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The 3 Things Music Therapy Clients Need?
This week we look at client needs and satisfaction. If we are to have a #caseformusictherapy it is essential we look at ensuring the music therapist's lens remains on the patient. Problems Solved What clients need more than anything is their problems solved. Some...
The Future of Music Therapy
When I planned out the #caseformusictherapy blog series who knew that when I got to the month I was to discuss the ‘future of music therapy’ it would land right in the middle of the future already happening - around the entire globe. What I was planning to address...
5 Ways Music Helps During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Here are 5 ways music can help during a COVID (or any) crisis.
Can Music Therapy Support Social Change?
Although change is inevitable the strategy to best steer positive change is certainly possible within the music therapy community.
Using Music to Care For Ourselves and Our Communities
I am still processing my second visit to Igloolik, Nunavut. What I know for sure is that I am not taking the place nor the experiences I had for granted. To be invited into such a small community, in such a remote area, with so many significant stories of loss,...
A Love Letter to the Organizations We Serve
Music is not a cure-all for love lost, or missed, but it can help a little.
How Reliable is Music Therapy?
All services, including therapy, are judged on the skills, quality and outcomes of the service/provider.
Why Professionals are Necessary in Healthcare? Including Professional Music Therapists
The longer I work in healthcare, the more I understand why we need professionals to serve those in an active state of recovery and healing. And my hunch is if you have been a patient in any healthcare system, for any period of time, you will understand this too. As...
The Rise of the Music Therapy Profession and the Pioneers Who Made It Happen
So why did Music Therapy not become a series of music-based techniques but instead become an autonomous profession?
A Brief History of Music in Healthcare
The history of music in healthcare begins in ancient Greece alongside the theories of Plato that medical centres should embed art, music and many other forms of healing into its core.