♪♫ You say goodbye, and I say hello, hello, hello! ♪♫ (The Beatles, anyone?!) My name is Carolyn Meyer and I am proud to introduce myself as the newest board-certified music therapist on Keynote’s stellar team. Becoming a community music therapist and getting to create new and meaningful relationships within the Twin Cities is what drew me to Keynote, and I absolutely cannot wait to tune up my guitar and hit the road! Whether I was learning the cello in the school orchestra,

In my work with Keynote Music Therapy, the majority of my clients around the Twin Cities are older adults with mental health/memory care needs. Residents in my groups also tend to range in age from 50 to 80+. Recently, I have been interested in incorporating more art into my music therapy sessions but have struggled with the logistics of bringing art supplies into a facility (and cleaning up in a timely manner) and creating an intervention that can meet the needs of various a

Spring is finally here!!!!!!! If you’re reading this and call the Twin Cities home, you’ll understand the necessity of all those exclamation points! After an extremely cold and snowy winter, I have been soaking up this spring weather. Spring themed music therapy interventions are always my favorite and I have been bringing as much spring into my music therapy sessions as possible! Today I’m going to share a spring themed music therapy intervention that my memory care groups h

There are many things about loss that are beyond our control. Death has a way of reminding us of our human limits. While medical support provides assistance, a part of us knows that we cannot control when and how a loved one dies. After a loved one dies, we may wrestle with other things that we cannot control. Unfortunately, we cannot change past events. And when grieving, we cannot completely control the overpowering feelings that we experience as we face being separated fro

This playlist was made over two rainy weekends in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Keynote Music Therapy is a composition in progress. Thanks for listening. Ben https://open.spotify.com/user/1240376426/playlist/4hz6LnY5VRd7gJOgihYUjZ?si=UlasS7fE #NekoCase #StVincent #Playlist #healthcare #MusicTherapy #health #welness #FleetwoodMac #BigThief #TwinCities #TwinCitiesmusictherapy #angelolson

In addition to being a small business operator, my day job is to provide grief therapy to people who have experienced losses. Therapy is a creative process. At a minimum, both therapist and client are trying to create growth in the midst of hardship. When working with grief, I believe one of my tasks is to assist the mourner with creating their preferred way of grieving. Co-developing a preferred way of grieving often requires me to soften fear-based avoidance, name existing

Feelings of guilt are a common experience. We may experience guilt on the job when we make a mistake, fail to meet expectations, or make a decision that has unintended outcomes. In our personal lives, we can feel guilty about our behavior in relationships and our daily choices. People often recognize the presence of guilt in “could of, would of, should of, and if only” type thoughts. If you, a co-worker, or a loved one is experiencing guilt, here are five ideas that may be us

A practice that has been useful to me, both professionally and personally, is that of receiving and acting upon the helpful “messages” of my feelings. I have encountered elements of the “feelings as purposeful messengers” metaphor in the work of psychotherapists Richard Schwartz, James Hillman, and Stephen Gilligan. Most recently, I read a passage courtesy of Jungian Analyst, James Hollis (Creating a Life - Finding Your Individual Path, p. 36), which reads: ...schools of ther