by jb music therapy | May 10, 2018 | Blog, Mental Health
When Statistics Canada shared their results from the Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health 2012 it fell in line with a recommendation by the Commission’s Mental Health Strategy for Canada which outlined the need to “improve mental health data collection,...
by jb music therapy | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog, Palliative Care
I entered my first palliative care room as a practicing music therapist in early 1990s. I was unfamiliar with the person I was about to meet – all I knew as I walked through the door was that her name was Gwen, she was wearing a colourful head scarf, and she was the...
by jb music therapy | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog, Children, Education
Music programs and Music Therapy programs in schools are often cut, or significantly modified, because of budget constraints. Somehow, the logic goes, music is “extra” thus it need not be fully funded. It pains me that we must fight to have the arts in school because...
by jb music therapy | Feb 10, 2018 | Blog, Drumming, Music Therapy Resources
Group therapy is when a small number of people meet under the guidance of a professionally trained therapist to help themselves and one another. In some facilities group size is determined by economics — assigning numbers of participants to groups in order to maximize...
by jb music therapy | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog, Mental Health
There are side effects and costs to using drugs, and depending on your specific bio-makeup the drugs’ effects can be positive or negative to your health and well-being. As discussed last month, music is no different – except for one very important distinction: Music...
