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Bridging the Gap: The Essential Need for Online Music Therapy
Over the last four years we have learned a lot about providing online music therapy—for individual and group sessions. It wasn't easy at the beginning. How do you share a predominantly active, audibly focused therapy online and still see the necessary impact? The...
Harry’s Holiday Music: A Story of How Music Transcends Words and Dementia
It was just before Christmas when Harry invited me to spend an evening with him and his family. The suggestion I should come to his home to facilitate a music-filled evening included a very compelling reason: “It is the first time in ten years that all my children...
How Music Therapists Are Working with Grief, Trauma, and Significant Loss
While our hearts yearn to embrace the world with unwavering optimism and peace, the stark realities we face make it challenging. People we deeply care about, along with countless others globally, grapple with the harrowing effects of trauma, wars, and profound...
Understanding the Power of Music and It’s Impact on Productivity at Work
For over thirty years, we’ve poured our hearts into growing a small private practice into something sustainable and enjoyable, while also helping to support our profession in addressing the world's increasing health and wellness demands. This journey has enriched our...
In Tune with Tomorrow: 6 Strategies to Strengthen Music Therapy’s Future
As JB Music Therapy celebrates its 32nd anniversary, it's a time for both reflection and forward-thinking. Over three decades, we've experienced the transformative power of music therapy and its increasing acceptance within the broader healthcare landscape. However,...
Music & Self-Care: 4 Tips from a Music Therapist
As we approach International Self-Care Day, we have the opportunity to step back, check in with ourselves, and listen to what our mind, body, and spirit might need. Taking place on July 24th each year, the date symbolizes the long-lasting benefits that self-care can...
Music Therapy & Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
In light of all of the above, it is evident that music has the power to calm the mind and relieve anxiety.
Wisdom Witnessed – When Clients Share Important Life Learnings
In the first few years of being a Music Therapist, I quickly grew inspired by the stories, perspectives and wisdom shared by my diverse clientele. Being in the profession allows me to see the power and effect music has on people. I feel honored to be a witness to the...
Meaningful Music and Engagement with ADHD
The diagnosis of children and adults with ADHD has increased significantly in the last decade. There are many theories as to why this increase has been so substantial. Historically, affected children were viewed as choosing to misbehave, as opposed to having true...
Playlists for Continuing Care
Every playlist you develop, every song you select, every melody you hum, can bring you into a creative process that can ease minds and help bring residents into a life that is fuller, and hopefully a little less lonely.