Guest Posts

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: A Student Perspective

February 22, 2012
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The Background Story… It was only a few weeks ago that I first heard the question on how music therapy works: is it music AS therapy? or music IN therapy? A day later, I read a tweet from music therapy student Kyle Fleming that said “Heated discussion about music in v. as therapy. Pretty interesting […]

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(Guest Post) Show Us What You Got: Tips for Shining Throughout the Internship Application Process

November 16, 2011
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I absolutely love my clinical work at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), where I have the privilege of working with amazing children with special needs every day. In addition to my role as a clinician, I also serve as a supervisor to music therapy interns. This role is just as fulfilling, but in a different way. […]

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Guest Post: The Day My Business Died

October 19, 2011

I’m so excited to introduce you to music therapist, blogger, and boomwhacker extraordinaire Kat Fulton. Kat blogs at Rhythm for Good and runs the San Diego-based private practice Sound Health Music. Her infectious personality shines through her writing and she’s brimming with great ideas. Keep reading to learn more… I’d like to share the three […]

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Guest Post: A History of Music Formats

September 14, 2011
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This blog post is a departure from typical Maven posts. But it incorporates 3 things I love: music, technology, and history. So when the author, Michael Springman, approached me about writing this post, I thought “Why not?” I hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane…and maybe even learn something new in the process 🙂 […]

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3 Ways to Make Your Presentations Sparkle

August 17, 2011
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I am thrilled to introduce you to Natalie Mullis, a South Carolina-based music therapist who’s the brains behind Key Changes Music Therapy. Natalie (or @KeyChangesMT on Twitter) has spent the last several years building her private practice and, along the way, sharing her knowledge and adventures with her readers. Enjoy! As a music therapist, I […]

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Using Social Media to Build Your Music Therapy Services

July 20, 2011
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I am very excited to share with you the wisdom of Tamara Suttle, mastermind behind the blog Private Practice from the Inside Out. Tamara is a licensed professional counselor out in Denver, CO who’s been practicing since 1991 and blogging since 2009. Needless to say…she’s got a lot of good information to share! What I […]

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Guest Post: 3 Cs to “Selling” Music Therapy

June 22, 2011
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I am incredibly exciting to bring you this guest post! I presented with the author, music therapist Sarah Thompson, at our most recent regional music therapy conference on offline and online marketing strategies. As soon as she explained the 3 Cs outlined below, I knew you’d want to know about it. So I asked Sarah […]

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Remembering Dr. E. Thayor Gaston (Part 3)

December 22, 2009

For the past two weeks, we’ve delved into the “father of music therapy,” Dr. E. Thayor Gaston. Guest writer Anita Louise Steele, music therapy professor at Ohio University, shares her memories of Dr. Gaston the teacher, Dr. Gaston the mentor, and Dr. Gaston the man. This article concludes the three-part series: Remembrances of Dr. E. […]

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