Today I was leading group music therapy sessions with adults with intellectual disabilities. We were playing Musical Jeopardy (a crowd favorite!) There was a moment in the middle where I realized I had filled up every second of the session with what I thought was most important - SOUND. From the second the session started, [...]
It can be tough to find songs to use with our teen clients, I totally get it. Some songs have questionable content or lyrics, and some have videos that may not be appropriate for our clients to see. I am always on the hunt for songs that are appropriate, ones that can be used in [...]
Since 20026 Wholesome Harmonies has provided music therapy services and adapted music lessons to individuals with autism and related disabilities across Southeast Florida (in Miami-Dade, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach). We are now expanding to Tampa, Florida! If you are looking for group or individual music therapy services, early childhood classes, Rockin' & Readin' [...]
Since 20026 Wholesome Harmonies has provided music therapy services and adapted music lessons to individuals with autism and related disabilities across South Florida. All of our therapists are board certified music therapists and we truly LOVE what we do! In 2021, we began providing services in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and are now expanding to [...]
If you are in need of some summer session planning inspiration, I have got you covered! Summer is here - can't you just smell the grill and taste the gooey marshmallows? With this inspiration, I created the Summer Music Therapy Session Planning Pack to share musical experiences that are work well for school-age and [...]
In my last post, I shared fun and creative ways to enhance the quality of your musical presentation and gave some challenges for you to implement those ideas in your sessions right away. How'd it go? Remember, our musical presentation is so important in music therapy. Music is the tool we are using to bring [...]
Our musical presentation is so, so important in music therapy. Music is the tool we are using to bring about therapeutic change. Thus, we want our musical presentation to be high quality and engaging. This means we need to have strong musical skills on a variety of instruments AND be able to create musical accompaniments [...]
At Wholesome Harmonies, adapted music lessons are one of our most popular offerings. All of our music teachers are board certified music therapists who specialize in working with students with special learning needs. So whereas a traditional music teacher might expect the student to sit at the piano for the full 30 min lesson, we [...]
Spring has just about Sprung! Are you feeling a burst of creative energy like I am? Because of the great feedback we've received, plus multiple requests, I've put together Round 2 subscriptions for the Teen and Attention Elevate Packages. This means MORE creative ideas + MORE CMTEs. The Round 2 Teen Package includes so many [...]
I just love St. Patrick's Day, and finding ways to incorporate that theme into my music therapy sessions with children with autism and adults with developmental disabilities. There are so many fun ways to work leprechauns, shamrocks, and Irish music into our sessions to target therapeutic goals. Check out this post, creatively titled "St. Paddy's [...]
