Music Therapy

[#MTAdvocacy Press Release] Setting the Record Straight: What Music Therapy Is and Is Not

January 30, 2014
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Last fall, I received an email Jennifer Peters, a Communications Intern for the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). Jennifer was working on a press release about music therapy and asked if I’d be willing to help distribute the release. She sent it to me this week and well…it fits quite nicely with this month’s Social […]

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#MTAdvocacy: What We Are

January 23, 2014
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The second definition for “identity” in the Merriam Webster dictionary reads: the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different than others. This month marks the 4th annual Social Media Advocacy month, a project whereby music therapy bloggers, podcasters, tweeters, Instagramers, and Facebook users flood the online airwaves with articles, likes, and shares […]

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[Guest Post] We Are…MUSIC THERAPISTS!

January 16, 2014
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When I started my career as a music therapist in 1983, it was not uncommon for me to describe my profession by comparing it to other professions which were more well-known. If people gave me a puzzled look after I proudly stated, “I use music to change behaviors,” I would add, “Music therapy is like […]

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[Guest Post] Welcome to 2014: Declaring Our Independence

January 9, 2014
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January is Social Media Advocacy Month for the music therapy community. This year’s theme is “We are…” so join us as we celebrate our identity as a distinct and unique profession! This week I invite you to read what my fellow CBMT colleague and friend Dr. Dena Register has to say about declaring our independence […]

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2014 Social Media Advocacy Month Kickoff

January 2, 2014
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Today marks the start of one of my favorite times of year: it’s Social Media Advocacy Month! For the past 4 years, music therapy bloggers and podcasters have banded together throughout the month of January to talk, write, question, share, and advocate for music therapy. This project is part of the collaborative AMTA/CBMT State Recognition […]

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[PsychToday] Music: It’s More Than “Feel Good”

December 12, 2013
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Every once in awhile a story like this emerges that that sings the praises (no pun intended) of listening to music. These stories expand on the therapeutic benefits of music, mostly those related to relaxation or mood induction (i.e., making one feel happy/calm/better). Although the New Yorker piece is better than most I read—it actually […]

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A Call to Action: Help Preserve our Music Therapy History

December 6, 2013

I’m a sucker for history. My non-professional reading list commonly includes political biographies (just finished Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power), historical fiction (loooove Philippa Gregory), and memoirs (which I’ve blogged about before). Knowing this, it may come as no surprise that I support the American Music Therapy Association’s (AMTA) Archive Project, an initiative spearheaded […]

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[PsychToday] Why Holiday Music Can Hurt

December 4, 2013
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It took less than a week living in my first apartment as a new board certified music therapist and soon-to-be graduate student to be cornered in the hallway by a neighbor asking a music-related question. When I divulge that I am a music therapist, most of the time I get responses such as . . […]

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Prepping for #AMTA13: ‘Tis the Conference Season

November 18, 2013
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‘Tis the season! No, not the trick-or-treating, costume-wearing, Halloween candy-eating season. And not the family-feasting, cranberry sauce-making, pumpkin pie-baking season. Not even the candy cane-crunching, tree-decorating, stocking-stuffing season. ‘Tis the music therapy conference season. This week marks the 14th annual conference of the American Music Therapy Association (#AMTA13), thousands of music therapists from the US and […]

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