As a music therapist, I have been bombarded for years with the question, “What is music therapy?” And after my typical 30-second speech, the other person often replies with something like, “I do that all the time, when I play music when I clean or when I rock out to my favorite song in the car. That is MY music therapy.” At that point I can try to educate further, or I can just sigh and walk away letting them believe what they want to believe. Most often I do the later. Trying to convince someone to change their way of thinking is nearly impossible in most cases, unless the person is truly interested in learning.

Lucy is a 1999 graduate of the University of Iowa with a Bachelors degree in Music Therapy. She received certification in Neurologic Music Therapy in 2007, maintains board certification, and is a member of both the American Music Therapy Association and the Iowa Chapter of Music Therapy.

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