For this week’s post I’d like to describe a music therapy session… I’d like to preface this by saying: just because something is not uncommon it doesn’t mean it can’t be amazing. Yesterday, on our pediatric unit, I visited with a 12yr old girl and her father. She was admitted Read more…
Thanks for visiting The Creative clinician.com topics and conversations. Here I want to address music therapy issues and concepts as they relate to education, health and wellness. This is another of my blog posts where I describe music therapy interactions I’ve had that are indicative of why music is so Read more…
This post describes a music therapy session with an elderly gentleman with severe Alzheimer’s and who recently sustained broken vertebrae in his back from a fall. This was my second visit with him and this day he was writhing with pain. From talking with hospice aids who had just finished Read more…
Thanks for visiting thecreativeclinician.com topics and conversations. Here I want to address music therapy issues and concepts as they relate to education, health and wellness. For this weeks blog post I want to introduce an information piece that I have used for years and just last night, at my (Toledo, Read more…
For this weeks post I want to start explaining, one by one, the 14 music research areas introduced last week. I refer to this information often in most (medical related) areas of my music therapy clinical work. First of all, I’ll start by reminding us that the two keys to us Read more…
Here I want to address music therapy issues and concepts as they relate to education, health and wellness. This is part of my blog posts where I describe music therapy interactions I’ve had that are indicative of why music is so healing, meaningful, enriching and sometimes life changing! This post Read more…
Is it worth it…? What I mean by is it worth it for Music Therapist is… Is a five year degree where you are trained as a music educator and a clinician worth it? Now do you continue on with your education to receive a Masters degree, is it worth Read more…
This is part one of three posts where I will describe music therapy interactions that are indicative of music being very meaningful, enriching and sometimes life changing! Why Music??? Music and memories… Yesterday at a local nursing home I was called in by a hospice RN to visit an actively dying, Read more…
This post describes a music therapy session that is fairly common where I have to take into account the client’s cognitive comprehension (or processing) speed, i.e., through assessment, first identify how slow I need to speak to individuals for them to fully understand and then, very importantly, determine how slow Read more…
“Music therapy, is there job security?” I was asked.