Polly Bowler
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Music therapy musings

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Welcome to my professional blog, Music Therapy Musings. Posts represent my own views.

general

an 'average' week

17/04/2019
Recent surveying of the music therapy profession in the UK detailed that 38.5% of those who responded had more than one employer, 34% had two or three and 4% had four or more (Carr, C et al 2017). I am one of the 4%...

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"MUSIC MAKES YOU HAPPY!"

16/06/2019
But does it really? 

I recently sat in on a music appreciation group run by an occupational therapy assistant as a consultant, on an in-patient mental health ward for women...
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dementia

Care Home News
Interview

12/04/2016
What is your job title?
I am an HCPC registered Music Therapist
. I currently work with people with dementia and... 
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grief and dementia

24/11/2013
I work with elderly people with dementia in care homes run by Methodist Homes. I recently came across a case which troubled me...

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Music therapy & dementia
HELPING KEEP CONNECTIONS ALIVE

18/11/2016
As human beings, music plays a fundamental role in our identity, culture, heritage and spiritual beliefs. It is a powerful medium...
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"enjoy your music lesson"
misunderstandings of music therapy with people with dementia

12/06/2015
​Working in care homes I come across many different people. The older people I work with (clients), their relatives and friends, the staff...

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Groups

the shell matrix
​RECORDING PRIMARY INTERACTIONS AFTER A GROUP MUSIC THERAPY SESSION

26/08/2013
​In March/April 2013 at my place of work our music therapy team began to develop new feedback forms to use following music therapy open group sessions. The open groups can often be large with numbers sometimes reaching 20 or more...
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  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Music therapy
    • Aims & Benefits
    • Sessions
    • Supervision
    • Introduction to Music Therapy Courses
  • Teaching
    • Introduction to Music Therapy Courses
    • Lectures / CPD events
  • Performing
    • Past Projects
  • Blog