Silence is Golden It’s been pretty quiet around Harmony Garden this week while we are in between sessions for many programs. I often wish for peace and quiet in my life, but this is bordering on too quiet! I’m just really excited [...]
Preparing for My Caseload For five years, when September began, I joined the throng of university students clamoring for the best prices on notebooks, highlighters and post-it bookmarks. I read through syllabi eagerly to find out what I was to learn, what textbooks I [...]
FIRST TASTE This week has been relatively calm as I finish up my summer of sampling everything Harmony Garden has to offer. Jaime and Bekah agreed to give my internship a “slow start”. That means I’ve been in the office just a couple days [...]
Welcome to our new music therapy INTERN, Layna Beckermeyer! We are very excited to announce that Harmony Garden has officially welcomed our second music therapy intern! She will be at Harmony Garden through January 2024 and beginning to lead her own music therapy sessions [...]
From Our Intern... Dear Hannah from six months ago, You will not believe where you’ve ended up. I won’t spoil the surprise, but I do want to take a moment to encourage you. If I remember correctly, you are about to begin this internship [...]
From Our Intern... There’s a new smell in the air. One of wet, green, and alive. It’s funny how I forget this smell each year and it comes to me as a wonderfully pungent surprise. I’m beginning to hear the birds emerging from their frozen [...]
From Our Intern... Hello, my name is Hannah Avery. You may know me as the intern at Harmony Garden Music Therapy Services, but... soon this will no longer be my identity As of Wednesday, February 19th, I accepted a part-time job offer at my dream [...]
From Our Music Therapy Intern... In the house I grew up in, those messy projects filled with pieces, parts, scraps, glitter, and glue were called “Farts and Craps”. We did not appreciate the art of handmade crafts and we did not have the patience to [...]
From Our Music Therapy Intern... This week I have very little to say. My mind is full and my energy reserve is empty. At this point, I am saving all efforts I have in order to get me through the next three and a half [...]
From Our Music Therapy Intern... As the clock ticked towards the weekend, I clicked “send” once more. I exhaled a sigh of relief and closed my laptop. The ball has officially been nudged and begun to roll. Years ago, as the Lord placed music therapy [...]
