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Music Therapy at AHS
JB Music Therapy is a team of certified Music Therapists (MTAs) who collaborate, design and personalize therapy plans with their clients that will foster desired change to boost mood, decrease stress, improve speech or movement after injury, increase focus, develop...
At the Intersection of Pain Reduction, Music Therapy, and Mindfulness
There are many different approaches to dealing with pain. Music therapy may be used in helping clients with chronic, acute, or even procedural pain.
Heartbreak Songs
The dictionary definition of heartbreak describes it as: crushing grief, anguish, or distress. Most of us are no stranger to heartbreak; and will travel through different experiences of it in our lifetimes. While there is no catch-all solution for heartbreak, music is...
Kindness in Care
Over the course of my career as a certified music therapist, I have worked in hospitals, privatevhomes, long-term care facilities, group homes and schools. I and my colleagues bear witness to many of life’s most profound moments. Years ago I began writing about some...
Staying Connected: Music Reduces Isolation
Music creates a point of entry, a point of connection that can move us from our isolation to a greater relationship.
A Playlist for Mental Health
This Playlist has been curated by 20 Music Therapists.
Our Fit for Work Policies and Procedures
JB Music Therapy’s coordinated response in a COVID-19 World – ensuring safety and care for our clients and team.
Music Therapists in Palliative Care
Palliative Care Teams with Music Therapists can create an environment that fosters a warm and soulful experience coupled with treatment that decreases pain and frustrations and increases quality of life.
Music Therapy and Dementia
Every month, prior to COVID, Donna brought her husband Brian to the community center for “drumming and singing,” a music therapy program designed specifically for individuals with dementia, their loved ones, and care partners. Since the mid-1950s Certified Music...
Music Therapy Can Help Fill the Mental Health Gap
It’s (almost) time to find a way forward. Anxiety, stress, general states of complete overwhelm have taken a toll on many of us, those we work with and for, and on those we love. Research shows that the right resources, including the right people in our lives...