It is done! As of last week, I have survived my first year as a working mama PhD student!
There were growing pains, time management pains, lots to celebrate, and–of course–lots of learning both inside and outside the classroom.
Beyond narrative research, biopsychology, systematic reviews, and music therapy supervision…what did I learn this year? Here’s a brief [...]

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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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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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Conference Musings: #MWAMTA12 and #AAD12

April 20, 2012
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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
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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 and [...]

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When did you fall in love?

March 29, 2012
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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 more [...]

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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: 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. I [...]

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