Musical Health

This episode discusses the science and benefits of using music while working out.  *You can request a transcript of this episode by e-mailing: musicalhealththepod@gmail.com Resources:  Karageorghis, C.I., Priest, D.L., Williams, L.S., Hirani, R.M., Lannon, K.M., & Bates, B.J. (2010). Ergogenic and psychological effects of synchronous music during circuit-type exercise. Psychology of...

Ann Hannan, MT-BC, is a board certified music therapist and developed the first music therapy clinical program at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health beginning in 2000. She has been the director of the Riley Cheer Guild and Music Therapy Programs since February 2016. With over 20 years of pediatric music therapy clinical expertise, Ann specialized in neonatal and infant intervention. She has...

Join me today as I chat with Music Therapist Amy Love. Amy Love is a music therapist that is incredibly passionate about pediatric, medical music therapy! She established a music therapy program at a nationally recognized children's hospital and currently specializes in work with patients with solid tumor and neuro-oncology diagnoses. Amy is also the Founder of Pediatric Music Therapy, a webs...

This week I discuss managing patient caseloads.  Resources mentioned in the show:  https://www.healthcaretoolbox.org/about-us.html

This week Musical Health discusses Music Therapy in a pediatric burn program from initial injury through survivorship. Topics include integrative healthcare, community support and the implementation of music therapy within the the context of burn treatment. 

In this episode I dive into using music for the professional musician's health and wellness.  Resources https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6468/eaax0868

Today's episode touches on the health benefits of music making for the novice or advanced musician  Resources for this episode: Singupfoundation.org NAMMfoundation.org https://online.ucpress.edu/mp/article/18/1/87/62086/Choral-Singing-Performance-Perception-and-Immune Choral Singing, Performance Perception, and Immune System Changes in Salivary Immunoglobulin A and Cortisol Singing for chroni...

Aaron is 4th year medical student at The University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine (and my amazing brother in law). He recently matched into anesthesiology residency at Northwestern University where he will begin training this summer. He graduated from Cornell University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s in Biology and Marine Biology. In his free time he enjoys singing, brewing beer, and baking...

In this episode I have the chance to speak with Dr. Kate Myers-Coffman,  2019 Recipient of the Arthur Flager Fultz research award and postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University.  She takes us through her journey from singer-songwriter to music therapy and researcher. Her clinical work and research focus on developing and evaluating stre...

This week I had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Natasha Thomas Natasha Thomas, PhD is an MT-BC and faculty member at IUPUI, and steering committee member for the Black Music Therapists Network. Her current research focus is on the relationship between social identity and the music making choices of Black/African American youth from limited resource communities, as well as the Black professionals...

On today’s epsidose I get real nerdy and talk about applying theory during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two theories I am highlighting are: Resilience in illness model (Dr. Joan Haase) and Contextual support model of music therapy (Dr. Sheri Robb). Check out the resources and articles mentioned in today’s episode: New Publication Music Therapy Experiences of Randomized Controlled Trial as Clinician...

Today we explore the concept of music as a container. I am going to do mini "musicsodes" that will explore concepts like this, I hope you find it interesting and helpful!  You can connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and E-mail!  Facebook: Musical Health the Podcast Instagram: @caitlinkrater Twitter: @caitlinkrater E-mail: musicalhealththepodcast@gmail.com

What IS a lullaby?! In today's episode we dive into the history and etymology of the lullaby while also examining the health benefits for both parents and children.  Have topics you want to hear on the show? Have your own lullaby stories you want to share? Let's connect!  Email: musicalhealththepod@gmail.com Instagram & Twitter: @caitlinkrater Facebook: Music Health the Podcast Resources used in t...

This week we talk with Dr. Helen Shoemark, a pioneer in music therapy in pediatric NICUs, about the musicality of communication and relationships. You can find a copy of her most recent book “Music Therapy in Neonatal Intensive Care: Influences of Culture” here: https://www.barcelonapublishers.com/

Learn about engagement cues and disengagement cues. Lauren is a season clinician and also works as expert consultant for using your voice on NICU Making musical conversations with babies and exploring music with the grandfirends ineergenrationsl music classes Makejoyfulmelodies.com Instagram: @makejoyfulmelodies Facebook: @makejoyfulmelodies. Lullaby playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

In this episode we explore the definition of music therapy and what separates music therapy from music medicine.  Resources used in this episode can be found at:  music therapy.org Email: musicalhealththepod@gmail.com Insta: Caitlin Krater Twitter: @CaitlinKrater

Musical Health premieres February 7th!