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Create. Grow. Heal.

A Creative Arts Therapy Perspective on Autism

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

  By Jenni Rook, MT-BC, LCPC As a human race, we place a great deal of emphasis on social connection. Who are you linked to? How many “friends” do you […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: autism, Autism Awareness month, communication, creative arts therapy, expression, jenni rook, self-expression, social contact, social isolation, social relationships, Temple Grandin

A Recap of the Neurologic Music Therapy-Fellowship Training

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

  By Jeffrey Wolfe, MT-BC This past month I had the great opportunity to attend the Neurologic Music Therapy Fellowship Training, at the Center for Biomedical Research in Music at […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: board-certified, brain plasticity, Center for Biomedical Research in Music, CNM, Colorado State University, EFNS, entrainment, European Federation of Neurorehabilition Societies, International Society for Clinical Neuromusicology, jeffrey wolfe, Michael Thaut, music perception, music therapist, Neurologic Music Therapist-Fellow, Neurologic Music Therapy, Neurologic Music Therapy Fellowship Training, NMT, NMT-F, transformational design model, WNFR, World Federation of Neurologic Rehabilitation

The Steel Drum Story

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

 How Cultural Heritage Survives and Thrives through the Arts By Jeff Wolfe, MT-BC, and Keith Whipple, MA, RDT African Diaspora began as the voluntary and involuntary migration of peoples out […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Africa, African Diaspora, cultural heritage, culture, drumming, jeffrey wolfe, Julio Cesar Montano Montenegro, keith whipple, Steel Band Orchestras, Steel Drum, Steel Pan, tradition, Trinidad and Tobago, Winston "Spree" Simon

The 7 Hobbits of Highly Effective People

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

By Keith Whipple, MA, RDT _____________________________________________________________________ My work as a drama therapist involves frequent travel through lands of the imagination.  Like the heroes of Middle Earth, the clients I work […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: drama therapy, experience, fictional characters, Hobbits, imagination, J.R.R. Tolkien, keith whipple, Stephen Covey, storytelling, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Dealing with the Darker Aspects of Halloween

August 18, 2015 by ITA Staff

By Keith Whipple, MA, RDT As a drama therapist, I hear a lot of stories. This time of year many of those stories can include dark, violent, solitary and monstrous […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: costumes, decorations, Denyse Beaudet, drama therapy, fear, fears, Halloween, Harry Potter, imaginative play, J.K. Rowling, keith whipple, reassurance, safe, stories, understanding

How Does Music Change the Brain?

February 8, 2014 by ITA Staff

A Recap of the Neurologic Music Therapy-Fellowship Training By Jeffrey Wolfe This past month I had the great opportunity to attend the Neurologic Music Therapy Fellowship Training, at the Center […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Dr. Michael Thaut, Institute for Therapy through the Arts, ITA, jeffrey wolfe, music, music therapy, Neurologic Music Therapy, Neurologic Music Therapy Fellowship Training, NMT, NMT-F, therapy

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