by Lorna MT-BC | Dec 11, 2010 | Music Therapy
This year I went to the mall on Halloween morning. They were putting up the Christmas displays. I was dismayed. I am someone who enjoys Halloween and Thanksgiving, before I want to see Christmas decorations. This is not the way it works elsewhere in America, however,...
by Laura Fehr | Dec 3, 2010 | Music Therapy
I started my internship in July and have 2 weeks left. The time has gone so fast! When I began applying for internships, the main characteristic of the internship that I was looking at was experience with populations that I had not worked with. I did not have...
by Katey MT-BC | Nov 26, 2010 | Music Therapy
Let me take you on a mental journey inside the walls of a music therapy session (picture a small closet, a conference room, the end of a hallway). Today our subject will be a 4 year old with autism. His goals (from his Individual Education Plan) include using 3-word...
by Rosemary MT-BC | Nov 15, 2010 | Music Therapy
Today was not hard to be humble. I think most people who know me would say that needing to be perfect is not a huge issue for me. But today I received a true gift as a music therapist …. And all I had to do was follow the lead of others. I walked into a care center...
by Lindsey MA, MT-BC, NMT | Nov 5, 2010 | Music Therapy
Music therapists, in general, have to wear many different hats throughout the week, and for those individuals who receive music therapy they generally don’t see their music therapist more than once a week or once every other week. So where is your music therapist...
by Katey MT-BC | Oct 8, 2010 | Music Therapy
Do you ever have those times where you are just completely obsessed with things? You know, so much so that your friends give you a hard time about it every time they can. Not a DSM-IV type of obsession, just a healthy love and passion for something. Lately, mine has...