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February 20, 2021 By Dawn Thompson

Optimize Your Time!

Optimize Your Time!

“Sorry, 30 minutes is up”  Have you ever got to the end of your lesson and not made it through everything?
Would you like to go more in depth?
Add on time!  We offer add on time in 15-minute increments so you can easily expand your time.  Check with your instructor to see if extra time would be effective for your student.

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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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