The Mindful Music Therapist

Image via Wikipedia On the plus side, nobody got hurt (although there were some brief reminders to the effect of "nobody really likes ...

Image via Wikipedia I tried a different approach with B today.  My usual tendency is to sit there, paying as close attention as I can (witho...

Image by donnamarijne via Flickr While I was avoiding writing my proposal for the regional music therapy conference this afternoon, I star...

Image by shandopics via Flickr I knew if I waited a while, calmed myself down and thought about it in a peaceful state, I'd have a bett...

Image by jamelah via Flickr Damn! I was all set to wax lyrical about what a wonderful first session I had had with two new clients, C and J...

Image via Wikipedia On Wednesday this past week, O, was hovering nearby, poking and pushing at me as I tried to find E's jacket in the ...

Image by jhave2 via Flickr From an article by Wayne Muller , "Effortlessness", in Unity Magazine , May/June 2003, pp. 4-6: Deep...

It was gorgeous out today (in spite of my itching and sneezing and generalized whining)! TE was sitting outside with his group when I picked...

The thing is this: if we as music therapists are going to be of any use to the folks we serve who are autistic, then our level of awareness ...

When I went in to pick up W from his cottage this afternoon, he was trying to nod off while sitting at "the table" (a very popular...

I was just reading Asperger Square 8's blog  where she posted a video made by the mom of a child who is autistic (you should go watch i...

I had a strange experience today.  I actually had to say to one of my clients that we’ve gone about as far as we can go.  I didn’t  want  to...

I will not lie to you.  I went to work in a very unhappy state today.  It wasn’t anything to do with work, and I made every effort (as I alw...