This month, we're featuring a story from Matt's work in palliative care. We haven't yet talked about palliative care on our podcast, but as you may already know, music therapy plays a very important role in supporting those who are actively dying.Hear an example of how music therapists adapt popular songs to suit the context that they work in, and …

Music therapy plays an important role in supporting the wellbeing of the ageing population. Not only does engaging in music create opportunities for reminiscing and reflecting on the past, but it creates a unique opportunity for many to feel purposeful, hopeful and even future focused. This month, you'll hear from Eta Lauw who is a registered music…

Thank you for joining us for episode 16 of the Collective Music Therapy podcast.This month, we're sharing with you a story from Asami's work with a young person of refugee background, who was new to Australia and experiencing homelessness.The story begins with this young man who attended Asami's weekly drop-in music program and participated by touc…

Thank you for joining us as we bring you our very first episode for 2017!This month, we're discussing the various ways in which song-writing is used in music therapy, and how writing a song can benefit a person's health and wellbeing.We're talking about neuroplasticity: "How does song-writing assist in creating new neural pathways post accident or …

No doubt, these next few weeks leading towards the end of the year will be busy for you, but we hope you'll be able to find a sneaky 30 minutes to listen to our case studies about the role of music therapy in treating depression. Depression affects approximately one million Australians at any given time, and as always, innovative and holistic appro…

This episode, we're talking all about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and how music therapy can support those living with BPD. BPD is defined as a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and affects, and marked impulsivity. However, that definition doesn't really shed light on how painful and isolating living with BP…