By Maya Zebley
How can you have gratitude without growth? And how can you grow without challenges?
As a MusicWorx Inc. intern I take upon me all the challenges I can to become a better music therapist. I am blessed to be part of a team that offers me the challenges I need to reach my potential. There are many tasks to accomplish, such as:
- Attending different sites and work with variety of populations,
- Documentation,
- Charting,
- You Are the Boss project – designing your own practice,
- Case study,
- Patient highlight,
- Supervision highlight, and
- Delivering a minimum of six music therapy presentations.
Just to name a few………
The blessings come in many shapes and forms. Just recently I conducted a Music Therapy lecture/demonstration at California State University San Bernardino. The following day I received a gift…. an audio recording of the students expressing gratitude and a picture of the lecture/demonstration summary they did with their teacher. It is heartwarming to hear non-musicians step outside the box and enjoy themselves so much “making music.”
Here it is: