Make Therapy Musical - Michele Ritholz

12/04/2025

Governor Kathy Hochul Times are tough and New Yorkers need access to therapy more than ever to cope with rising costs and the assault on our freedoms. Sign A3319/S1001 into law to ensure we have access.

02/02/2025

This will no doubt be wonderful!

Save the date for this Music Therapy continuing education opportunity on March 8th, presented by Dr. Suzanne Sorel.

Register now to attend in-person or online: https://www.molloy.edu/academics/additional-programs/continuing-education/professional-studies/music-therapy/embracing-the-musical-clinical-pivot-in-music-therapy

Much of the work we do in music therapy requires flexibility and the ability to pivot to adapt to new, often unanticipated circumstances. Unanticipated changes occur from session to session and even moment to moment with our clients. Our ability to listen, reassess, and modify interventions and our musicing based upon what is occurring calls for many musical and personal qualities. This presentation will explore musical and clinical ways to envision and enact pivoting.

05/05/2023

Been loving these courses!

RPM starts its next semester this Monday 5.30 ET . First 45 minutes round table discussion for everyone and second 45 a deeper dive with Walter Everett or Jack Petruzzelli and Cameron Greider info here https://www.rpm-school.com info

01/06/2023

Happy New Year!

Please note that he latest issue of Music Therapy Perspectives is freely available for 3 months – MTP Issue 40(2) is a defining issue for MTP and has the potential to open more conversations about equity and social justice in our field.

https://academic.oup.com/mtp/issue/40/2

10/23/2022

Such a spectacular fall!

03/19/2021

It's almost spring! Still cold in NY but buds have appeared, grass is greening, and a few birds are singing!

Appreciating the Certification Board for Music Therapy for the opportunity to advertise my courses again.

01/27/2021

This collaboration may have great potential for our field:

The Sound Health Network (SHN) is a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts with the University of California, San Francisco in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Renée Fleming, the Center’s artistic advisor.

01/12/2021

https://youtu.be/UXvOBMC-IL8

New York Philharmonic musicians perform “Nimrod” from Elgar’s “Enigma Variations,” dedicated to New York City and the strength and resiliency of its people. ...

08/04/2020

This little electrified keyboard was a magnet for me as a child! Pretty cool tone too. :)

07/30/2020

Let's keep balancing the challenges with beauty.