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 [...]
From our Music Therapy Intern… How do I know if this is making a difference? What if I’m just wasting their time? Are they bored? Do they know that I care for them? Is this client making any improvements through music therapy at all? Why [...]
From Our Music Therapy Intern... My husband and I spent the weekend at his parents’ house where we sat by the fire, watched Food Network, and talked for hours. From the living room window, we could see the dark grey horizon of wintery Lake Michigan, [...]
From our Music Therapy Intern… A new year calls for a New Year’s Resolution. A new decade...well, that calls for a New Decade’s Reflection (yes, I just made that up, but I think it’s still worthwhile...and blog-able). The New Year always brings times of nostalgia [...]
From our Music Therapy Intern… The Move: It has happened! The biggest event in HGMTS internship history! We have officially moved buildings and are now working on the fine-tune details of getting ready to reopen for business. My husband, dad, siblings, and I spent the [...]
