Welcome to Our Blog
Read on for tips and tricks, session ideas, song shares, advocacy videos, app reviews and more from our team of music therapists!
Using Launchpad Arcade in Music Therapy
Please extend a warm welcome to our newest team member, Christine O'Keefe, MT-BC! Read on for her review and recommendations for using the app Launchpad Arcade in music therapy! Technology plays an important role in our daily lives, and has become an integral part of...
Valentine’s Day Pictionary for Music Therapy
Pictionary is a fun game, and MUSICAL pictionary is even more fun. So, why use musical pictionary in your music therapy sessions? Musical pictionary is an engaging and inclusive way to exercise several targeted skills and goals in music therapy. Picture identification...
Music Therapy & Hippotherapy Intervention Ideas
Why use music therapy in therapeutic horseback riding? Great question! We have been so honored to begin a partnership with Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center and see the benefits of music therapy co-treating with hippotherapy not only with their students, but...
Two TikTok Trends for Music Therapy
Have you ever been scrolling TikTok, heard a song, and thought, "Wow, that would be a great song for music therapy...now how do I make it fit?!" Well, look no further. Here are 2 TikTok trends that are sure to be a fun addition to your sessions. I Am Woman This song...
Thanksgiving Session Plan for Older Adults
Need a fresh Thanksgiving or Gratitude themed session plan for your older adults? Look at this carefully curated session plan from our therapist, Ellen, who specializes in older adults and memory care. Hail Hail The Gang’s All Here Depending on the size of your group,...
Original Song: Our Secret Star
Check out this new song by Sarah Chappell, MT-BC. It shares fun ways to explore emotions and self regulation. Plus you’ll learn a secret...
“I Have Feelings” Original Song + Songwriting Intervention
In this original song by Ellen Antes, MT-BC, we aim to share ways to: Identify emotions in ways other than words Develop coping skills for difficult to manage emotions Check out this song with some "blanks" filled in, then look below for a songwriting template to use...
Virtual Music Therapy Interventions
As summer OFFICIALLY comes to a close, it’s time to transition into a new season, new schedules, and of course NEW MUSIC.
In-person and Virtual Glee Club are BACK!
To ensure the continued safety and health of our Glee Club participants and their families, we are offering both in-person and virtual glee clubs in the 2021-2022 season. Each week our instructor, Mallory Simmons, will teach you the choreography, lyrics, adapted...
Honoring the Rainbow: Colorful Music Therapy Interventions for Pride Month
Rainbows, Rainbows & more Rainbows! Watch Sarah share some fun and creative ways to play, sing and learn about all things RAINBOW! #groovygarfoose #pride
Spring Cleaning for Music Therapists
I’ve recently spent a lot of time spring cleaning my virtual world (Thanks, global pandemic). Working almost entirely virtually for the past year has really forced me to spruce up my inbox and google drive. Now I have lots of cute little digital folders. 🙂 However,...
An Allistic Approach to Autistic Acceptance Month
April is Autism Acceptance Month. While no one on our team is Autistic, we are all allies and take a client-centered, humanistic approach to working with all of our clients and their families. We seek to amplify their voices and help every client, autistic or...