Last week, I attended a mental health awareness event called #BeWell at Samsung 837 in Chelsea, NYC. I RSVP-ed knowing little about the event and its presenters – just that Dr. Jess, the main speaker, is a young, Black, female psychiatrist, and that I get excited about representation of all of those traits in theContinue reading “Music for Processing Grief”
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Music Therapy, Explained
I’m a music therapist. And announcing my occupation, most of the time, requires an explanation. The thing is, there is really no short explanation, which is pretty much the only thing that frustrates me about what I do. I was at a friend’s birthday party recently, and as always, the dreaded question came up fromContinue reading “Music Therapy, Explained”