Music Therapy

[PsychToday] Listening to Music Ain’t a Simple Thing

February 14, 2013

If you were one of the millions who watched the Superbowl halftime show last week, you likely had one of two reactions: You loved it. Or you hated it. You simply need to read the headlines to get a sense of the extreme reactions people had to her performance. Some called it electric and thrilling. […]

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My Top 10 Music-Therapy-in-Review List of 2012

December 13, 2012

It’s hard to believe that it’s time once again the end of a year. It’s a time of reflection, an opportunity to review the old year and plan for the new. This is my list of the top 10 music therapy-related events from 2012. Some are related to my blog, to my schooling, or to […]

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[PsychToday] Music for the Wounded Soldier

November 19, 2012

A couple days ago, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Department of Defense announced the launch of a new music therapy program at Walter Reed Medical Center. Music therapy will be joining art therapy and creative writing as a treatment option for wounded military personnel and their families…

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#AMTA12: A Preconference Preview

October 9, 2012

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

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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Top 10 Worst Things About Being a Music Therapist

July 26, 2012

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

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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