June 2009

The Importance of Being…Selfish

June 25, 2009

I am taking a short hiatus from publishing new posts. Well, not for long – just for two weeks while I am on vacation. We’ll be spending time with family on a beautiful lake. I plan on reading, playing with my kids (which is surprisingly hard to do in our everyday life), relishing the sun, [...]

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PBS’s Interview with Dan Levitin (“The Music Instinct”)

June 24, 2009

My assistant texted me about this. I recorded the last half of it. I read about it on Twitter (where Dan Levitin gave a live Q& A).
If you are a music therapist, you NEED to read this.
Enjoy!

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On Feeling Wonder and Amazement

June 23, 2009

We had our first summer thunderstorm last night. A loud, exciting, scary, awe-inspiring thunderstorm. The kind of storm where you sit and watch. Amazing.
I even managed to catch a couple of pictures of lightning on my iPhone (It *only* took 150 pictures to catch 2 lightning strikes). Check them out:

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7 Marketing Tools for the Private Practitioner

June 18, 2009

It’s a given. Every business owner needs to market their product or service. You may be the best music therapist in town, but if no one knows about you, you won’t have any customers. No customers = no business = no money.
Some people make a careers in advertising and marketing. But this is not a [...]

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POLL RESULTS TO Attention All Therapists: An Ethical Question

June 17, 2009

Last week, I posed a question to all the therapists out there. The question was an ethical one: what do you do when the beliefs of a family clash with the nature of your client, who happens to be a child? What’s your role as a therapist in this situation?
I posted a survey, asking for [...]

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Attention All Therapists: An Ethical Question. Please vote.

June 11, 2009

Imagine the following scenario:
You are working with a 10-year-old boy with special needs. This boy is verbal, is labeled as “high functioning” and has a particular interest in typical “girl” activities: Barbies, Disney princesses, and dressing up. He likes to talk about these things…a lot.
Part of the initial therapy goals are to come up with [...]

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My First Twitterview:D

June 9, 2009

Last week, the Organized Wisdom team (@PolarWisdom on Twitter) invited me participate in a “Twitterview” about music therapy. We just finished. They asked great questions about what is involved in music therapy, who can participate, do they need to be able to sing?, and the challenges I face in the health field.
If you are interested [...]

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The 3 Facets of a Music Therapist

June 9, 2009

If you visit my company website, you will notice the pictures up top labeled “science,” “music,” “therapy.” I was introduced to this concept in graduate school, the idea that a music therapist encompasses being trained as a musician, a scientist, and a therapist.
A true story for you:
Yesterday, I was scheduled to facilitate some music therapy [...]

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The Daily Blog 06/04/2009

June 4, 2009

It’s been awhile since I posted any interesting articles. Read below for engaging and stimulating articles on brain plasticity, the importance of music instruction, music and memory, music and emotions, and music for pain management for our youngest children.

Reflections on Plasticity. The concept of neuroplasticity is foundational for understanding why and how music therapy works. [...]

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