“Together is Better”: Making art with new Mainers to build community

Sharing artmaking experiences can help promote physical health, maintain family cohesion, and make social and economic connections. Teaching an art or craft, especially, allows for self-assertion as teachers and allies to new neighbors. It can also enable elders to communicate cultural traditions to younger generations (who may not remember or may not have even seen) and incorporate these traditions into their new land. Art invokes playfulness through unique expression and can be expanded upon to overlap into present circumstances of families.

MT with Specific Populati, Specific PopulationsKate BeeverAugust 18, 2016music therapy, maine, New Mainers, refugee resettlement, arts and refugees, asylum seekersComment

What I've Learned

if you follow your gut and have a sense of flexibility, you’ll land on the right path

Entrepreneurship, MT as a CareerKate BeeverMay 22, 2016music therapy, maine, maine business, maine biz, small businessComment

Finding Reason in Entrepreneurship

Alas, even when one is doing the ‘right thing’, one still has to consider finances and make strides to grow. So I run, and I think, and I feel stress, and I keep running.

Inspiring People, EntrepreneurshipKate BeeverOctober 30, 2015maine, music therapy, Maine ocean Comment

Music Therapy for Processing Emotion in Clients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This tension is representative of the aforementioned difficult emotions- suspense, uncertainty, sadness- and the resolution can help listeners move through these issues to a resolution of positivity. Unresolved tensions in music, as well as key changes or rhythmic surprises, can help listeners learn to deal with unexpected changes and accept them.

Specific PopulationsKate BeeverApril 20, 2015intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, emotion in music, music therapy, maine, musicolog, musicology, psychology of musicComment

So, you want to be a music therapist…

Sometimes I want to squish up my passion into paper ball, stick it in a storage container underneath my bed, and take a job counting blades of grass 8 hours a day for awhile.

MT as a CareerKate BeeverFebruary 9, 2015music therapy, maine, passion, career, decisions, career choices, private practice, validation, dedication, kate beever, the voice Comment

"My life will fight in my body for air, 'cause your voices are all there" -Matisyahu

Nick, however, is honest about his reality and willing to talk about both the good and bad parts. This kind of attitude seems to be the key to moving forward in life.

Inspiring PeopleKate BeeverSeptember 25, 2014inspiration, music therapy, Rustic Overtones, Dave Gutter, Spose, Nick Stanley, spinal muscular atrophy, genetic disorder, advocacy, positive, bob marley, state radio, matisyahu, maineComment

Biz-spiration

I'm lucky enough to have work, rewarding work with amazing people! And while I'm working hard to reach the bigger goals, I can take a moment here and there to appreciate the process.

EntrepreneurshipKate BeeverSeptember 1, 2014music therapy, maine, micromasse, pierce atwood, burnout, small business, motivation, improvisation, goals, maine medical center, barbara bush, stevie wonder, maine calling, jennifer rooks, frank glazer, beeverComment

Music Therapy Successes

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