Music Therapy and Beyond

Show Notes

Delivery of Virtual Music Therapy (per the article Virtual Music Therapy: Developing New Approaches to Service Deliver):

Links:

David Knott, MM, MT-BC, Seneca Block, MA, MT-BC, Virtual Music Therapy: Developing New Approaches to Service Delivery, Music Therapy Perspectives, Volume 38, Issue 2, Fall 2020, Pages 151–156, https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miaa017

Creative Therapy Umbrella: https://creativetherapyumbrella.com 

Online Stories (Free): https://www.youtube.com/c/BrightlyStorytime/featured 

Rachel Rambach (Music Therapy Interventions): https://listenlearnmusic.com 

Spectrum Creative Arts: https://spectrumcreativearts.org 

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Resources: 

Attachment Theory Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjOowWxOXCg

Contributions of Attachment Theory and Research: A Framework for Future Research, 

Translation, and Policy - Dev Psychopathol. 2013 Nov; 25(4 0 2): 1415–1434.

Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and loss: Volume 1. Attachment. New York: Basic Books. 

Patterns of Attachment - A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation - pdf Intro

Early Years Study 2: Putting Science into Action - McCain, Mustard & Shanker

ReGain Article: What Types of Attachment are Healthy and Unhealthy?

Infant-parent attachment: Definition, types, antecedents, measurement and outcome - Paediatr Child Health. 2004 Oct; 9(8): 541–545.

What is Attachment Theory Article

What is Attachment Theory? Bowlby’s 4 Stages Explained

Review of Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics

Attachment (Psychology Today) Article

Bowlby, J. (1944). Forty-four juvenile thieves: their characters and home-life. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 25, 19–53

Crittenden, P.(1999) 'Danger and development: the organisation of self-protective strategies' in Atypical Attachment in Infancy and Early Childhood Among Children at Developmental Risk ed. Joan I. Vondra & Douglas Barnett, Oxford: Blackwell pp. 145–171

Solomon, J., George, C. & De Jong, A. (1995) Children classified as controlling at age six: Evidence of disorganized representational strategies and aggression at home and at school. Development and Psychopathology 7: 447–447.

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Having established the importance of why authenticity in music therapy is important in Episode #2: Authenticity in Music - Part 1, Ellisa shares some basic, practical techniques to consider when practicing music authentically in a clinical setting. These tips include basic vocal, guitar and piano techniques that can be built upon at any skill level. For more online resources, see below: 

Theory and Chord Diagrams of Guitar 7th chords: https://www.guitar-chord.org/7.html

Theory and Chord Diagrams of Piano 7th chords: https://www.pianote.com/blog/understanding-7ths/

How to Improve Your Picking on the Guitar: https://www.musicindustryhowto.com/how-to-improve-your-picking-technique-on-the-guitar/

Vocal Terminology and Techniques (PDF): http://www.callerlab.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=SGPrnZTWw5A%3D&tabid=314&portalid=1&mid=2562&forcedownload=true

100 Ways to Be a Better Guitar Player: https://www.guitarworld.com/features/100-ways-to-be-a-better-guitar-player

Youtube.com is a great resource for online lessons and videos on how to improve on all instruments at every skill level!

Let’s continue this conversation:

We seek to host a space for mutual learning and view these episode as the beginning of the conversation. Please comment below your ideas and thoughts that came up during this episode.

See you next week!

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Today Ellisa, Maggie and Kristin sit down to talk about their journey towards wellness, current wellness strategies and share high-impact tips and tricks. Wellness is a journey and looks different in different seasons of life. Today, we talk about what wellness looks like for us in the hopes it will spark an interest in listeners to think about their own wellness journey and find encouragement in the process.

Show Notes

Episode #3: What is Wellness?

Wellness Tree Analogy:

trunk = “holistic”

branches = “wellness”

leaves = “well-being”

nutrients (rain & sunshine) = “self-care”

“Wellness” is an active pursuit and is always growing when served the right nutrients.

