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Could you train to be a music therapist?How to know if this career path might be right for you...
If you are a music teacher who loves helping their students but is feeling like something’s missing, then you’re not alone.
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Oct 31, 20252 min read
Goal! How Neurologic Music Therapy™ can be a perfect partner for Physiotherapy
Joint NMT/Physiotherapy work At TIV, we use a lot of songwriting when working to help clients to retrieve speech after a brain injury....
serennawagner
Aug 23, 20253 min read
Music Therapy to help with going to sleep
PBS NewsHour | Geneticist and singer study how music can improve health | Season 2024 | PBS Most people are aware that music feels good...
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Mar 5, 20244 min read
The benefits of group singing for older adults
There are a HUGE number of benefits to making music with others. This is something that we perhaps all know instinctively, but it is so...
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Feb 17, 20241 min read
'Twinkle, twinkle, little.....' A very simple Music Therapy technique that helps nonverbal, neurodivergent children with speech
The lovely thing about Music Therapy is that you can weave in all sorts of great, therapeutic techniques that all basically feel like fun...
serennawagner
Feb 6, 20242 min read
"Her, little, voice" Music Therapy with nonverbal children with Autism
How can Music Therapy help children who find it difficult or impossible to talk? This was central focus of my final research project when I was studying to be a Music Therapist. Moved by the words of a mother who was longing to hear the "little voice" of her child, I wanted to find out how you could help children with autism who would benefit from developing some basic, expressive language. I studied all the different ways I could find that had been officially developed and r
serennawagner
Dec 30, 20235 min read
'Someone who speaks music has finally arrived...' Music Therapy with a child with ASD
These words stuck out in a recent interview with a parent of a long-standing client with ASD. Anna has always been extremely kind about...
serennawagner
Dec 2, 20232 min read
"There must be a language that doesn't depend on words, the boy thought.."
Paul Coehlo 'The Alchemist' Music Therapy with children with ASD Research has shown that Music Therapy can help children with ASD in many...
serennawagner
Nov 21, 20232 min read
The benefits of music therapy for older adults
Music is greatly beneficial for adults of all ages Research proves that making music together as a group, especially for older people,...
serennawagner
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Music speaks: How Music Therapy can help with regaining speech after a stroke
Music Therapy is not necessarily the first port of call for clients whose families have suffered a stroke when it comes to regaining...
serennawagner
Oct 17, 20233 min read
How can Music Therapy help with a stutter?
I had a wonderful experience when working with a boy who had a profound stutter. I'll always remember his lovely little face - let's call...
serennawagner
Sep 28, 20233 min read
Finding your voice: Recovering speech after stroke through singing
When I was training in Music Therapy, it was thrilling, especially as a singer, to discover that there were techniques that were...
serennawagner
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Welcome to This Inner Voice Music Therapy and Coaching
Welcome to This Inner Voice Music Therapy and Coaching
serennawagner
Aug 24, 20232 min read
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