This week's post is about a long running medical program in Dallas. Here's a quote from Board Certified Music Therapist, Karen Norris: "Music is also a great tool for expressions for kids that maybe don’t have the words to express what they're feeling, and they can...
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A nice overview of the benefits of music therapy featuring Michele Erich, MT-BC. From the article: "One study found that kids in the emergency department undergoing an I.V. insertion had less distress and pain when listening to music chosen by a therapist." Music as medicine to reduce...
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Here is a recent news piece highlighting board certified music therapists from Augmenting Ability, LLC in Maryland working with children with developmental disabilities. Here's a great quote from music therapist Jennifer Woodruff: "Music is just a great tool to use to provide you that familiar environment for...
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Breakthroughs with Music Therapy: Recovery, Resilience & Quality of Life A longtime advocate of music therapy, singer-songwriter-composer Ben Folds joins prominent researcher Dr. Sheri Robb where they, along with patients and families, share powerful stories that will be woven together with observations and research reports. ...
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An advocacy post that describes music therapy work that is similar to work being done by our own Marcie Hernandez, MT-BC, with our local elder population. "I want to spread awareness that music therapy is much more than entertainment. It is a clinical practice based on...
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"Alison Brady leads the rehearsals. But she’s not a music teacher or a conductor. She’s a music therapist. So along with the usual things you’d expect in a rehearsal—singing through repertoire, working on diction and intonation—Brady’s also incorporating therapeutic goals." Music Therapy: What It Is And...
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At Franciscan Children’s Hospital in Brighton, MA, a 14-month old girl named Mae benefits from the practice of Music Therapy! Through her music therapy sessions, Mae has "learned interactive songs like “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” developing the motor skills that...
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The Sentara Music and Medicine Center, a part of Sentara Neurosciences Institute in Norfolk, VA, has enforced a program that focuses on the rehabilitation properties of music both in the lobby of the Hospital as well as working 1:1 with patients. Neurologist Kamal Chemali says, "Our...
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EmaxHealth brings us a great article by Sarah Vincent that looks at the positive neurological effects of music therapy on Autism Spectrum Disorder. It was found that “the effectiveness of music therapy comes from its ability to function through sub-cortical, non-cognitive pathways that are indigenous to...
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Yes! Music is powerful! This article gives a snapshot of the work we do through our private practice! As a music therapist, I can do something that no drugs can do...
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