I was glad to be a guest on the Hospice Chaplaincy Show. If you’d like to take some time (it’s 49 minutes long) and hear about my...

Well, the day is almost here. My appearance offering a TedX talk is just days away. I’d be happy to share more information about the...

A new pursuit we have here at Oak Park Music Therapy is to provide you with some valuable resources for healthy living through music.  I...

Happy Music Therapy Week to an incredible team here at Oak Park Music Therapy. Amazing work is being done by these folks. Thank you for...

Here’s a little reminder originally held in a class with the fabulous Kim Wade of Inner Gaze Yoga. It was a Mother’s Day tribute, but I...

Cathy Knoll, music therapist extraordinaire, tells it like it is. Behind her words you can also see the difference between music...

At long last – our virtual concert!  Not unlike a concert hall where you might go to hear your loved one play, I’ve put together a...

In the continuum of care, you can consider this program not a music therapy program, but a wellness program, or therapeutic arts...

Whenever I think about summer and get excited about the change of pace, the opportunity for added fun and flexibility, an ancient song...

Shocked and saddened I was yesterday to hear the news about Prince. I think I was in 7th or 8th grade when Purple Rain came out. I have...

A few years ago I made an intention to serve my community in a way that was unique to my talents. I was stressed by the many requests for...

So, keeping a blog is quite a task, especially for someone like me who doesn’t want to be, well, a bother. There are so very many choices...

Although Feb 14 is the whopper of days for hugs and open hearts, it’s a tough one for many. In honor of February love feasts, I thought...

Thanks to the University of Florida’s School of Music for the great graphic!  These concepts apply of course to both music education and...

I couldn’t agree more!

There’s a little game I play with patients who are too ill or are too uncomfortable to interact fully to play or sing with me. I call...

Today, I am grateful for a quiet studio, good public education where the children in my Thanks to all of you who have made it possible...

As I’ve mentioned before, it has been a summer filled with making music.  As a music therapist, I talk about the need for self care with...

I stopped writing here more than 2 months ago.  Not on purpose to be sure, but more out of the need to focus in and take care of...

Katy Perry in Berlin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) From time to time I get to share my patient’s work.  I do this with express permission...