1. Identify Emotions Game Sing in front of a mirror to practice what feelings look like on our faces. For example, sing “If you’re happy...

1. Encourage Expression Sometimes when babies are born they need lots of help to process all the new feelings and sensations. After your...

Life On Music is thrilled to introduce our expanded team of music therapists! Katie Schripsema, MT-BC Katie is a board-certified music...

Despite the disruption to everyday life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Life On Music team is adapting to the ever-changing...

Music, melody, and rhythm are powerful tools for teaching speech, communication, motor coordination, and school-readiness. Songs...

If you're like me, you're probably enjoying all the new summer pop hits (I mean, Connection by One Republic? Loving it!) But don't forget...

My absolute favorite-est part of being a music therapist is when a kid "gets it" for the first time in a music therapy session. Once I...

Making-music is the only activity that's been shown to engage almost every area of the brain at once. (Band-nerds like me, rejoice!)...

If you're like me, you probably use music therapeutically throughout your normal day. I love listening to accoustic music as I walk to my...

Ah, the question music therapists have been trying to answer for over 40 years. Music therapy is a lot of things. To oversimplify it,...