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The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for this episode, Tim Ringgold.
Tim Ringgold is a board-certified music therapist, columnist, and the author of the book, Sonic Recovery: Harness the Power of Music to Stay Sober. He has provided music therapy to thousands of teens and adults in residential treatment, and is a sought-after international speaker, having shared the stage with some of the top minds on music, the brain, addiction, and personal development, including Tony Robbins. Tim was the first person to give a TEDx talk on music therapy in 2012. Tim is also a former Regional President of the American Music Therapy Association.
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16tDQIp2xwlzxGwtCEouyv0wHecVNpo5f/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for this episode, Jennifer Pinson.
Jennifer Pinson is the owner and founder of Dynamic Music Services Inc. in Indianapolis, IN. There she manages a team of music therapists, interns, and practicum students. Jennifer is knowledgeable about business topics, having completed the Streetwise MBA program through the SBA. Jennifer is also a published author, speaker, and the owner of Career Driven Mom, which focuses on finding your harmony through career, parenting, and you. She also offers coaching for entrepreneurs specifically in starting a business, financial growth, managing a team, and diversification.
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kl5iSUfNEQLAYvRAd21DDd7bM-HFRiSH/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentors for this episode, Helen Dolas, MS, MT-BC and Ron Borczon, MM, MT-BC.
Full Bios: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ffzy1rXpifhHoZf9swQySlCCJqkpfOW6/view?usp=sharing
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vnolqx64q-TE-lc9jiZ7OMfCmRw-oWi/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentors for this episode, Lindsay Markworth and Alan Turry.
Lindsay Markworth, MMT, MT-BC, NRMT, is a board-certified music therapist and owner of Twin Cities Music Therapy Services in Minneapolis, MN. She has a master's degree in music therapy from Temple University and completed the Level 1 Nordoff-Robbins MT Training at NYU. She is adjunct faculty at Augsburg University teaching clinical improvisation.
Dr. Alan Turry, DA, MT-BC, NRMT, LCAT is Managing Director of the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University. The first music therapist formally certified to run a Nordoff-Robbins training course, he is responsible for the overall administration, research, clinical services and the training program at the Center. Turry also teaches clinical improvisation in the New York University Master’s program. He has lectured internationally on his work with a wide range of client populations including self-referred adults, psychiatric patients and those with neuro-diverse learning styles. Dr. Turry is recognized for his innovative contributions to the Nordoff-Robbins approach. These include his success in incorporating contemporary music styles into the resources for Creative Music Therapy, his use of improvisation and improvised songs in group music therapy, as well as pioneering work with self-referred adults integrating music psychotherapy and community music therapy practice.
You can learn more about both Lindsay and Alan via the links to their websites below.
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xsa78pj8p-ACikrZuMibMwQ1ETfrm_zY/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for this episode, Amy Furman.
Amy Furman, MM, MT-BC has led the development of the Minneapolis Public School Music Therapy program, which now has eight music therapists. Her specialties include students with ASD, English Learners, and inclusion/mainstreaming in the music classroom. She served as a state mentor for Minnesota Music Educators in the areas of urban education and special needs students. A Past President of the American Music Therapy Association, she has written articles for professional journals, music therapy monographs and book chapters. She has presented nationally and internationally on music and special learners for a variety of organizations including World Federation of Music Therapy, International Society for Music Education, and American Orff Schulwerk.
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NZUIA5xsnS1qOQwwiUAox26fLr-lvHiT/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for this episode, Dr. Natasha Thomas.
Natasha Thomas, PhD is a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) currently serving as Assistant Professor at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). She received her undergraduate degree in music therapy from the University of North Dakota (UND), holds a masters degree in special education (also from UND, with an emphasis on visual impairment), and completed her PhD in expressive therapies from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Natasha has served on the Midwest and Southeastern Regional Boards of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) in various committee positions, including the Diversity & Multiculturalism Committee. She is currently serving on the steering committee of the Black Music Therapists Network (BMTN) and co-facilitates the BMTN sponsored podcast “Black Creative Healing” with Adenike Webb, sharing in radical conversations, mindful collaborations, and wholistic (spelling intended!) visioning that centers Black communities. Natasha is a committed advocate for creative & culturally sustaining support for marginalized communities. Her current research focus involves Black creativity, particularly identity construction and community care. Natasha is interested in the meaning made behind artistic & collaborative choices made by Black/African American youth from limited resource communities, as well as the Black professionals who serve them, and Black creatives in general. Her research and clinical work are inclusive of emerging technology, as well as the perspectives of disability and queer identities, and the unique ways those perspectives and resources can intersect to impact quality of life, identity construction and meaning making.
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SR5GXFi0F0v1PI_IF_ipy1rojNoii2HK/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentors for this episode, Beth Allard Yoder and Nathan Mensah.
Beth Allard Yoder is a board-certified music therapist with a Master of Arts in Music Therapy from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She is a sole practitioner with a private practice serving children and adults with developmental disabilities. Along with her clinical work, Beth is also the Integrator at Music Therapy Ed, and has served as adjunct faculty at SMWC. These roles bring all of her skills and passions together into her dream career. In all her work, she credits the power of our human musicality to connect us & create space for growth. Beth lives in Terre Haute, Indiana with her husband, pets, & ever-growing typewriter collection. She's always down to talk about space exploration, life with chronic illness, Walt Whitman, & folklore.
Nathan Mensah, MA, MT-BC is a Music Therapist II at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center who serves many patients and families, and an Adjunct instructor for the Music & Theatre Department at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. He regularly participates in various musical ensembles, and presented at conferences and universities about topics related to music-centered approaches, musical authenticity, musical skill building, and music therapy with cardiology.
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hFPST_-0bR6AsLOAvhHHdcrCzOzdqG9n/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for this episode, Ami Kunimura.
Ami Kunimura, MA, MT-BC is the founder of The Self-Care Institute and provides therapeutic support for professionals around the world who are experiencing burnout. Ami has been a board-certified music therapist since 2006, specializing in mental health, trauma, and addictions treatment. Ami also holds certifications in yoga education and first and second degree reiki, with training in mindfulness and meditation. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University.
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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OfnXg-v-E0vRbUl4FKjczV2PVoZiGDHh/view?usp=sharing
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for this episode, Dr. Alicia Ann Clair.
Alicia Ann Clair, Ph.D., MT-BC, is a professor emeritus at the University of Kansas School of Music, Lawrence, where she has a long history of clinical research, teaching, and service. Dr. Clair is a past president of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and has also served on its board of directors.
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It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for our very first episode, Emma Moonier.
Emma is a Registered Attachment Therapist, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and a Board-Certified Music Therapist. She is a professor of music therapy at Augsburg University and a music psychotherapist, specializing in attachment and attachment injury. Emma also works extensively with queer and trans youth.
This episode includes conversations around understanding attachment and attachment injury in music therapy; working with gender-expansive, queer, and trans youth; supervising music therapy students; and embracing listening and cultural humility.
Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KEoc9X1l_wSJbf4wusSEIvSg4bWsu8JO/view?usp=sharing
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Thank you for joining us to fill our cups and share our wisdom together!
The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.