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How To Keep Music-Making For You: Personal Music-Making for the Music Therapist
Written by Artemis Xenick There is no doubt that music therapists are passionate about their music. We have each dedicated our lives to the pursuit of using our personal passions to help other…
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How to Make Self Care Yours
During my first few months as an intern at MTSP, I have learned many lessons. Learning how to best practice and maintain my personal self care has been one of the most enlightening…
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10 November Session Plan Ideas
Looking to add some pumpkin spice into your November session plans? Our music therapy intern, Olivia Harrington has curated a diverse list of interventions to use in varying populations. Early Childhood We Are…
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Mental Health of a Music Therapist
Trigger Warning: Before you begin reading, please be aware this blog post contains material on self harm and suicide. I am observing a music therapy session where my supervisor is singing “The Calming…
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October Session Plan (Memory Care)
Looking for session planning inspiration? Recently our MT-BCs, Elise Scullin and Whitney Perry, have been having a lot of fun creating memory care session plans based on the events happening in the month!…
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Music Therapy Advocacy
5 Ways to Advocate by Olivia Harrington A person enters the room with egg shakers rattling in their bag, a guitar strapped on their shoulder, scarves hanging from their music bag, and a…
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Simple Blues Songwriting
Writing songs is easy! This simple technique uses the 12-bar blues pattern. These chord changes can be dressed up in countless ways, but the basic progression, written in Roman numerals, plays: I I…
