by jb music therapy | Oct 27, 2013 | Blog, Children, Youth
We know that music can: Relax the mind and lower stress levels. Stimulate creativity by increasing blood and oxygen flow to the brain – going from sleepy brain to teachable brain. Create a clear passage to long-term memory. Change an individuals’s emotional state....
by jb music therapy | Sep 24, 2013 | Blog, Children
The longer I am a music therapist the more I see the role of the music therapist expanding into community. One area where our expertise is being used is in the area of Consulting Music Therapist. The role of the Consulting Music Therapist is to support other Allied...
by jb music therapy | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog
In every keynote speech I start with this company’s beginnings – that JB Music Therapy actually started across the mountains in Surrey, British Columbia where I visited my grandfather at a long-term care facility – where most of the time he would be...
by jb music therapy | Jun 12, 2013 | Blog, Children
We know that music is such a powerful tool to open doors of communication, access emotions and to motivate change. Great improvements are often seen in clients who receive music therapy once a week – so what if a client receives music therapy more than once a...
by jb music therapy | May 28, 2013 | Blog, Children
Are we still having this conversation? Are we still having to fight to have the arts in school because the arts are thought of as fringe and not fundamental? Is music still just seen as “just music” even though it seems there is no other activity in the...
