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 Morgan, MT-BC | Sep 20, 2011 | Music Therapy
As a practicum student my academic advisor drilled into students’ minds the importance of a session plan. And as students, we greatly needed those session plans. We not only needed, but we DEPENDED on those session plans. If we happened to forget the flow of our...
by Katey MT-BC | Aug 22, 2011 | Music Therapy
Let me preface this blog by saying as of April 30th I was SO anti-smartphone. I did not understand why I needed this fancy thing, when I knew it would just break and cause me many headaches. I know I sound like I’m ancient, and most 25 year olds have a smartphone of...
by Emilia MT-BC | Jul 18, 2011 | Music Therapy
Recently I arrived to a session my usual 10 minutes early. I like to be early not only to have set up time, but to have allowed myself time in case of traffic jams or any other unforeseeable hang-ups that might cause me to be late to a session. As I unloaded my...
by Staff Music Therapist | Jul 5, 2011 | Music Therapy
This summer has been so much fun, because I have been learning about creativity! It’s been refreshing! What makes us creative? What makes our creativity stagnate? How can we spark new creativity? Challenging ourselves to try new things is great for our brains. I’ve...
by Rosemary MT-BC | Jun 27, 2011 | Music Therapy
A hospice patient with Parkinson’s and accompanying confusion is rocking back and forth in his bed when I enter his room in a care facility. At his side an aide is trying to keep him from falling out of bed saying, “No, you’ve got to stay in bed”. He explains the...
