clients

What I Miss Most About Clinical Work

October 6, 2011
Thumbnail image for What I Miss Most About Clinical Work

I am going to be a very excited music therapist when I take my first Advanced Clinical class this coming spring! By the time I see my first client in January, I’ll have had a 1.5 year long hiatus from clinical work. I really miss it. It was a purposeful decision not to open a […]

2 comments Read more…

Do We Learn Our Greatest Lessons From Our Clients?

September 1, 2011
Thumbnail image for Do We Learn Our Greatest Lessons From Our Clients?

I’ve never been one to break the rules. I can’t help it. Even as a teenager, when you’re supposed to rebel and come in to your own as an individual, I only snuck out of the house once (to tepee people’s houses, in case you are curious). But I had an awful time. I spent […]

4 comments Read more…

A Surprising Way to Start Treating New Clients

August 10, 2010
Thumbnail image for A Surprising Way to Start Treating New Clients

If you “like” me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter, you know that I spent this past weekend traveling. But this wasn’t any traveling–this was traveling to spend a weekend with girlfriends. A special, sacred, everyone-should-have-the-opportunity-to-do-this type of weekend with the girls. So of course we spent much of our time together dishing about […]

8 comments Read more…

What Every Therapist Ought to Remember About the Holidays

December 1, 2009

This weekend we “put up Christmas” in the house. I love this time of year, with all the green, red, and gold, the lights, and the memories that come pouring back as I hang each little ornament. I felt happy, relaxed, and excited for the holidays! Then yesterday, the first Monday after a wonderful Thanksgiving […]

2 comments Read more…