For full transcript of episode 33 please e-mail: [email protected] Today's episode covers some foundational elements of trauma informed care, an introduction to how trauma works in our brains and bodies and some implications for healthcare professionals.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

This will be the only episode I can do this for so I am leaning into it. Have you heard of a golden birthday? Well this is our GOLDEN episode-meaning I am as old as this episode number.  So what does it mean to be golden? Gold is illuminating, sacred, durable; it is precious. It is almost universally associated with the Sun, or the highest stage in spiritual development. Gold also represents heart, love and blood It sometimes feels like as a music therapist this is our calling. To be sacred, to be precious, to be durable.  That is a lot of pressure. Today I am going to talk about some of the things no one told me about being a music therapist and we are going also celebrate what makes us golden. Transcripts always available upon request! Transcripts can be e-mailed within 24 hours of request. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

Join special guest host Stephanie Epstein as she discusses the awesome collaboration between music therapy and physical therapy! This is sure to be a great episode. Special guest: Chelsea Rodriguez, DPT --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

Join guest host Stephanie Epstein as she discusses the importance of actually talking openly and honestly about pay rates, how to negotiate higher pay and things to consider outside of base pay rate. Stephanie is a board certified music therapist at Holtz Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. She works with pediatric patients age birth-21 years of age on the Transplant/Surgical, Medical/Surgical, Pediatric Intensive Care, Hematology/Oncology, Adolescent, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Neonatal Intensive Care units. She is a member of PediPals (Pediatric Palliative Care) team and interdisciplinary burn team, practicum supervisor, internship director and department research advisor. In addition to her work at Holtz Children's, Stephanie serves at the President of Ukulele Kids Club Inc. Ukulele Kids Club Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for the mission of donating ukuleles to children's hospitals nationwide for music therapy programs. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

For today's episode I had the chance to interview Toronto based music therapist and business owner, Miya Adout. Her company: Miya Music Therapy provides music therapy for people of all abilities. In the episode Miya talks about her company and a service that is near to her heart: senior mental health.   Website: www.miyamusictherapy.com  The Sunshine Link Website: www.thesunshinelink.com Find them on Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/miyamusictherapy/ FB: www.facebook.com/miyamusictherapy  This Month Musical Health is shining a spotlight on music in mental health.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

Ashley Scheufler is a senior music therapist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City where she has been employed for almost 12 years.  She works with a wide range of pediatric patients and specializes in chronic pain syndromes, cardiac, and pulmonary diagnoses.  Ashley has participated in several research initiatives at her facility and served as a music intervener in studies funded by the NIH, COG, and the National Institutes of Nursing Research that focused on children undergoing treatment for cancer.  Her latest research endeavor, “Comparing Three Music Therapy Interventions for Anxiety and Relaxation in Youth with Amplified Pain” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Music Therapy.  This study examines the effects of three specific music therapy interventions on anxiety and relaxation levels in youth with chronic pain conditions.  Ashley serves on multiple interdisciplinary treatment teams and other hospital-based work groups including the Psychosocial Division Research and Scholarly Work Council.  Ashley is energized and inspirited by her husband and two children, and grounded by yoga and live music. Link to her recent publication here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thaa021 Learn more about the RAPS program at Children's Mercy: https://www.childrensmercy.org/departments-and-clinics/rehabilitation-for-amplified-pain-syndromes/ If you are a pediatric medical music therapist interested in joining a journal club please reach out: [email protected]  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

This Month I will be covering topics on the use of music in pain. Today’s episode is covers some general information on how humans process and experiences pain and introduces some common uses of music to alleviate pain. Link to session transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dd8JHt6X3wvC0HPy6U_2CX7bL58ypNcUjWpvqpOsK7M/edit?usp=sharing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

On today’s episode I speak with Jenny Kaufman, music therapist on the Heart Center and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. We discuss what it is like for patients on the heart center and the music based interventions used in Jenny’s work with these patients. Jenny is an accomplished music therapist with nearly 8 years of pediatric medical music therapy experience and advanced training in NICU music therapy as well as Neurologic Music Therapy. All proceeds from the playing of this episode will be donated to https://www.childrensheartfoundation.org/ Email: [email protected] for full transcript. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

February is designated as American Heart month and This week is Congenital Heart Defects Awareness week. CHD is the world’s most common birth defect, impacting 1.3 million infants every year world wide. Today's episode highlights a music therapy study which focused on the use of a music intervention called entrainment and the impact of that intervention on the physiologic measures for infants in cardiac intensive care. This month musical health will be donating proceeds to the children’s heart foundation which fund CHD research. All month the podcast will be covering topics related to heart health and music. Copy and paste link to your browser for full study: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1repoiqjwCYTwf9dC39UFRXvTG9lD75MD/view?usp=sharing Copy and paste link to your browser for the full transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11E5NDs_9XfyQe-6yO_Be86Tv-LSS7bFJGkmdAsoPk7A/edit?usp=sharing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

Join me in this episode as we explore all things spiritual, chaplaincy and of course music! Featuring special guest Maggie La Rocque, M.Div Maggie is a staff chaplain at Riley Hospital for  Children at Indiana University Health.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support