Maggie’s Wellness Strategies:

Yoga

mindfulness practices such as meditation

eating healthy (with the occasional treat)

surrounding yourself with healthy and positive people

going for a walk

doing a puzzle (an actual physical puzzle) - while listening to music or just in quiet

taking a bath

sensory breaks of quiet

cleaning tasks around the house add energy and productivity and sometimes can be exactly what you need.

playing music (but also knowing when you need quiet and a break from sensory)

ask for help!

go to therapy, read books, watch youtube videos, etc.

seek your community and what they are doing…they might have some helpful tips for you!

Riding horses and working at an equestrian center

Therapy/Counseling

has used BetterHelp in the past, but also recommends in-person.

Maintaining a schedule on the wall in the house for tasks and to-dos!

Ellisa’s Wellness Strategies:

choosing a word of focus for your year

giving yourself grace

creating ‘spaces’ in your home for wellness (especially during the current pandemic)

tending to your physical body everyday (working out, stretching, resting)

Should shaped heating pad to ease muscle tension

exercise creativity at least once a week such as

playing music

exploring a new music technique

songwriting

writing poetry

working on music production techniques

essential oils

ASMR

listening to nature sounds when sleeping

Get Sleepy Podcast - sleep stories

pamper yourself once a week with an at-home spa night

Candles! This counts as self-care!

set up routines

morning routine with quiet time and prayer

evening routine of winding down, heating pad, sleep stories, ASMR, peppermint or Sleepy Time tea, etc.

schedule a consistent bedtime including quieting technology and unplugging before bed

drinking more water and sometimes using Liquid IV - for extra nourishment

Full Spectrum UV light to bring sunshine inside during winter months

standing and stretching while at work (in between clients/tasks)

schedule regular massages

probiotic and supplement regimen to fuel your body

write down tasks and keep a to-do list

enjoying time to decompress with a snack and an episode of a favorite TV show after work

keeping a calendar for all aspects of your professional and personal life.

Kristin’s Wellness Strategies:

move your body in some way every day!

running, walking, yoga, strength training, stretching, etc.

set boundaries around your personal and professional life

schedule in ‘white’ space in your schedule where you don’t have anything scheduled.

schedule in personal care nights

calendar or a command center in your home

explore different self-care strategies such as reading books, taking a bath, listening to a podcast, journaling, cooking, baking, crafting, watching a TV show, explore meditation and mindfulness strategies, essential oils, listen to music, make music, hot cup of tea, spend time/chat with a friend (schedule it in and keep it sacred)!

Guilty Pleasure TV Shows I’m Watching: The Bachelor (ABC), The British Baking Show, The Pioneer Woman, Nadiya’s Time to Eat,

Books I’m Reading: 

Sacred Rest

Profit First

When Less Becomes More

Start With Why

Cultivate 

For the Love 

Podcasts I’m listening to: 

Enneagram 2.0

Live Awake

Creative Therapy Umbrella

Business with Purpose

I Choose My Best Life

Practice You with Elena Brower

Unlocking Us with Brene Brown

Being Boss

Cultivate Your Life with Laura Casey

Music Therapy Chronicles

My Productivity Tools: 

Cultivate Powersheets

Our Family Plan Calendar

Day Designer (Daily & Monthly)

Asana - GAME CHANGER for me!

Craft journaling supplies: 

Washi Tape (Neutral colors, Assorted Colors and patterns)

Pens (Multi-color, black)

Adult Coloring such as this one from Barnes and Noble

Hot Tea (I love all teas, but I’ve been really enjoying this box set from YOGI this season)

Essential Oils (I use doTERRA, but I know others who also like Young Living):

Some of my favorites for aromatherapy are: 

Align and Anchor - for grounding and focus

Balance - grounding

ClaryCalm - calming

Black Spruce - grounding and steadying

Frankincense - for everything 

Adaptiv - grounding and supporting

Forgive - renewing

Motivate - encouraging

Lavender - my GO-TO for sleep and relaxing!  I LOVE this in a bath!

Spearmint - this is uplifting and also I like to add to many other oils for focus

Favorite Blends: 

Grapefruit and Rosemary

Bergamot and Black Spruce

Peppermint and Cinnamon

Strategies to help us maintain wellness:

Set a bedtime routine! - Get enough sleep!

Schedule self-care into your calendar!

Write it down and keep it where you can see it!

