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Is It Just Me, Or Does This Really Work?

August 12, 2010
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You may recall that, in addition to this blog here, I also blog at Psychology Today–though not nearly as often! 🙂 This morning I published a story about an experience I had a couple years ago where I was able to use music to calm two boys in an active “fight, flight, or freeze” response. […]

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3 Online Resources for Therapists in Private Practice

May 18, 2010
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Being in private practice can be lonely work. There’s no water cooler office chat, no people around to bounce ideas off of, and no one to help you process through an experience. And to make matters worse, for many therapists (music therapists and otherwise), we’re also trying to navigate the ins and outs of running […]

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How The “Undercover Bosses” Learned to Be Like Therapists

May 13, 2010
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Did you watch the CBS show “Undercover Boss“? The premise is that one of the head-honchos in an organization (e.g. the President, CEO, or COO) spent a week “undercover,” working in the lower ranking positions in their organization. The boss of Waste Management spent time picking up trash, the boss of 1-800-Flowers swept the floors […]

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Therapy is Like Skiing (Kinda)

March 25, 2010

I went to Breckenridge last weekend with my Dad and my two kids. It was my first time skiing in four years (it’s hard to ski when your pregnant or nursing a newborn!). My Dad’s been skiing almost yearly for about 50 years. Me? I’ve been a couple dozen times over the past 15. My […]

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Watch and Learn: The Mirror Neuron Song

January 28, 2010

In the 1990s, scientists at the University of Parma were studying motor neurons in monkeys. They attached electrodes to a monkey’s brain cells responsible for movements. These electrodes recorded whenever those cells fired…a.k.a. whenever the monkey moved. Monkeys like peanuts. The researchers set out peanuts for the monkeys to grab. Monkey grabs a peanut, motor […]

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Music Therapy Bloggers to Watch in 2010

January 21, 2010

Darren Rowse at Problogger gave his readers a challenge to write our own “bloggers to watch in 2010” article. It seemed like fun (and is different from posts I typically write), so thought I’d take the plunge. These are music therapy bloggers (professionals and students) I follow and whose blogs inspire, entertain, and educate. Here […]

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I’m Off to CBMT World!

January 14, 2010

I’ve packed my bags, the car’s filled with gas, the kids are excited. Today I’m heading to Kansas City. This is my third year serving on the Exam Committee for the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). I’m heading to an intense three-day meeting to talk stats, music therapy practice, and theory with a roomful […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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