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Top 21 Things I Learned Surviving My First Year as a Working Mama PhD Student

May 16, 2012
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It is done! As of last week, I have survived my first year as a working mama PhD student! There were growing pains, time management pains, lots to celebrate, and–of course–lots of learning both inside and outside the classroom. Beyond narrative research, biopsychology, systematic reviews, and music therapy supervision…what did I learn this year? Here’s […]

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Conference Musings: #MWAMTA12 and #AAD12

April 20, 2012
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I am fresh off of two back-to-back conferences. Last Thursday, I drove up to Iowa City for the annual midwestern regional music therapy conference. Drove back to Kansas City Saturday night–managing to avoid the nasty storms due to a tip from a friend–and hopped on a plane bright and early Sunday morning, bound for Washington […]

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Misconceptions Considered: State Recognition and Masters-Level Entry

April 11, 2012
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If you’re a music therapist–student, intern, or professional–chances are you have heard that the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) is considering a move to make music therapy a Masters-level entry field. This process includes committee reports, opportunities for member comment, townhall meetings at the regional conferences…lots of opportunities for music therapists to share their thoughts, […]

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Conference Prep: A #MWAMTA12 Preview

April 5, 2012
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We are in the midst of one of my favorite seasons of the year: spring. And as a music therapist, I have one additional reason to love spring: regional conference! I have been (somewhat jealously) following the Twitter streams of my music therapy friends across the country as they share updates of all the interesting […]

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When did you fall in love?

March 29, 2012
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I often get emails from people who stumble across this blog as they are researching music therapy. Many of their questions are related to careers in music therapy: how do I become a music therapist? What classes do you recommend I take? What instruments do I need to know how to play? Some questions are […]

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Music IN Therapy vs. Music AS Therapy: My Perspective

March 8, 2012
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It was–rather surprisingly–not that long ago that I first heard this question on how music therapy works: is it music AS therapy? or music IN therapy? A couple weeks ago, I invited student music therapist Kyle Fleming to share his thoughts on the topic that were prompted by a class discussion. Below are my thoughts. […]

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Advocacy Comes in Many Forms

February 16, 2012

Although social media advocacy month has ended, I couldn’t help but share this with you after seeing it on Facebook this week: This picture was created by the fabulous Lexie Brown. Thank you, Lexie!

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Taking Time to Think

February 8, 2012
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I think that one of the biggest perks of being a PhD student is that I am being forced to think. When is there time, otherwise? Between running a household, raising kids, having a business, seeing clients, documentation, learning new songs, going to the grocery store, checking social media streams, buying birthday gifts,….WHEW! Our thinking […]

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2012 Social Media Advocacy Project in Numbers

February 2, 2012
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It’s early February and we are wrapping up what I consider to be a very successful Social Media Advocacy project! Last December, I sent a tickler email out to over 3 dozen music therapy bloggers and podcasters, inviting them to participate in this project. Here’s what we ended up with: Forty participating blogs/podcasts published 50 […]

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