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By: Ashton Becks, MT Intern When I discovered the profession of music therapy, I was first intrigued by the way that music was a powerful conduit for helping all people. Once I began my secondary education, the thing that solidified my interest was the scientific, empirical nature of this modality. Music therapy has been built on evidence based practice and actual results seen and shared, and this begins with session documentation. So, I’ve taken some time to research what Eric Waldon (MT-BC)...

Post written by: Ashton Becks, MT Intern The other day, I had a little gap in my schedule, so I sat down to brainstorm ideas for this blog post. As I jotted down a couple of things that came to mind, I kept humming the melody to a song I had just played at a memory care unit for older adults. We sing this every week as a way to bring our time to a close, and it seemed Roy Rogers himself had followed me from the facility to my mind back at the clinic. I’ve really grown to love the tradition of...

Written by: Ashton Becks, Music Therapy Intern Hi! I’m Ashton, and I am super excited about joining the Piedmont Music Therapy (PMT) team...