clinical skills

Taking Time to Think

February 8, 2012
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I think that one of the biggest perks of being a PhD student is that I am being forced to think.
When is there time, otherwise? Between running a household, raising kids, having a business, seeing clients, documentation, learning new songs, going to the grocery store, checking social media streams, buying birthday gifts,….WHEW! Our thinking has [...]

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Why “Holidays” Are Important (And It’s Not What You Think)

October 26, 2011
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As this is being posted, I’m getting ready to head out-of-town for my sister’s wedding. As with most travel events, it’s highly stressful getting ready to leave. You spend hours and several late nights trying to get ahead on work, laundry, dishes, and cleaning, so that you can actually let go and relax for a [...]

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What I Miss Most About Clinical Work

October 6, 2011
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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 practice [...]

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Back to School Check-In: Are These What Growing Pains Feel Like?

September 21, 2011
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I think I’m going through professional growing pains. Is there such a thing? As I write this, I’m feeling inadequate, under-prepared, and as if I don’t know nearly enough…or at least nearly as much as I should.
On a conscious level, I realize that this is a very good place to be. My hope is that [...]

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Secrets to being a Successful Music Therapy Student

August 10, 2011
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I got a great question recently from Maven reader and music therapy student Caitlyn W. (@caitlynmarie123), who wrote:
I would love if you would write posts directed toward music therapy students. I know that as a college student, I love to hear other people’s stories of their college experience, how they balanced all the classes, internship [...]

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73 Things I Wish I’d Known as a New Therapist

March 2, 2011
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You’ve finally made it. You’re wearing that graduation cap and gown, have the diploma in one hand (or at least the diploma cover since the actual diploma won’t be shipped for another 6-8 weeks), and are taking your zillionth picture with elated family and friends. You’ve done all your coursework, you’ve finished your internship, and [...]

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Important Lessons from a Deaf Musician

February 23, 2011
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My husband introduced me to this TED talk by percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Glennie–who, incidentally, happens to be deaf–illustrates how “listening” to music involves so much more than using your ears.
I’d like to share this video with you because I feel it contains several relevant and important reminders for us therapists. Aren’t we, too, in [...]

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What is a typical music therapy session like?

February 9, 2011
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See the title? That’s a question that can’t really be answered.
There is no such thing as a “typical” music therapy session. A music therapy session will look vastly different depending on who we work with and where we work with them.
That said, there are certain components that are inherent to a music therapy session. Although [...]

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How (and Why) to Accelerate Your Personal Development

October 6, 2010
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Have you watched some of the previews for that new TLC show “Sister Wives”? Although it’s not my type of show (I’m more into crime dramas and comedies), there’s a certain clip they’ve showed that has stuck in my mind.
In this clip, Kody Brown, the husband in the series, describes his four marriages as “accelerated [...]

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