music as therapy

[PsychToday] Therapy Through…Choir?

June 17, 2015
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There are just over 6,000 board certified music therapists in the United States. According to census.gov, there are over 321 million people living in the US. This means there is one music therapist for every 53,500 people in this country. Now, of course, music therapists don’t work with everyone; we tend to work with individuals […]

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Music IN Therapy vs. Music AS Therapy: A Change in Perspective?

July 25, 2014
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A fellow music therapist published an insightful piece this week about his journey from a music snob to a music therapist. Based on comments and article shares, his post seemed to resonate with other music therapists. It did for me, too, but not in the music snob way . . . See, I’ve been trying […]

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Comments on “Using” vs “Working In” Music

March 6, 2014
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I’ve been percolating on the ideas presented by Dr. John Carpente in a blog post he wrote this week in which he explores the concept of music being “used” in therapy as opposed to music being “worked in” in therapy. It’s not a new conversation—I usually read about the music AS versus music IN therapy […]

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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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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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4 Reasons Why This Song Is NOT Good For Walking

May 18, 2011
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There’s been a lot of exposure and interest in music therapy this spring…and one big reason is because of Representative Gabby Gifford’s therapy treatment. My music therapy friends and I have excitedly been sharing both articles we’ve written and those that have appeared on CNN, ABC, and the local Houston TV station. Although the circumstances […]

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POLL: How is Music YOUR Therapy?

August 6, 2009

You may know that I am active on Twitter. I usually use a desktop application (Tweetdeck…it’s wonderful AND free!) and have a search column set up that searches for the words “music therapy.” I’ve noticed something interesting while perusing the search results. Most of the tweets that pop up say things like: “Deep thoughts. Music […]

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