Able Voice Podcast

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. We are excited to release this second episode in our Podcast in a Park series. It's so great to be connected outside at a safe distance to record this episode for you. As we sit outside and talk about life in a pandemic, you may hear various sounds in the environment around us. We hope this a...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In honor of this, our 10th episode, we wanted to celebrate with something special! A bloopers episode! You read that right... a bloopers episode. Hopefully this makes you laugh just as much as it did us. Why would we decide to do this to ourselves? As music therapists, we learn to embrace the...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about and actively engage in toning. We decided to visit a park to record this episode and so, the sound quality may not be the best. We encourage you to put in your headphones and join us along this melodic journey. Let us know how you enjoyed this toning experience....

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about identity. This is a big topic that has many layers. We have both discovered, along our journeys, pieces of our identities as human beings that correlate with our professional identities and pieces that do not. This episode of AVP was recorded before the escalatio...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk with Daiva Paskauskas of Harmonia Music Therapy in Toronto, ON. Daiva is a certified music therapist and Reiki practitioner. During our chat, we learn more about the ways Reiki can be used within a music therapy setting. We also talk hope - hope for the future of this...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about creating safe space and the importance that holds within the therapeutic relationship. This episode of AVP was recorded before the escalation of recent world events surrounding the targeted police brutality and oppression of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about closure - a topic that music therapists have plenty of theory about during the course of study. However, sometimes closure isn't always as neat and tidy as we might hope it to be. In this episode we explore how we navigate closure or, in some cases, lack of, both...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about dual relationships with certified music therapist Tamara Leszner-Rovet. Tamara is the owner of Tamara's piano studio & music therapy services (@tpsmtstor) which specializes in working with children and adolescents with neurological disorders and developmental...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with certified music therapists Hayley Francis Cann and Kimberly Dolan. In this episode we talk about self-care and why this is so important to make time for in a helping profession. We cannot pour from an empty cup. It's so important to figure out what works for you and to do what fills your cup so that you can be the best version of you possible. Visit us on in...

Welcome back to Able Voice Podcast with Hayley and Kim! In this episode we talk about community and the influence community has within different contexts. Join our Able Voice Community by connecting with us on instagram @mtahayley & @mta.kimberly. We would love to hear from you and share in your unique perspective.

In this first episode we talk about our individual journeys to becoming certified music therapists. We also talk about the similarities and differences between our paths and the various options aspiring music therapists have for pursuing a career in music therapy. Join the conversation by connecting with us on instagram @mtahayley & @mta.kimberly. This is only the beginning! Subscribe to this podc...