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		<title>My Music Therapy Mentor &#8211; Fran Herman, MTA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over 50 years, Fran Herman has used her special talents as a music therapist, advocate, artist and leader to change the lives of many people. From early on Fran has worked tirelessly to promote music therapy, making it available to everyone regardless of age, ability or affluence. I can&#8217;t think of anyone more suited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=124&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music, Moments and Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had a wonderful summer and am consciously striving to not take these days for granted.   Having the opportunity to spend time with my family and friends and going on an incredible Alaskan running cruise &#8230;well it can’t get any better than that.  Usually at this time of year the dryness fades most of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=118&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Communicate&#8230; just like you are in a Music Therapy Session</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often compare my communication in business or personal relationships to “doing it like a music therapy session.”  This may sound a little odd so please indulge me as I attempt to explain. You see a music therapy session might go something like this: It starts with a GREETING that lures attention from any previous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=105&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating a Special Music Therapist Through Her Work With Remarkable Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month JB Music Therapy is highlighting the 10th year of a well-loved music therapist in our company &#8211; Shannon Robinson, BMT, MTA. I couldn’t imagine a better way to acknowledge Shannon than to share her beautiful work at the Emily Follensbee School &#8211; work that celebrates the students our company has the privilege to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=59&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music Reduces the Despair.. that can come from having Multiple Sclerosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 05:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She sits in her wheelchair in a small, one bedroom apartment, the sun is barely visible through the closed chocolate brown drapes. I unpack my tools for the day, percussion instruments, plain paper, a variety of art media, a songbook and my guitar. Janis has been talking to me since I entered the room. She [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=47&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Living Soundtrack</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had my first “live” music experience in grade 2. Half a school year had passed and the sun started to shine again when Mr. Trudeau walked into my class carrying a guitar case.  I had never seen someone make music before with just their voice and a guitar.  Mr Trudeau sat on the piano [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=45&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sound Mind, Sound Body</title>
		<link>http://jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/sound-mind-sound-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was my 8th week in a community running program.  The snow started to fall half way through the short distance run. We had just turned down our last street to the finish when the snow started coming down fast.  I stepped off the curb when I felt a slick piece of ice under the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=42&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love in Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Valentine’s Day approached I explored the theme of love with my clients.  A difficult topic for some who feel thrown away by society and for many even their families.  Two such young men reside in a long-term care facility.  They have no family and their community life has been greatly reduced to their agency’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=39&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Option in Care For Seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first witnessed the power of music at the age of 14. My grandfather had recently had a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and unable to speak.  He would reside in a long term care facility for the next eight years of life.  Earlier in his life my grandfather spent many hours in his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=34&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A True Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Music Therapy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, on Christmas Eve,  the McDonald family lost their mother to cancer.  I know this because the family invited me, as a music therapist, to spend the last few, difficult days with them. The following sequence of events are some I have never forgotten. This family was a true inspiration to me , [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jbmusictherapy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9669670&amp;post=32&amp;subd=jbmusictherapy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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