Music Therapy

#AMTA12 Wrap-Up in Pictures

October 18, 2012
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At the time of writing this post, I am (mostly) recovered from last week’s AMTA conference. Normally, I would list my personal conference highlights, but this year? Time to shake things up and show you through pictures… Conference really revolves around the workshops, trainings, and sessions. It’s a time to share, to learn, and to […]

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#AMTA12: A Preconference Preview

October 9, 2012
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This post is coming a month earlier than usual, but I’m excited to write it! This week, the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) is hosting it’s annual conference, this year at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles IL (just outside of Chicago). This is the time when thousands of music therapists from around the […]

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Standing on Our Own Unique Feet

September 13, 2012
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A friend of mine recently posted the following quote on Facebook: For years music therapy has been wearing a mask because of our inadequacy to describe and understand her fully. We disguise her in medically acceptable terms. We speak only of observable data. We superimpose statistical formulae, hoping that if we develop the scientific side, […]

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“Best” Jobs for the Student Music Therapist

September 6, 2012
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I love getting questions from readers. More often than not, they inspire me to consider something I hadn’t thought of before or to see it through a different lens. I got a question along those lines this week. Maven reader Kate wrote: Before you were an MT-BC music therapist, what kind of jobs were you […]

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Making Music Education Successful for the Exceptional Student

August 9, 2012
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I am the only music therapist in my small(-ish) town of 18,000. The music community here is fairly tight-knit, so when a music teacher is facing a year of working with students with IEPs (Individualized Education Plan, if you’re curious), he/she will likely reach out to me. This happened about a month ago. A friend […]

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Stuck in a Rut? 11 Ways to Get Your Music Therapy Mojo Back

August 2, 2012
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I remember the feeling well of trying to prepare for a session and feeling like I was doing the same thing over and over and over again. Feeling bored. Feeling worried that my client might be getting bored. And what happens if they are? Will they continue to improve in music therapy? And what if […]

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[PsychToday] Intergenerational Music, Aging, and You: A Q&A with Dr. Melita Belgrave

August 1, 2012
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This post appeared on my Psychology Today blog a couple weeks ago, but it’s too good not to share with you as well! Happy reading… I am so excited to introduce you to Dr. Melita Belgrave! Dr. Belgrave is a music therapist, an author, a professor, a researcher, and an all—around bubbly and inspiring person […]

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Top 10 Worst Things About Being a Music Therapist

July 26, 2012
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Last week, prompted by a question from a Maven reader, I shared with you my list of the top 10 best things about being a music therapist. This week, it’s time for that “other” list. Strangely enough (or maybe luckily enough?), this one took a little more thought and time to figure out… Top 10 […]

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Top 10 Best Things About Being a Music Therapist

July 19, 2012
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Earlier this week, I received an email from a Maven reader with an interesting question: I was wondering, what is the greatest and hardest/disliked part of your job? Funny enough, I have never considered this question before! Although I was able to give him an answer fairly easily, his question sparked an idea: Can I […]

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