One of my passions has always been passing on my knowledge, and I am now making that available to you!
Key Changes Music Therapy Services is adding consultation and supervision to it’s list of available services. If you are a new professional, taking the leap into private practice, or in need of a fresh perspective on […]
I have a confession to make. Let’s make it two confessions…
Confession One: The first two years of my professional existence didn’t involve my professional association, The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
Confession Two: During this time, I fell into professional love with Judy Simpson who is the Director of Government Relations for AMTA.
What makes either of […]
If you could put all of your parent’s teachings into one sentence, what would it be?
My dad’s was: Work hard for what you want and let nothing hold you back.
I always followed his advice, throwing myself into studies at school, finding a way to make things happen, and learning to be forward and assertive. However, […]
Something I have always struggled with is organizing myself when I have a lot of things to do. I like to do 5 different things at once and maybe finish 1. I need constant reminders of due dates, and to set alarms 3 days before. Managing myself has become even more of a burden/task/difficulty since […]
As a final wrap up to our Preparing to be a Professional series, I want to share with you some of the things that real live professional music therapists wish they had known when they started out. It sparked a really great conversation on twitter. Rachelle Norman from Sound Scape Music Therapy really cranked them […]
Congratulations! You’ve made it through your music therapy internship. Hopefully you kept your head down, performed well, didn’t get involved in any company drama , and got your passing grade and now have a diploma. If things are working in your favor, you might even have a job lined up!
My first job as a music […]
Last week we had a wonderful discussion going on in the comments section about ways to cope with and plan for transitioning from a student to a professional. Thank you to everyone who commented!
This week’s topic is the ego.
In school, you’ve hopefully taken advantage of the opportunities to succeed. Perhaps you have become a leader […]
Life is full of transitions.
As a young music therapist, I’ve dealt with some pretty big ones in the past 3 years. The nature of our degree is that within a year, two major changes happen. We go from student to intern, and then intern to professional. Navigating those changes can be difficult by themselves, but they are often coupled with weddings, big moves, and more often than not, financial difficulties.
The next 5 weeks will offer some insight into the transitions as well as some helpful tools of survival as you move from student to professional. If you’ve already made the transition, feel free to comment with your own thoughts and reflections!
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This blog, while it is written by me, truly belong to my readers. It belongs to the clients, parents, caregivers, administrators, teachers, and fellow music therapists who read it, so I am asking for your input!
Please take time to answer this poll and let us know what direction you’d like to see the blog go […]
New Year’s Eve is upon us in a short 53 hours! As I mentioned in my last post, I absolutely love this time of year. It holds so much promise and optimism for me.
I want to take this post to briefly review and reflect upon 2010. It’s been a pretty tumultuous year for me to say the least. It’s seen a lot of ups and downs and a whole lot of change, but I’m only going to share the highlights. If you want to know more, feel free to ask in comments! […]