October 2009

Why Start a Blog? (Video)

October 29, 2009

Rachel Rambach, a music therapist friend of mine over at Listen & Learn Music, is giving a presentation on blogging at the AMTA National Conference next month. (AMTA stands for American Music Therapy Association. It’s our official national association, so this is a pretty big deal!)
Rachel reached out to a bunch of us who are [...]

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3 Easy Tools To Help You Be A Research-Savvy Clinician

October 27, 2009

Last Saturday, I attended the annual Fall Forum hosted by the Colorado Association for Music Therapy (CAMT). The Fall Forum is primarily an educational event and CAMT invites different speakers to talk on topics related to music therapy.
One of the speakers this year was Dr. Blythe Lagasse, a professor at Colorado State University. I really [...]

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And the AMTA Conference Tweetup will be held…

October 23, 2009

You all have spoken! The first ever music therapy Tweetup will be held on (drumroll, please)…
Friday, November 13th, 1:30-2:30pm
Keep reading the Music Therapy Maven for more information about the tweetup that will be posted closer to the conference.
Thank you to all who voted. I am so excited to see/meet you in sunny San Diego!

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For Those in Private Practice (Or Those Who Want To Be)

October 22, 2009

Starting a private practice can be difficult. Music therapists are not trained in how to start and maintain a business. There’s a steep learning curve and it’s easy to make mistakes along the way.
But luckily we can learn from others, hopefully avoiding some of the same mistakes they made.
That’s where you come in. If you [...]

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Why Therapists Need to Shut Up

October 20, 2009

One of the hardest skills to learn as a therapist is to shut up. Silence is hard. Silence makes us uncomfortable.
The other week, I was with a client, “Tony.” Tony is 10 years old and is a very angry child. He has a right to be angry–he grew up in a chaotic, abusive environment, was [...]

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Need a Graphic Designer? Check This Out

October 19, 2009

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a project I’m working on–an ebook on productivity and how you can do more in less time. One part of the project I was worried about was the cover. I am not a graphic designer, nor do I have lots of money to spend on a professional.
That’s when [...]

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A Time To Be Grateful

October 16, 2009

When I started this blog back in February, I had no idea the journey it would take me on. One of the most surprising and unexpected events is how this blog has connected me with all of you.
In last Tuesday’s post I shared some frustrations I’ve recently experienced running a private practice. After the post [...]

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On Attention, Plasticity, Learning, Individuality

October 15, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about the 4 different types of attention–sustained, selective, divided, joint–and gave examples of how you can address each in a therapy session. After reading the article, my friend Lisa contacted me on Facebook and asked:
(C)an the different types of attention really be learned or do you [...]

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