Music Therapy Archives

May 24

Reinforcing Healthy Friendships Through Song Rewriting

By Gab Barton . 1 comment

Throughout the 2022-23 school year, I have had the opportunity and pleasure to work with multiple classes in the Jackson-Madison County school system. While many goals are addressed in music […]

May 02

I Am ABLE!

By Marya Bailey . 0 comment

As a music therapist at the STAR Center, I have had the privilege of going to Jackson Christian School’s ABLE program. ABLE stands for “Achieve Beyond Limited Expectations.” This program […]

Music Therapy to Improve and Maintain Communication and Cognitive Functioning

By Marya Bailey . 1 comment

Welcome to the STAR Center’s Music Therapy Corner! This is the first of many blog posts and recordings highlighting some of what we do in music therapy at the STAR […]

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Advice for Surviving Internship

By Avery Hartman . 0 comment

Throughout undergrad, internship was something I knew I had to do before I could finish my degree and take the certification exam, but for the first […]

Fall Songs That Will Leaf Your Clients Smiling

By Avery Hartman . 0 comment

Fall seemed to take its sweet time arriving this year, but once it hit, I was elated to break out not only all of my fall clothes, but to start […]

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Self Care: You Gotta Nourish To Flourish

By Amy Wigginton . 0 comment

Self-Care is a phrase we hear often these days. When working in a profession that is centered on helping others, it’s easy to forget that we need to take care […]

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Meet our Music Therapy Interns

By Katlin Ross . 0 comment

The Star Center Music Therapy Department has been busy this summer with the addition of two new interns, Amy Wigginton and Avery Hartman, to their team. Amy is from Flower […]

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Integral Learning

By Chrissy Watson . 0 comment

Lessons translate from one area to another. What we know in one setting can inform the other areas of life. This is also true in clinical practice. Here at STAR […]

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Black history Month- Memphis Musicians

By Rayma Williams . 0 comment

African- American Music Appreciation Month occurs in June, but we cannot celebrate Black History Month without discussing black musicians, especially ones who originated 80 miles from our site- in Memphis! […]

Work & Life Balance

By Erica Cyrul . 0 comment

Work and life balance is a struggle for most professionals, but for students and interns, this can be an especially difficult time as we try to grow in a short […]

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