High-Impact Strategies:

Don’t be afraid to ask for help! Seek outside therapy/counseling and support.

Identify things that you need. What feel restorative for you? What are you missing?

Have items or reminders where you can see them! Have them available quickly so you can take advantage of even those small bits of time during the day to do something that feeds your wellness journey.

Thank you for listening!

Tune in next week where Ellisa digs deeper into Authenticity in Music.

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Important points to consider when speaking about trauma-informed care:

We can (and should) assume that everyone we encounter has some level of trauma.

Due to the neurologic reactions from prolonged and persistent trauma the brain is negatively altered which impairs an individual’s ability to function.

This unbalanced system can affect numerous functions such as the ability to feel empathy, academic performance, inability to regulate self, etc.

The initial episode in this trauma-informed series was Episode #1: Trauma-Informed Care - A Review and Call to Action. For a firm foundation in which to build clinician strategies on, please head over and listen to that episode.

This episode encourages the listener to begin their trauma-informed journey through 3 steps:

Awareness (becoming aware of the prevalence and effects of trauma)

Learning (gaining education and strategies to consider)

Intention (putting these strategies into action, as is appropriate, in their own setting)

We’ve narrowed down three factors of change in the process of mitigating and healing trauma:

Consistency and predictability

Connection (building positive relationships)

Learning social and emotional skills

Strategies to consider within these 3 factors:

Consistency and predictability

consistent routines and schedules

consistent and positive routines for entering and exiting a session (classroom, etc.)

consistent and predictable transitions (the space between interventions, routines, etc.)

MACRO (typically those spaces where an individual is physically involved in movement - bigger shifts during the day)

MICRO (typically within an activity, session, or routine)

consistent and predictable physical environment

predictable environment

clear and consistent boundaries

clear and consistent expectations

predictable consequences (highlighting natural consequences for positive and negative actions - not in a punitive punishment reaction)

consistent and predictable caregiver/adult emotional responses

even temper and tone

clear directives

assertive tone (in comparison to a passive or aggressive tone)

Connection (positive relationships)

Connections to self

Much of this foundational work happens when we address emotional and self awareness strategies

Connections to a caring adult or other individual

building relationships based on safety through predictable and consistent interaction

overarching relationship built on unconditional positive regard

Connections to our wider community

building relationally-rich environments in our families, schools and clinical settings is important to build strong and supportive systems of safety to help an individual build resilience!

This may look like building relationships with parents, families, siblings, teachers, staff, and extend that to larger settings such as schools and other clinical facilities.

Consulting

Modeling and sharing resources to use at home/school/etc.

Hosting collaborative sessions with families and siblings (when appropriate and safe to do so)

and others….

Learning Social and Emotional Skills

Awareness of

self within a group environment

one’s own emotions

Learning strategies of regulation:

sensory integration including music, movement and other sensory activities that involve the 5 senses (touch, sight, taste, smell and sound).

Implementation and practice strategies in moving from state of being unregulated to a state of regulation.

*Note on regulation: in order to foster healthy relationships all parties must be regulated. The 3 step process to assisting an individual to move from a state of stress to a state of critical thinking is:

Regulate

Relate (connect with an individual through an attuned and sensitive relationship

Reason (supporting the individual to reflect, learn, remember articulate and become self-assured after an incidence of overwhelm.

We will continue this discuss specifically for music interventions next month during our Music Segment (4th Monday in March).

Resources

CDC - ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study

Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics

Stress, Trauma, and the Brain: Insights for Educators - The Neurosequential Model - Video

To continue your education:

Music Therapy Ed Course: Introduction to Trauma Informed Care for Music Therapists

Music Therapy Ed Blog Post:  Why Trauma-Informed Care is Essential for Music Therapists

Reed-Miller Group: Trauma Informed Care Trainings and Workshops

Reed-Miller Blogs on Trauma Informed Care

Let’s continue this conversation:

We seek to host a space for mutual learning and view these episode as the beginning of the conversation. Please comment below your ideas and thoughts that came up during this episode.

See you next week!

Thank you for listening!

We appreciate your feedback, please rate and review wherever you listen. If you like the show, please subscribe and share with a friend!

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