Searching for an intervention that will engage your clients with late-stage dementia? Sometimes, the simplest answer is the best one: singing! Singing songs of their childhood will take them back, and allow you to connect with them in a deeper, more meaningful way....

Are you in need of some fresh intervention ideas for your senior clients? Just open up the music bag you carry around every day! Spanish bullfight music with tambourines? A chorus of rockin' robins on slide whistle? Yodeling kazoos? Just the beginning of the joy you...

There are a ton of nonprofits that our team loves, but there are 4 special ones that we feel deserve a big spotlight! Happy Giving Tuesday! Please donate to these nonprofits to help support the people who need it the most --- AMTAS - American Music Therapy Students...

Learn this Moroccan rhythm and spend some time with Christine Stevens, MSW, MT-BC today! Christine always brings joy and happiness wherever she goes. She's got good energy =) At the end of this video, she explains a very quick, simple way you can incorporate a rhythm...

When you're starting a business, does this thought ever pass by? "It's hard to be choosy about who I take as a client, since I am one of only 2 clinicians in my area..." Does this sound familiar? In a field of several thousand (versus several million nurses, for...

I had no idea I was learning about music therapy advocacy at the time. Sitting in a music therapy course in grad school, I heard Dr. Standley repeat "adapt, adapt, adapt." Over and over those words would echo in almost every class that semester. And then she repeated...

I asked Natasha Thomas, PhD, MT-BC, to share a simple resource on how to increase human rights awareness. The website she shares is so valuable! It's the fastest tool to explore how you interact with the world in relation to your power.About the Power Cube When you...

Hello Leader in Healthcare! The more days, weeks, and months that fly by, the stronger our message becomes. It is so very clear to me that this new generation of music therapists will elevate our field more than ever before. We're making the official proclamation here...

If more clinicians start feeling like leaders in healthcare, then we're going in the right direction. And having this information will help you feel like the leader you are. What do YOU see in the future in terms of human rights? What about human rights within our...

In the area of music therapy ethics, consider the power imbalances that may exist in the relationships between us and our clients. Becoming aware of these imbalances is the first step in developing personal insight within our work. It's actually a very enriching...

Need a tip on music therapy ethics for beginners? Let's start with one beginner step we can take as a music therapist or counselor. How do we become empowered? The answer is to tune into YOURSELF - believe it or not. The answer is easy! You may think "I don't have a...

When we consider ethics in practice, it is up to us to know how human rights issues impact our clients. While certain human rights issues may not impact us personally, they do impact our clients. (Let me know if you disagree - I'd love to hear your perspective.) You...

Where do I begin. As I'm writing this, we have *just* hit the point of all links working and all bugs fixed. (I think.) I messaged Beth Yoder, one of our virtual assistants... "Let's crack open the champagne in our meeting tomorrow!" Honestly, if you saw my home,...

We have an excited new project going on that will knock your socks off. If you passed the CBMT exam in the past year, then you must realize that there are literally hundreds of interns who are just a couple months behind you. You know the feeling: What if I don't...

When music therapists need to come together, WE COME TOGETHER. Remember how Ben Folds and Daniel Levitin were inspired by YOU & our colleagues coming together? And now, we've come together to raise $4,000+ for the Ukulele Kids Club. That's more than 100 ukes and...

Today we got two of the best documentation apps out there for music therapists and healthcare professionals like you. One option is free, and the other is a nominal fee. Super Duper Data Tracker If you haven't heard of this app, I encourage you to try it out. It's...

Are you SUPER EXCITED for #AMTA16??? We are =) We love music therapists, and to think of 1,600 of us in the same place just gives us goosebumps! This year, we've teamed up again with Bear Paw Creek to give you the best prizes. Scroll down for all the rules and details...

Marketing your work can be a tough process. You can run across a lot of "no's" before getting a "yes!" In the video below, we'll share with you three tips that Kat's learned throughout growing Music Therapy Ed and her private practice to help you become the visionary...

Do you ever feel like your personal career success is a series of trial-and-error experiments? In the video below, Kat shares a behind-the-scenes look at the research she undertook during the creation of Music Therapy Ed -- take a look in this captioned video: If you...

Sometimes, as a music therapist, it can feel like nobody understands the work that you do...ESPECIALLY when you're trying to advocate for music therapy services to a potential client or another healthcare professional who just does not understand what we do. If you're...

As an entrepreneur and a music therapy business owner, you may have been told that you need to take risks to succeed. I want to challenge the belief that you need to take risks - check it out in the captioned video below. Last chance to join us for our Mindstorm...