Written by: Gabby Jones, MT-bC, Neurologic Music TherapistAs a person-centered clinician, I interact with so many families, caretakers, and loved ones connected to the people I serve. From parents to spouses to respite workers, I’m constantly delivering reports or updates about my clients’ progress in the music therapy space, and one of my favorite parts about the job is the concept of collaboration. It’s so important to be involved in the care of your loved one to amplify their success, but oftentimes, I find it hard to feel supported in the work that I’m doing with individuals. I think, “Are their parents seeing these differences at home?” or “Are other therapies addressing similar goals with them?”. As a clinician who advocates for continued, practical, meaningful transfer of skills for my clients, here are some ways client’s loved ones can support the music therapy journey:
Overall, collaboration is so important. We see the greatest success for clients whose support systems remain supportive. Music therapy is such a creative and fluid space, and we want to encourage creativity and fluidity outside of the work we do at our clinic. The people we serve deserve to feel as though we’re all in their corner - so let’s work together to achieve that goal!  Image description: six people connect their hand in a fist bump side by side the other closed hand gestures.
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 Image description: Screen photo of Piedmont Music Therapy's Instagram page with 3 pinned posts, and 3 most recent posts of staff & people playing drums. This is the seventh post in a series following Executive Director, Gretchen Benner's attendance of the York County Non-Profit Management Certificate Program - Rock Hill, SC.
Yesterday’s workshop overflowed with context and contacts pertaining to marketing and public relations. Adam Berstein, Alicia Broughton and Kenny McNett, from Chernoff Newman plus Michael Hollowa, from H Two Design, helped to educate our cohort on the necessity to engage and build a relationship-oriented presence through social media. PMT enjoyed this topic since this is a professional strength of our organization. PMT will reexamine its social media presence, to ensure clear alignment of its mission in greater Charlotte. Many new clients or curious community partnerships learn about our clinical through social media. Click here to fund PMT marketing efforts in social media. Piedmont Music Therapy appreciates the support of the SC Arts Commission for music therapists on staff at Piedmont Music Therapy to attend the Southeastern Region - American Music Therapy Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia last month! Some of the takeaways included:
 This was a valuable experience and PMT is grateful to the SC Arts Commission for its support!
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