We know that music is such a powerful tool to open doors of communication, access emotions and to motivate change. Great improvements are often seen in clients who receive music therapy once a week - so what if a client...
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Welcome to "Music Speaks," the blog of JB Music Therapy. If you're new here, you may want to join the conversation by commenting on posts (we love this), or forward this message to others who may benefit. When Music Therapists rush, we...
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In 2003 a group of parents with special needs children looked at me intently, awaiting my reply to - “will you design a music based camp for our kids?” They referred to their children as having strong affinities to music...
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Finding music that works in your work environment, like all good work procedures and strategies, takes time, and starts with being proactive instead of re-active. Here are my top 4 considerations when choosing and using music at work: 1. Discuss...
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The short answer is YES. When I was in school I used music for a few different reasons: 1. To escape from my parents. I would turn the record player on in my room (or even better play music at my friends...
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The Long and Winding Road—When a Music Trigger Fires While you can sometimes consciously choose your music triggers, most of the time the correlation between the music and the connected event are purely coincidental. This is especially true for negative triggers. As...
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When Music Therapists rush we can feel unprepared...for the unexpected. I remember the day I dropped my children off at daycare, raced to my first session, and realized when I got there all I had was a single drum and...
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"It's difficult to put into words what's happening, but I think that's the way with music," Klassen told the local reporter. "Every human has an innate musicality. Even someone who claims to not be a singer." And we do hear this...
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This month we have been highlighting the power of group music-making for all persons. To get a full listing of our articles under the topic click here. Here are just a few great articles (the proof) behind the benefits of group...
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It’s Thursday morning and eight visually impaired babies and toddlers accompany their parents to the music therapy program at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). They file in one by one, many of the parent’s looking disheveled and...
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