First Friday Recommendations If you find yourself dragging more this time of year, when winter hibernation has lost a lot of its charm and the post-holidays gloom has set in, please believe you are not alone. Many of us have a hard time by February and can struggle with day-to-day activities. May I suggest and …
We’re back! Time to kick off this new year with a recommitment to sharing information and resources that will help all of us expand our knowledge of the music therapy field. We’re starting with 2024’s premier First Friday Recommendations, a post featuring different songs/books/podcasts/etc that I’ve found helpful recently. Any recommendations you’d like to pass …
Imagine you are driving home from the store one day and a road you normally take is blocked off. Getting home may now require some backtracking and creative thinking, but you will find another route back to the house. Music can, in the same way, guide the person with dementia back to an important memory. …
Humanistic Music Therapy is an adoption of Carl Rogers’ approach to psychology, which emphasizes the person-centered method of working with clients. Humanists value the support of a therapeutic relationship to help center their clients as they strive for self-actualization, a concept based on autonomy, free will, and creativity. Importantly, Humanistic Music Therapists believe in treating …
Chances are you’ve heard of Doctors Without Borders, but did you know a similar organization of Music Therapists exists? This volunteer group offers Music Therapy project opportunities to students and professionals around the world, with a focus on the Caribbean islands in particular. Volunteers gain clinical and professional development skills, as they learn about the …
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“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears- it’s a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more–it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but …
“As a music therapist, having produced an album about the human condition–about anxiety, ADD, and the whole spectrum of what we’re doing, it’s…it’s just such an honor to create art that does more than entertain.” –Jon Samson, Music Therapist accepting a Grammy for his work on the album, Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype. …
Let’s start with a deep breath. If you’re anything like me or anyone else I’ve talked to in recent days, this is a rough time. Let’s pause for this minute to just breathe and sit with all that is going on in life. Sometimes I find myself over-filling my time in an effort to run …
Welcome back! First off, happy February and I hope this post finds you well and comfortable. For this month’s recommendations it felt important to hold space for Black musicians, podcasters, and authors in honor of Black History Month. I know this month may be complicated in itself, with questions of why only one month, and …
Welcome back lovely reader and Happy Friday! If you are anything like me or anyone I’ve talked to in recent days, things are just sort of ‘off.’ Things may not be completely terrible, but you’re just feeling sluggish and unmotivated. Research points to the effectiveness of gratitude practice in both regulating our emotions, feeling more …
