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June 28, 2020 By Dawn Thompson

Now Offering Telehealth!

Edge Water Music Therapy

Now Offering Telehealth Music Therapy

We have added Telehealth Music Therapy! Edge Water Music Therapy now offers both in-home music therapy, as well as telehealth therapy using video platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, Skype and Microsoft Teams among others. Fill out our Music Therapy Interest Form below to learn more today!

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June 23, 2020 By Dawn Thompson

StoryPoint Senior Living – Portage – Outdoor Group Therapy

StoryPoint Senior Living - Outdoor Group Music Therapy

StoryPoint Outdoor
Residents of StoryPoint in Portage can now enjoy music therapy sessions once more! Ian Kells provides group therapy in StoryPoint's courtyard!

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June 22, 2020 By Dawn Thompson

Copy of Songwriting for Processing Emotions

Songwriting for Processing Emotions

Songwriting can be used in the music therapy setting to address emotional expression needs and process trauma. For situations where written language is less accessible to the client, drawing can be used as a substitute for written language in songwriting projects. In I Will Follow You: The Combined Use of Songwriting and Art to Promote Healing in a Child Who Has Been Traumatized, Katurah R. Christenbury, MMT, MT-BC describes the process of prompting a young child to create drawings based on different emotions. She then used these drawings to create songs for the child as part of processing their trauma.

Providing the opportunity for a child to express their emotions through drawing, then making musical decisions such as how fast or slow to play, or the volume at which to play, can provide them an outlet to explain the complexities of their emotions.

In my own music therapy practice, I use songwriting to encourage children to identify their emotions, explore the roots of those emotions, and facilitate emotional expression in an engaging way.

 

-Karina Gluys, MT-BC

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