Earlier this week, I was taking my morning walk, enjoying the signs of Spring that were along the sidewalk, when all of a sudden the music I was listening to started buffering. For some reason, this brought back a very specific, very visceral memory for me - I was working with a group of teens [...]
When I sit down to write a blog post, I try to always keep the focus on you, the reader. I think about what information you can take away and use in your sessions, or what information might be helpful in your clinical practice. In today's blog post though, the focus is on me more [...]
I had to check back in the Blog Archives to remind myself that I've written quite a few posts on American Idol. Yes, I am still watching American Idol 21 years after it started (!!) Why? Well, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan are super entertaining, and I love hearing the stories of the contestant's backgrounds [...]
Did I ever mention here that I almost became a K-8 music teacher? My first year at University of Miami I was a music ed major and thought for sure that was the direction I was heading. That is, until I learned about music therapy. My work study job was right next to the Music [...]
Wow has it been a LONG time since I've written a new post! I had to look back and see that it was at the end of July that I last published a blog post. I hope you'll excuse me. It has been quite a whirlwind summer: My family and I moved from Miami, FL [...]
Last week, I wrote a blog post about how being a parent has helped me become a better music therapist. (There were a few things that came up that even surprised me!) This week, I want to share how being a music therapist has helped me become a better parent (oh let me count the [...]
My kiddos are now 4 and 7 and I have learned a thing or two about parenting in that time (still learning though!) As I was leading a group music therapy session online earlier this week, something struck me. Much of what I've learned as a parent frequently comes into play in my music therapy [...]
Happy 2020! The new year is upon us and it's time for a fresh start. I've enjoyed looking back at my past new year's posts and remembering the accomplishments of those years. But this year, to be honest, I didn't accomplish as much in my business as I had hoped. My two girls are young [...]
Yesterday, something happened in one of my sessions that stopped me in my tracks. Now I've been a music therapist for twelve years (!!), and very little surprises me at this point. But on this particular day, I was facilitating a localization exercise with my clarinet in the resource classroom for students with severe and profound [...]
I returned home late Sunday night from the National Music Therapy Conference in St. Louis, MO. I had so much to tell my husband that I didn't fall asleep until midnight (which for someone who has had a rough go with sleep this past year that's saying a lot!) I had a wonderful time that [...]
