Creative Arts Therapies and Clients with Eating Disorders
Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders This post was written by JKP author Annie Heiderscheit. Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 26 – March 3, 2024 in order…
Category: Music therapy
Music-Based Tips to Ease the Season of Joy for Children with Autism
The holiday season is filled with get-togethers, festive events, and treasured family traditions! Yet, children with autism and their families, may face unique challenges as…
In Troubled Times: How Gratitude and Liberation Art Promote Peace
This post was written by JKP author Amy Backos. Today is International Stress Awareness Day (November 1, 2023), and to encourage conversations and education around stress…
Q&A with Authors of Songs of Discovery for Music Therapy
Q&A with Authors of Songs of Discovery for Music Therapy Music is the universal language at The Center for Discovery® (TCFD) in the Catskill Mountains…
THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF SONG: AMIR’S STORY
THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF SONG: AMIR’S STORY This blog post was written by JKP author Conio Loretto, MS, LCAT, MT-BC. Songs play an undeniable role…
Consuming Art & Creating Art
This blog post was written by JKP author of ACT Art Therapy and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Art Therapy Amy Backos, PhD, ATR-BC. Throughout humankind…
A 5-Minute Intro to Therapy!
Each year, the first week of October in the US/CAN is National Mental Illness Awareness Week. During this week, organizations like the National Alliance on…
An Introduction to Special Interests in Art Therapy with Autistic People
This blog contains a selection of excerpts chosen by author Jessica Woolhiser Stallings from chapter one of Special Interests in Art Therapy with Autistic People:…
Reviews of ‘Early Childhood Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition’
Early Childhood Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition: Supporting Children and Their Families, edited by Petra Kern and Marcia Humpal, is about music…
Music Therapy in Children and Young People’s Palliative Care
To mark World Music Therapy Day, we are sharing an extract from Anna Ludwig’s book, “Music Therapy in Children and Young People’s Palliative Care“. Meeting…