Past Presentations

“Where Words Fail…How Music Speaks” Presented at Michigan State University Science Festival Detroit Day, Scarab Club, April 19, 2015, Detroit, Michigan.

“MSU Community Music School: Detroit Outreach and Collaboration through Music and Dance-Movement Therapy” Presented at the Society for Arts in Healthcare Conference, May 4, 2012, Detroit, Michigan.

“CMS-Detroit COTS Kids Create! Music and Dance-Movement Therapy for At-Risk Preschoolers” featured stop on the Society for Arts in Healthcare Conference Community Bus Tour, May 2, 2012, Detroit, Michigan.

“Group Music Therapy for Breast Cancer Survivors: Addressing Quality of Life Needs” Poster presented at the American Music Therapy Association Conference, November 19, 2011, Atlanta, Georgia.

“MSU-Detroit Outreach through Early Childhood Music and Music Therapy” Poster presented at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference, October 3, 2011, East Lansing, Michigan (with Julie Kastner).

“Perspectives on Self-Employment in Music Therapy” Presented at the Michigan Music Therapists Spring Workshop, April 17, 2010, Battle Creek, Michigan (with Jaime Merritt and Kellee Coviak).

“The Effects of Group Music Therapy on Psychosocial Well-Being and Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors: Doctoral Research in Progress.” Presented at the International Conference on Music Therapy and Supportive Cancer Care, March 26, 2010, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

“Let the Music Move You!” Presented at the 11^th Annual Art of Aging Workshop, Wayne State University, Institute of Aging, March 25, 2010, Detroit, Michigan (with Cindy Babcock and Laurie Herman).

“Music & Imagery Part I: Supportive and Re-educative Music & Imagery.” Presented at the 20^th Conference of the Association for Music and Imagery, June 25, 2009, Techny, Illinois (with Frances Smith Goldberg, Elaine Abbott, Suzannah Scott-Moncrieff, Laura Pawuk, and Deborah Phelps).

“Part I: Music Therapy with At-Risk Children.” and “Part II: Integrating Music into Treatment with At-Risk Children.” Presented July 29 and September 24, 2008, at Christ Child House, Detroit, Michigan.

“Our Journey: A Story of Therapist-Client Experiences in Supportive Guided Imagery & Music.”
Presented at the 2^nd International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, Narrative Gallery, February 7, 2008, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

“International Student Roundtable: Strategies for Student Success.” Presented at the American Music Therapy Association’s 9^th Annual Conference, November 16, 2007, Louisville, Kentucky (with Eunmi Emily Kwak).

“Multicultural Issues in the 21^st Century:  Becoming a Culturally Responsive Music Therapist.” Presented at the American Music Therapy Association’s 8^th Annual Conference, November 18, 2006, Kansas City, Missouri (with Frederick Tims).

“Spontaneous Song Development in Music Therapy.” Presented at the Michigan Music Therapists Fall Conference, September 16, 2006, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (with Cindy Edgerton).

“International Student Roundtable.” (Co-Facilitator) Presented at the 53^rd Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 25, 2006, Novi, Michigan (with Ed Roth).

“Different Backgrounds, Common Goals:  Music, Dance-Movement, and Art Therapies.” Presented at the 53^rd Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 25, 2006, Novi, Michigan (with Cindy Babcock, Karen Barsy, Lourie Davis, Laurie Herman, Katie Hutchens, and Wendy Sprague).

“Multicultural Issues in the 21^st Century:  Becoming a Culturally Responsive Music Therapist.” Presented at the 53^rd Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 24, 2006, Novi, Michigan (with Frederick Tims).

“Improvisational Music Therapy: Drawing on the Basic Tenets of Analytical Music Therapy (AMT).” Presented at the 11^th World Congress of Music Therapy, July 22, 2005, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (with Frederick Tims).

“Self-Employment and Program Development in Music Therapy: Perspectives in Private Practice.” Presented at the Michigan Music Therapists Spring Conference, May 14, 2005, Lowell, Michigan (with Dawn Emrick, Megan Gunnell, and Teri Holmberg).

“Improvisational Music Therapy: Drawing on Procedures from Priestley’s Analytical Music Therapy (AMT).” Presented at the American Music Therapy Association’s 6^th Annual Conference, November 19, 2004, Austin, Texas (with Diana Ramette and Frederick Tims).

“The Value of Music Improvisation Groups for Personal Growth, Peer Support, and Burn-Out Prevention.” Presented at the 51^st Annual Conference, Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association, March 19, 2004, Indianapolis, Indiana (with Frederick Tims).