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How Music Therapy Can Heal Body and Mind
Nov 1, 2023 Shannon Crocker and Kim Tapper What is music therapy, and how does it work? Music therapy is the use of music to improve individuals’ and groups’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Music therapy can involve listening to music, playing instruments, singing, composing, improvising, or moving to music. Still, unlike music educators or…
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The Burn: A PLACE TO BE MUSIC THERAPY HEADED TO VILLAGE AT LEESBURG
November 18, 2022 A new music therapy center is headed to the Village at Leesburg, taking a large storefront space next door to the CMX movie theater. It’s called A Place to Be and is currently headquartered in Middleburg. A Place to Be first opened in 2011. It uses music therapy, including group musical therapy and performance therapy,…
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ABC-7 Washington: ‘It just makes you feel happy’: Popular music therapy program a hit at Leesburg Elementary
January 13th 2022 There’s a toe-tapping reason why students, like 10-year-old Evi, look so forward to Thursdays at Leesburg Elementary School in Loudoun County. “It just makes you feel happy and relieved from stress,” says the fifth grade student. “It has been the greatest addition to our building,” adds Principal Shawn Lacey. Lacey is referring…
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WJLA: VA School Adds Music Therapy Program to Their Curriculum
January 13th, 2022 There’s a toe-tapping reason why students, like 10-year-old Evi, look so forward to Thursdays at Leesburg Elementary School in Loudoun County. “It just makes you feel happy and relieved from stress,” says the fifth grade student. “It has been the greatest addition to our building,” adds Principal Shawn Lacey. Lacey is referring…
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Tom’s Long Haulers -YouTube
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ABC-7 Washington: COVID long hauler uses his gift as music therapist to aid other suffering long haulers
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Music and Mind LIVE with Renée Fleming, Ep. 5 “Using Music for Health and Wellbeing during COVID-19”
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Flashback: Tom Sweitzer’s COVID-19 Long Hauler group featured in Woman’s World Magazine
May 21, 2021 The Long Haulers group was founded by one of our co-founders, Tom Sweitzer. The group had music therapy sessions and helped other people who had long-haul symptoms. Tom himself is a long-haul survivor and has helped many people in a positive way through music. You can find more information here.
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NPR: Music Therapy Brings Solace To COVID-19 Patients And Healers
February 13, 2021 Tom Sweitzer knows firsthand how social isolation and loneliness are real side effects of living through a pandemic — just as mental health professionals have warned. After he tested positive for the coronavirus last July and recovered from the worst of his initial symptoms, Sweitzer joined a COVID-19 support group on Facebook to…
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NPR: Music Therapists Are Trying To Help COVID-19 Patients Who Experience Loneliness
February 8, 2021 A music therapist in Virginia started a weekly support group for COVID-19 patients to help them deal with social isolation and loneliness. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Can you sing your way through social isolation and loneliness? A music therapist in Virginia started a support group for people with COVID-19. As NPR’s Elizabeth…