Posts tagged music therapy in hospitals
Still Here
Still Here

I’ve always said that music doesn’t belong at the top of Maslow’s triangle- we can flip the triangle on it’s side and take care of the whole person. I’ve also said that I’d like to work myself out of a job- if we hadn’t spent decades cutting funding to arts education (and education in general), and if our culture could remove the “be famous or never sing” mindset, maybe we wouldn’t need arts therapies. But those things haven’t happened, and we do need arts therapies. We need to give people space to explore their creative side, to reconnect with their authentic voice, to find expression for what they may not have words. Music therapy should be there for people whether they’re dealing with illness or are just navigating a healthy life.

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MT as a CareerKate Beevermusic therapy, hospital based, music therapy in hospitals, music therapy in maine, burnoutComment
Who Benefits from Music Therapy?
Who Benefits from Music Therapy?

Although I work with many different ages and populations as a music therapist, my work primarily focuses on oncology patients, and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and brain injury. I also work with people experiencing general stress. I develop clear goals and objectives for each individual client that work in conjunction with their overall plan of care using both interactive and receptive music therapy techniques.

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MT with Specific PopulatiCatie Joyce Bulaymusic and oncology, music therapy in maine, music therapy, music therapy session, music therapy and parkinsons, music therapy and alzheimers, music therapist, music and memory, music and paliative care, music healts, music and stress reduction, music for anxiety reduction, music heals everything, music education, music therapy education, music therapy in hospitals, music therapy brain injury, music therapy ID/DD, music heals, oncology, brain injury, maine healthcare, Maine disability services, disability rights, arts as healing MaineComment