music, therapy, and me

One of the things that I do in my "spare time" is put together collections of therapeutic music experiences (TMEs) into books. I've written something like 8 books of TME collections for music therapists, all based on either populations or on therapeutic themes. Today, I'd like to share the first book I ever wrote, More Than Lyric Analysis: Therapeutic Music Experiences for Adolescents . Table of Contents Introduction . 3 Would You Rather? Chant Game . 4 Artist Information Sheets . 7 Gross Motor Exercise Stations . 9 Emotion Instruments . 11 Breathe In, Breathe Out 13 Lyric Analysis: Downtown . 15 Instrument Families . 17 Instrument Problem-Solving . 18 Movement – The Locomotion . 19 Instrument Play and Game - Obwisana . 21 On a Roll – Song Lyric Recall 23 Sound Around the Room .. 24 Sound Awareness . 27 Stereo Symbol Movement 29 Lyric Analysis: Strange Things . 31 There’s a Pickle on My Head . 33 Appendix...

I'm knee-deep in graduation ceremony arrangements, electrical problems at home (thankfully fixed, but annoying nonetheless), and trying to get myself ready for the end of the school year, so today's post is going to be a compilation post! Here's a list of the TMEs offered over the past several months - click on the title to get to the blog post for each. All By Myself Rap Changes in Matter Musical Mad-Libs Music Therapy Centers Survival Signs Mirror, Mirror Lyric Analysis Light 2014 Compilation List If there is something that tickles your music therapy fancy and you can't find the information, please contact me! Also, feel free to head over to the website page for more information and more ideas over there!