Here are some tunes that have been useful to me in sessions, maybe you know them already but if not, these are good’uns! “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon” written in 1978 by Jeff Moss and performed on Sesame Street by Ernie (Jim Henson). This song was re-introduced to me by Erin Frees, MT-BC when I was interning at Children’s Minnesota. She utilized it as a lullaby to help encourage rest. I say re-introduced because I remember playing it once or twice at random gigs with lo

Music therapists often incorporate music-based interventions that reflect the current seasons. As the calendar turns to November, I often find myself struggling to integrate the concept of gratitude into sessions. On one hand, practicing gratitude has been shown to positively impact health and wellbeing by improving sleep, mood, and immunity; and has also been shown to decrease depression, anxiety and chronic pain (American Heart Association, 2023). On the other hand, clients

As Halloween rolls around this week, I thought I would give a little rundown of my favorite songwriting intervention to use in group settings with older adults near holidays! Display an image on a projector screen/TV with seasonal relevance , preferably involving an action  and a relational component  (a family, a couple, a group of friends, etc.); all of these elements will make it easier for clients to create a story with their song and to recall their own memories. For exa

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