by Lindsey MA, MT-BC, NMT | Sep 20, 2011 | Music Therapy
This morning, while singing “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine you make me happy when skies are gray…” I began to really think about the words of the song and in turn asked my hospice patient who brings (or has brought) them a little sunshine no matter the...
by Lindsey MA, MT-BC, NMT | Sep 20, 2011 | Music Therapy
Music therapists spend most of their time explaining, demonstrating, and defining music therapy, which I have done in community presentations twice this week. We often fight the pre-conceived notion that we are just plastering a “therapy” label on an...
by Lindsey MA, MT-BC, NMT | Jun 20, 2011 | Music Therapy
For Flag Day I chose to try something new with my groups involving flags from around the world. It was a pleasant surprise to see how much each individual enjoyed this new twist on Flag Day and how eager they all were to learn something new. Each song that we did...
by Lindsey MA, MT-BC, NMT | Mar 2, 2011 | Music Therapy
Several music therapists who work for West Music Co. have been involved with the Iowa Music Therapy Task Force. The members of the Iowa Task Force, currently made up of seven music therapists, have been working on finding the best way to advocate for music therapy...
by Lindsey MA, MT-BC, NMT | Jan 25, 2011 | Music Therapy
West Music is proud to introduce a program designed to meet the needs of children with autism and other special needs in Cedar Rapids/Marion area. This music therapy group will contain 3-4 children and meet 1 time a week to work on a variety of goal areas. Open to...
