Long before Jona Jeffcoat began her career as a music therapist, she gained an appreciation for the healing power of music. From the age of four, Jona spent much of her time in a nursing home where both her mother and grandmother worked. When she began learning the flute in fourth grade, she played for residents and immediately noticed the positive effect it had on them. 
 
In high school, Jona spent many weekends babysitting children in foster care. She also volunteered on a farm for people with mental health disorders and at a camp for kids from low-income households.  
 
While in college, Jona gained clinical experience with in-patient psychiatric patients and in special education classrooms, skilled nursing and memory care facilities, and emergency shelters for children awaiting foster care placement. She received her bachelor’s degree in music therapy in 2007. 
 
After graduating, Jona worked as a direct care aide and later as a live-in house manager at a group home for adults with developmental disabilities. In 2010, she founded Infinity Music Therapy Services, a private music therapy practice. In the early days of entrepreneurship, Jona traveled around the state providing music therapy and music lessons to children and adults with developmental disabilities, mental health disorders, and neurological needs. Describing the impact of her work, Jona says, “I’ve seen a child with Down Syndrome say their first words in the context of song at 9 years of age. I’ve seen a 16-year-old take their first steps following a traumatic brain injury using rhythm as their guide. I’ve watched a husband and wife bond together, with the symptoms of dementia seeming to vanish in the presence of song.”  
 
In 2013, she opened a clinic in Southington, and moved to a larger space in 2018. Today, Infinity Music Therapy Services offers programs such as music therapy, music lessons, professional development workshops, and music-based enrichment programs, both in the clinic and in homes, schools, and facilities.