The New Jersey Association for Music Therapy has invited me to run a 5 hour education presentation this October. The title of my presentation is Surrendering to the Music: Receptive Attitudes that Transform the Therapist and the Client. Please contact me for further information or see Surrendering to the Music – CMTE with all the details, …

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Look at this! I have a new website! Many thanks to Ho Yin Szeto (Mavis), for making me her personal project, and for all the hard work she put in to create this site. Feel free to comment and tell me what you like.

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Suzannah and music therapist, Brian Harris, have been facilitating a music psychotherapy group for adults.  It is an ongoing, open-membership group for those individuals interested in a depth-oriented creative therapy process. Membership is approved only after assessment. The group resumed in September 2012, and is open to new members. Please contact Suzannah for more details. …

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My dear friend and fellow-trainee in Guided Imagery and Music, Erin Montgomery, has interviewed our trainer, Dr. Lisa Summer. Click here to read the excellent interview. It is really a very clear and concise summary of the incredible clinical work that Lisa has pioneered and developed, and the clinical focus that we, her trainees, are …

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Nina Simone – Ain’t Got No…I’ve Got Life – YouTube. I haven’t been able to get this song out of head since watching this video over the New Year. It’s originally from the musical, “Hair”, and Nina Simone sang and recorded this song many times in her career, each time switching up the words to …

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