evidence based practice

What is Evidence-Based Practice?

April 13, 2011
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If you ever have a chance to go to a session on evidence-based practice (EBP) by Drs. Blythe Lagasse and Robin Edwards, DO! Trust me…it’s worth it.
I’ve been to a couple of their EBP sessions, including one at the Midwestern regional music therapy conference last week. I like their sessions because they manage to break [...]

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Top 5 Music Therapy Topics of the Past 3 Weeks

July 13, 2010
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I’m baaaack!
It feels like it’s been a long time since I wrote! A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks: I’ve traveled with two young kids, moved to a new house, invaded my mom’s house for a couple weeks, attended a family wedding, spent time on the beach, and overall took it easy. [...]

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Which is More Critical: Science-Based Treatment? Or Skilled Therapists?

January 26, 2010

Over the weekend, I listened to a very interesting debate on NPR Science Friday. The three guests were psychotherapists discussing whether there should be a scientific basis to clinical psychology.
I’ve summarized the three viewpoints below. I wanted to share this debate with you, because I think we have similar discussions in the music therapy field.
What [...]

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Mr. Teachout, Here’s Why We DO Need to Know About the Power of Music

November 3, 2009

A couple weeks ago, an article titled “The Mystery of Music: What about it has such power over human beings?” appeared in the Wall Street Journal. The author, Terry Teachout, wondered why it’s important for us to understand music’s effect on our emotions (he was inspired by a study showing that music can influence a [...]

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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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How-To Educate a Diverse Crowd: A Music Therapist’s Dilemma

April 23, 2009

One of the blessings (and curses) of my profession is that music therapy has extensive applications. As I wrote earlier, music therapists work with many different clinical populations in a wide variety of settings. We also consistently do a lot of educating and presenting as most people do not really know what music therapy entails. [...]

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