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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...
Music Therapy and Neuro-Rehabilitation
Music Therapists working in neuro-rehabilitation have witnessed time and time again individuals who have faced death and severe disability.
The Problem with Christmas Music and 5 Ways to Fix It
Music’s capacity to trigger memories is one of the core tenants of music therapy. Learn how the right music can help us at Christmas time.
How the Brain Processes Music
Science is catching up with what music therapists have been witnessing for many decades — the fact that music can change the way a person feels, thinks, and behaves.
Music is “Hormonious”
Music offers an alternative that can help us tap into our intrinsic mood-stabilization systems that are mediated by hormones and neurotransmitters.
Managing through the Pandemic: 3 Reasons to Hire a Music Therapist
The last 18 months have taken a toll on our global community. While we continue to experience both individual and collective moments of shift around to the pandemic - the immediate and lasting benefits of music therapy to support physical and emotional health and...
Returning to Work Safely
JB Music Therapy is beginning to return to in-person work and we couldn’t be happier to see you! However, there are still many considerations and we are taking each of them very seriously. This is our plan for returning to work and keeping our clients safe.
A Time for Strength and Growth
Music on the frontlines to me, is a chance to step away from the isolation. A chance to experience something meaningful and bring about opportunities of rehabilitation where time has stood still. Human connection can still be achieved six feet away with a barrier of a...