United Kingdom
Laura Newton
ESNS: 2026
Director of Operations, Music Industry Therapist Collective CIC
I am a Director of the Music Industry Industry Therapist Collective CIC. The Music Industry Therapist Collective (MITC) is a nonprofit international collective of mental health professionals all of whom held professional careers in music prior to retraining.

We consult for tours, labels and music industry orgs, designing bespoke services to suit all needs. We also programme panels at music industry conferences worldwide. But mainly, what we do is provide high quality support to anyone in the industry who feels like they could use our help.

My career in music began back in 2004. I worked across artist management to venue rep to press, before I eventually ended up on tour for two years, working as the assistant tour manager on a couple of global tours. From there, I became an assistant agent at the booking agency ITB, then graduating to agent and spending seven years looking after touring artists at CAA. I joined MITC six years ago as Development and Operations Lead, and now I'm Director of Operations, overseeing the day to day running of the Collective and forever in pursuit of new ways to optimise metal health support for the industry.
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