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Conference Musings: #MWAMTA12 and #AAD12

April 20, 2012

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

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

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 […]

When did you fall in love?

March 29, 2012

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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Guest Post: Essential iPad Apps for Music Therapists

March 22, 2012

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: My Perspective

March 8, 2012

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

February 22, 2012

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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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

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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