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Who Else Wants To Join Us?

November 6, 2009

Music Therapy Tweet-Up Friday, November 13th, 1:30-2:30pm Outdoor patio at Trellises Garden Grille (one of the restaurants at the AMTA conference hotel) Join us for appetizers (free!). Spread the word. See you there.

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Why Start a Blog? (Video)

October 29, 2009

Rachel Rambach, a music therapist friend of mine over at Listen & Learn Music, is giving a presentation on blogging at the AMTA National Conference next month. (AMTA stands for American Music Therapy Association. It’s our official national association, so this is a pretty big deal!) Rachel reached out to a bunch of us who […]

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And the AMTA Conference Tweetup will be held…

October 23, 2009

You all have spoken! The first ever music therapy Tweetup will be held on (drumroll, please)… Friday, November 13th, 1:30-2:30pm Keep reading the Music Therapy Maven for more information about the tweetup that will be posted closer to the conference. Thank you to all who voted. I am so excited to see/meet you in sunny […]

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A Time To Be Grateful

October 16, 2009

When I started this blog back in February, I had no idea the journey it would take me on. One of the most surprising and unexpected events is how this blog has connected me with all of you. In last Tuesday’s post I shared some frustrations I’ve recently experienced running a private practice. After the […]

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Let’s Meet-up for a Tweetup!

October 8, 2009

What’s a Tweetup? Find out here: [SURVEYS 3]

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6 Ways to Help You Find Balance in Life

October 6, 2009

Do you ever feel like this girl here? Overwhelmed? Stressed? Trying to juggle too much? Trying to meet too many needs? Having difficulty balancing it all? The good news is that you are not alone. I feel that way. I have friends who feel that way. It’s hard trying to find the right balance between […]

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Will These Songs Help You?

October 5, 2009

I have two items to address in today’s post. They are completely and totally unrelated. Music Therapy Conference Tweetup Wait…a tweetup? What’s that? I will post a video this week that defines a tweetup and how it relates to our upcoming national music therapy conference. Plus, I’ll be asking for your input on something. More […]

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Nurturing your Inner Musician

October 1, 2009

(Today’s post is a short, but important, one. I got busy this week getting caught up on bookkeeping. Not my favorite task. Think my next luxury will be to hire bookkeepers.) All music therapists are musicians first. We are performers and we love music. As such, it’s important for our personal and professional health to […]

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Musings on Mackenzie Phillips

September 25, 2009

I’ve been working with traumatized children for over 4 years, now, and I’ve always been astounded by one simple truth: traumatized children love their parents more than anything in the world. There’s been a lot in the news recently about Mackenzie Phillips. The only writing about it that truly interested me was this blog post […]

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