Clinical Music Therapy

02 August

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Getting Unstuck – How to Overcome Creative Blocks for Music Therapists

Do you feel like you’re running out of new ideas for your sessions? Or are you finding yourself using the same interventions over and over again?  Music therapists are known for their creativity. On a daily basis we are creating and implementing interventions using pre-composed…

25 July

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Case Study Review: IMV & Long Term COVID-19 Complications

By Anna Barker, MusicWorx Intern At the beginning of my internship in January 2021, I couldn’t help but notice the volume of patients in the ICU. With many staff members covered from head to toe in PPE, I stood and thought, “How many other interns...

04 July

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The Code Switch: Music Therapy Implications for Individuals with Sickle-Cell Anemia

By Keivanna Thomas, MusicWorx Intern Music is a language that everyone can understand; it is a breakthrough medium for those who are surrounded by walls of self-pity, helplessness and negative self-image. Because music plays such a role, music therapists are one of the most equipped...

21 June

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5 Ways To Use Creative Arts in Music Therapy

As music therapists, we value creative expression as a tool to meet specific clinical needs such as emotion regulation, enhancing coping skills, improving communication, anxiety/pain management, and cognitive stimulation. Our voices and musical instruments are our primary modalities...but have you ever thought about incorporating visual...

17 May

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Family, Friends, Music – Oh My!

By Seika Bishton, MusicWorx Intern Hospitals across the country are easing visitor restrictions and hospital staff are seeing more families and loved ones of patients throughout the day. For the past 3 months as a music therapy intern, I learned seeing visitors in a patient’s...

05 April

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Every Therapist Needs a Therapist

By Madalyn Vanarthos, MusicWorx Intern Have you felt emotionally drained at work? Have you experienced difficulty empathizing with your clients? Have you noticed that you are overly involved in your client’s emotional pain? Do you carry your client’s trauma home with you? If so, you...

04 February

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Expecting Music Therapy When Expecting

By Rebecca Chen, MTI (MusicWorx Intern) You’re expecting a baby! Pregnancy can be exciting, stressful, and scary all at the same time. You feel like you might need some extra support and have heard that music can support you throughout your pregnancy and birthing process....

23 January

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Comparisons Of And Collaborations Between Music Professionals

By Hadley Rentz, MusicWorx Intern “Oh yeah I do music therapy all the time!” “Music is my therapy!” “I practice music therapy jamming in my car every morning.” “So you just play your guitar for people and they feel better?” “I feel like I’d be...

14 January

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Trauma-Informed Care

By Madalyn Vanarthos, MusicWorx Intern When you search “Trauma-Informed Care” on the internet, this screen will pop up under images… Though infographics are helpful, I find the collage of colors, ideas, key ingredients and alliterative terms daunting. The image epitomizes the chaos in my attempt...

06 December

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Supporting the Latinx Community in Music Therapy Practice

By Hadley Rentz, MusicWorx Intern Any working music therapy professional can tell you how many times a day they have to explain what they do. With only a select few having knowledge of and easy access to music therapy services, many members of populations and...