During her birth Laura lost 20 minutes of oxygen and had to be resuscitated immediately. She had no brainwave activity seen on the two EEG tests and little hope except in her parents’ heart. When Laura’s mother finally saw her baby, Laura’s little lungs breathed with...
Music as an art form, is such a powerful tool to use in therapy. The experiences we have when listening to, and engaging in music, parallel the vast amount of emotions we feel inside, which can help us connect to ourselves. Music has no boundaries and has the...
This video of Neil is of a particularly special Music Therapy moment - showing a courageous, strong man who fought at the front lines during WWII. A man who demonstrates love of country, music and his dear Vera.
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....
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...
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 unresponsive...
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 week,...
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 world that...