Key Changes Music Therapy Services

The door slams shut. The hostile stare. The confusion. The silence. The frustration.

We’ve all experienced the wall that can thrown up between two people that care about one another. Be it parent and child, brother and sister, husband and wife, or any other combination of roles that we play in life, we’ve been there in one form or another. The internet is full of examples on how to tear down this wall. Possible solutions range from waiting it out, to gifts, to detailed responses based on the communication styles of that person.

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Not everyone has access to a music therapist. Distance can too far to travel for frequent therapy sessions, or financial issues can prohibit access. So what if the music therapist could come to you?

In the therapy world, both music and otherwise, there has been discussion of video therapy sessions. While I am not sure if that is yet a viable option for the children I work with, I do want to take a moment to explore another option.

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Community Choir. Local Orchestra. Garage Band. Church Choir.

These are all possible avenues that music can be made as a part of the community. As musicians, many music therapists find themselves in these types of setting to exercise their non-therapist musician muscles and to make music for themselves.

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Imagine a room full of people. They all work together, but other than the few office friendships that stray outside of work, they don’t know each other all that well. Now imagine each of them sitting in a circle, with drums and various percussion instruments in hand, playing a big drum roll together, then breaking into a rhythm that may be reminiscent of a favorite song.

Now change the cast of characters to a group of teenagers, some of which know each other, some of which may hate each other. The rhythm may change, but the drumming goes on.

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Hanukkah has begun and it is just a few more days until Christmas. As a result, all of my social media feeds are filled with laments of shopping lines, scrambles to wrap gifts, and travel headaches.

While many of us are taking it easy from our “day jobs”, it is still extremely important to care for yourself! The holidays can be a great source of stress if you don’t remember to give yourself a moment to just be.

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Having the opportunity to hear someone you admire speak is awesome.

Having that person speak to your very soul is flooring.

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Last week’s American Music Therapy Association’s National Conference Recap focused on the people I had the pleasure of meeting and interacting with. Today’s post is going to focus on the opportunities that came about as a result of my attending my first national conference.

But don’t worry, people are still heavily features, because opportunities wouldn’t have happened without them!

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