Update: What We Owe Each Other As Music Therapists

In July 2021, I publicly shared on my blog that my theoretical Music Therapy and Harm Model (MTHM) had been plagiarized in an article published in the Journal of Music Therapy (JMT) entitled, “It’s…Complicated: A Theoretical Model of Music-Induced Harm” […]

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75 Prompts for Music Therapy Supervisors

When I first started supervising music therapy practicum students, I really wasn’t sure how to help them get the most out of our debriefing time after the session. Over the last few years, though, I’ve developed a list of questions […]

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The Ultimate Guide to CMTEs Part 2: Paid Options

This is the second of a two-part blog series outlining continuing education options for music therapists. Check out Part 1 with free and free(ish) options HERE. Paid educational courses are a very common way to get recertification credits and are […]

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The Ultimate Guide to CMTE Options (Intro)

I’m in my seventh year of being a board-certified music therapist and it’s just about that time in my 5-year recertification cycle when I start actually thinking about how I’m going to get the required 100 continuing education credits (called […]

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How Can Music Therapy Support Early-Career Academics?

Once again, I’m sitting in a coffeehouse on a rainy Tuesday morning, Bluetooth keyboard out and ready to catch up on one of my multiple writing projects that are perpetually in-progress. This is Portland, so of course I’m seated in […]

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2017 Snapshot of the Music Therapy Field (Infographic)

Every year, the American Music Therapy Association puts out a membership profile and analysis that provides the most updated picture of what music therapy looks like in the United States. Check out our infographic below for the highlights of the […]

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