Clinical Music Therapy
40 years of measuring music therapy
By Kit Fitzgerald Published on 4/3/17 in The Daily Iowan Some of the best music therapists in the nation returned to their alma mater on April 1 to celebrate 40 years of the University of Iowa’s music-therapy program. “Music therapy is not really a new…
The Benefits of Harmonica for People with Parkinson’s
By: Lindsay Zehren In the summer of 2016 MusicWorx, Inc. wrapped up a successful AudAbility series. Fifteen People with Parkinson’s and their Care Partners completed six months of classes designed to empower them with exercises to increase volume of voice, breath control, and quality of…
Every 15 Minutes – A Group Session with Mock Victims
By Marielle Sheppel Every fifteen minutes, someone in the United States dies in an alcohol-related incident. This Monday, supervising music therapist Noelle Pederson and the MusicWorx intern team had the chance to play an important and unprecedented role in Helix High School’s triennial Every 15…
Music Therapy In The Melting Pot: The Increasing Importance Of Multiculturalism In The Future Of Music Therapy
By Amy Dunlap Sankofa is a word that literally means, “go back and take” in the Ghanaian language Akan. Culturally, the symbol of sankofa represents one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress…
Past and Present Outlook of Music Therapy
By Brianna Larsen “I began my music therapy internship 35 years ago this June. I remember walking into the career of music therapy not knowing what to expect but convinced that I would make a difference. I spent much of my time explaining what music…
Where Do I Think Music Therapy Will Be In Ten Years?
By Maya Zebley, Intern #120 According to the American Music Therapy Association web-site, in the 1940’s music therapy became an organized clinical profession which led to establishment of “standards for university-level educational and clinical training requirements, making research and clinical training a priority, creating a…