Music Therapy

Music Therapy First Aid: Using Music for Disaster Relief

June 28, 2012
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I’ve been following the horrific wildfires that have been spreading in Colorado this month. Have you? As a recent Colorado resident, it’s so hard to imagine the devastation happening in that beautiful part of our country. I have many friends who continue to post pictures of the fires on Facebook and one who lost her […]

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Accessible Ideas = Clear Thinking = Clear Writing + Clear Talking

May 31, 2012
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At this point in my career–more specifically my career in academia–it’s helpful to have a research idea or focus in mind. Though not vital since I’m still a year out from working on my dissertation proposal, it helps. Why? With a research intent in mind, you can gear all your coursework papers and projects around […]

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Guest Post: #AAD12 and My Advocacy Addiction, By a Blogging Virgin

May 9, 2012
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Last month, I had the great pleasure to attend the 25th annual Arts Advocacy Day. And I wasn’t alone. In addition to friends and colleagues from the American Music Therapy Association, Jamie George, an Atlanta-based music therapist, flew up from Georgia to participate. I invited Jamie to share her thoughts on the experience…and I think […]

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Guest Post: Focusing on our Field, our Profession, and our Clients

April 26, 2012
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I am excited and pleased to introduce you to Meredith Pizzi, a Boston-based music therapist and business owner. As you may remember from my post a couple weeks ago, our profession is considering a move to becoming a Masters-level entry field. I had heard through the grapevine that Meredith had some insightful thoughts on this […]

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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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Guest Post: Essential iPad Apps for Music Therapists

March 22, 2012
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Remember me? What can I say…it’s been a crazy March! I have missed blogging and hope to get back in the swing of my once weekly postings…starting now 🙂 To start things off, I would like to introduce you to student music therapist Jesse Kurn. Jesse responded to a question on the music therapy listserv […]

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Music IN Therapy vs. Music AS Therapy: A Student Perspective

February 22, 2012
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The Background Story… It was only a few weeks ago that I first heard the question on how music therapy works: is it music AS therapy? or music IN therapy? A day later, I read a tweet from music therapy student Kyle Fleming that said “Heated discussion about music in v. as therapy. Pretty interesting […]

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Top 10 Times You’re an Advocate and You Don’t Even Know It

January 26, 2012
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This month, everyone in the online music therapy community has been talking about advocacy. Advocacy, Advocacy, ADVOCACY! What is advocacy? Simply put, advocacy involves passion for an idea and commitment to a cause. Advocacy is a language–it’s using your words and your stories to get someone else interested in what you have to say. And […]

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