Music Therapy

Jul 26, 20182 min read

Music Therapy and Literacy: A Great Team!

In returning from a local bookstore's annual sale over the weekend, I was struck by how many unique children's books there are nowadays. ...

Apr 26, 20173 min read

Getting in Touch with your Inner Sloth: Thoughts on Work-Life Balance, and Mindfulness

How often have you encountered the term mindfulness lately? I notice it showing up in titles of books, as part of a marketing thing...

Nov 17, 20162 min read

Peace, Love, and Music: My AMTA Conference Recap

I'm fresh from the 2016 American Music Therapy Conference, and I feel inspired, and musically refreshed. This was my third year at...

Jul 10, 20162 min read

Bach, Bach, Bach!

Today, I resurrected Bach...sort of. Based on encouragement, I decided to get back into the heart of violin playing. Though I have...

Apr 26, 20163 min read

Using Your Primary Orchestral Instrument in Music Therapy: Tips to Get Started

When I first started my training to become a music therapist, I wasn’t sure where my primary instrument would fit in the picture. I came...

Feb 24, 20162 min read

Give me an "A": The beauty of historic tuning.

In grad school I wrote a paper about historic tuning, and the benefit it would bestow to students to learn it. Many years later, I am...

Jan 7, 20164 min read

Top things future MT students should know.

Happy New Year! New years are about new beginnings and I am so very happy with how my career is beginning here in Texas. My years in...

Tammy Takaishi, M. Ed., MA, MT-BC