial well-being of children and adolescents, instrument development, psychometrics, music therapy assessment, and music therapy for children and adolescents.