Experiencing an empty nest can be an emotionally challenging time for parents as they adjust to their child leaving home. However, music therapy can be a powerful tool to help parents cope with this transition. Music therapy provides a safe and creative outlet for parents to express their emotions, develop coping strategies, and connect with others going through similar experiences. In this blog post, we explore the benefits of music therapy for parents dealing with empty nest syndrome and how it can help them navigate this challenging time with greater ease and resilience.
Category Archives: Music Therapy
Blog posts about music therapy
Discovering Your Authentic Self: Empowering LGBTQIA Clients Through Music Therapy
Explore the transformative power of music therapy for LGBTQIA individuals seeking to embrace their authentic selves. Learn how music can help navigate challenges, promote self-expression, and foster healing in various stages of life, from questioning teens to families in grief and individuals facing terminal illnesses.
How Can Music Help in Substance Use Recovery
Explore the relationship between music and substance abuse, and learn how music therapy can be an effective tool for individuals in recovery. Discover the ways music can help individuals process their emotions, develop coping skills, and work with triggers.
Music-Based Mindfulness Exercises: 4 Ways To Be, Hear, Now
“Mindfulness” is a big craze. It seems like every day I read a new article describing the benefits of mindfulness and mindfulness exercises. From incorporating it in healthcare, schools, and business, more and more people and organizations are recognizing how mindfulness can have a positive effect on them. And I think that’s great. I believe […]
Using Music To Help You Express Your Personal Narrative
Everyone has a story. Every experience we have in life contributes to our life story. These experiences help create the personal narrative we tell ourselves, whether consciously or subconsciously. Sometimes these personal narratives are positive. And in these cases, we can look back at ourselves and our lives from a place of contentment or pride. […]
Music and Transcendence in Music Therapy
In my last blog post, I wrote about some of the health benefits of having transcendent experiences. With this blog post, I’ll be looking more closely at music and transcendence within music therapy so that you can see how such an approach may be helpful to you if you’re looking to do therapy. I’ll do this […]
Transcendent Experiences: What They Are and How They Can Benefit Your Health
Have you ever had an experience where you felt connected to something greater than yourself? If so, you had a transcendent experience. Transcendent experiences move us beyond our individual ego-sense of who we are and help us to perceive ourselves differently. As a result, they can help us feel connected to the world around us […]
Whole Health Benefits of Singing
Did you know that there are a variety of health benefits of singing? [1] The thought of singing can bring up a variety of feelings for a person. For some people, singing is something that they enjoy. Or at least singing has been enjoyable to them in the past. Whereas for other people, singing can […]
How Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Can Be Supported Through Music
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a commonly used approach in mental health care. It suggests that some of the mental health symptoms people experience are due to having a distorted view of themself, others, and the world. My latest blog post explores how music can be used to support concepts found in cognive-behavioral therapy.
Creating Change With Music Therapy
Typically when people come to therapy, they’re looking for some sort of changes in their life. In my previous post, I wrote about curiosity and acceptance and how they can lead to change within therapy. In this post, I’m going to talk more about change and how music therapy can help with creating change. What […]