Personal Perspectives on Music Therapy

Original essay: How Do We Nurture Ourselves? by Dorit Amir.

Comments to this essay:

• Marcus Lawrence Soifer, January 11, 2010.

• Sarah Corbin, November 28, 2006.

• Maggie Grube, December 12, 2005.

• Cyndia Williams, May 10, 2005.

• Bevan Day, December 20, 2004.

• Sharon R. Boyle, March 9, 2004.

• Jennifer Greene, December 8, 2003.

• Joanne V. Loewy, September 11, 2003.

• Lara Trimpe, May 19, 2003.

• Amanda Thomason-Gilkey, Dec. 9, 2002.

Original essay: Lullabies for a Nation by Helen Oosthuizen.

Comments to this essay:

• January 11, 2010: Response to “Lullabies for a Nation”, by Miquel Garland

Original essay: More Thoughts About Identity by Daphne Rickson.

Comments to this essay:

• May 11, 2010: Louis Burghard

Original essay: Music Therapist's Therapeutic Relationship with Music by Hyun Ju Chong.

Comments to this essay:

• May 11, 2010: Rachel Maurer
• January 26, 2010: Shantaya Fonseca
• April 27, 2008: Debra Jelinek Gombert
• December 22, 2008: Erin Murphy
• March 26, 2008: Ludwika Konieczna

Original essay: On my Changing Relationship to Music by Michele Forinash.

Comments to this essay:

• Romy Ikauniks, March 22, 2010.
• Kerry Leavell, November 27, 2008.

Original essay: On Powerlessness by Barbara Wheeler.

Comments to this essay:

• Felicia L. Forney, January 12, 2010.
• Armistead Grandstaff, August 26, 2009.
• Calista Lauren, November 27, 2008.
• Merritt Navazio, March 11, 2008.
• Nicole Kanelos, December 4, 2007.
• Michelle Sharpe, December 4, 2006.
• Natalie Rousseau, November 28, 2006.
• Mariya Ivannikova, December 15, 2005.

Original essay: Reflections on Being a Music Therapist and a Gay Man by Colin Lee .

Comments to this essay:

• May 13, 2009: Response to "Reflections on Being a Music Therapist and a Gay Man" by Justine Hancock-Marsh
  
• February 11, 2009: Response to "Reflections on Being a Music Therapist and a Gay Man" by Bill White
  
• November 27, 2008: Response to "Reflections on Being a Music Therapist and a Gay Man" by Laurie Kagetsu
  

Original essay: So Music Therapists.... How Good is Your Juggling? by Sarah Hoskyns.

Comments to this essay:

• March 22, 2010: Response by Tara Whitworth to "so music Therapist... How good is your juggling?" by Sarah Hoskyns

Original essay: Sorry for the Silence: A Contribution From Feminist Theory to the Discourse(s) Within Music Therapy by Susan Hadley & Jane Edwards.

Comments to this essay:

• March 30, 2009: Alane Hart
• December, 20, 2004: Mechelle Chestnut

Original essay: Spiritual Music Therapy: Opening Ourselves to the Mysterious Qualities of Music Therapy by Dorit Amir.

Comments to this essay:

• December 22, 2008: William L. Rollins.

• December 12, 2005: Cara Berry.

• Nov. 22, 2004: Jim Couture.

• Apr. 23, 2004: Shabnam Cyrus.

• December 12, 2002: David Aldridge.

• Nov. 28, 2002: Dorit Amir.

• Nov. 21, 2002: Kristen M. Cole.

Original essay: Why Do I Teach? by Katrina McFerran.

Comments to this essay:

• September 7, 2010: A Musical New Perspective on Language Acquisition, by Kristine Holland