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‘We all have unique relationships with music’
... for an NHS Trust. But back in 2006 I was researching what music therapy is, and I had perhaps my first encounter with the impact and power of music. I was with a music therapist working with a group of older adults with ...
‘What is therapy’s value, and how do we decide this?'
... She initially studied the violin at the Royal Academy of Music, and later qualified as a music therapist. Her work in the field of music therapy led to an undergraduate degree in psychology ...
‘You don’t have to stay within the barriers’
... and semantic memory.’ Nick has written on the role of music in a variety of areas and, since I have music playing all the time while working in my office, I was ... his paper in Applied Cognitive Psychology on ‘Disliked Music can be better for...
One on one... with Dr Michelle Hamill
... dose of supervision. One composer I’d be lost without music. Einaudi is a favourite, especially I’m when travelling on the tube. I work with some brilliant music therapists, who are based on our inpatient wards. Their ... which sets the tone nicely. Thankfully...
One on one... with Constantina Demosthenous
... The Swan Lake ballet with Tchaikovsky’s enchanting music in the Vienna State Opera… The combination of the place, the performance and the music mesmerised me. One article from The Psychologist ...
One on One... with Costas Karageorghis
... hard to know where the next meal is coming from in the music business. This is what prevented me from going headlong into music performance as a career. During my university years, I ... with two million.’ One musical selection A piece of music...
Tracking the footprints of consciousness
... examples of spandrels are humanity’s wide-spread love of music or the ability to engage in higher mathematics. It is likely that neither music appreciation nor math skills were directly selected for ...
My shelfie… Dr Kitrina Douglas
... the man who has only questions,to comfort himself, makes music.’ This was my first Mary Oliver book of poems (I now ...
One on One… with Elizabeth Bird
... I love the landscapes, the vibrancy of the people, the music and the big sky. One piece of advice for aspiring ...
‘This is the moment when everything is changing'
... this had a huge effect on me. We’d set up a tent at music festivals and people in crisis – often related to ...
‘The psychological will always be there… it’s like my skeleton’
... to, you don't deserve that. Do you think that poetry and music can really make a difference then? Definitely. The ...
One on One... with Mike Eslea
... with their darkly humorous and soul-baring lyrics. Perfect music for this old punk rocker! There’s plenty for ...
Shaking off the shackles of imposterism
... with. Just as we think we have found our seat, the music stops and some other hungry postgrad grabs it before we ...