Update: What We Owe Each Other As Music Therapists
In July 2021, I publicly shared on my blog that my theoretical Music Therapy and Harm Model (MTHM) had been plagiarized in an article published in the Journal of Music Therapy (JMT) entitled, “It’s…Complicated: A Theoretical Model of Music-Induced Harm” […]
What We Owe Each Other As Music Therapists
Brea Murakami, MM, MT-BC An update from January 18th, 2022 summarizing the impact of this blog post from July 2021 – January 2022 can be read here. In June 2021, I published my first solo-authored journal article about the Music […]
75 Prompts for Music Therapy Supervisors
When I first started supervising music therapy practicum students, I really wasn’t sure how to help them get the most out of our debriefing time after the session. Over the last few years, though, I’ve developed a list of questions […]
The Merits of Being a Fake Extrovert
I’m an introvert through and through, with the test scores to prove it: I scored in the 12th percentile for the Extraversion trait on a version of the Big 5 Personality Test. I’m very capable and happy to spend a […]
Unconventional Academic Productivity Hacks
I’m currently in my third year of teaching and it’s pretty safe to say that I’ve taken to my self-imposed title of being an “academic.” One big clue is that if you opened my closet, you’d find three fashion capes […]
The Ultimate Guide to CMTEs Part 2: Paid Options
This is the second of a two-part blog series outlining continuing education options for music therapists. Check out Part 1 with free and free(ish) options HERE. Paid educational courses are a very common way to get recertification credits and are […]