Articles on Pastoral Music Therapy
Introduction
- A Very Brief Introduction to Pastoral Music Therapy What pastoral music therapy is and how it helps.
- What Makes Music Therapy Different The difference between music therapy and musical entertainment.
- Music Therapy as Pastoral Care Music therapy as a ministry to the ill and the isolated.
- The Importance of Love in Music Therapy (PDF) My Music Therapy Thesis.
In the Hospice
- When Words Fail There is always hope for communicating with a loved one.
- Music Therapy and Spiritual Care Addressing the needs of the soul as well as of the body.
- “Like a Ship Safe at Anchor”: Myra's Story A tormented soul finds her way to a peaceful death.
- One Patient Discovers the Secret One woman through love eliminates her fear of death.
- Facing Death with Faith and Love The best preparation for death is a life lived in love.
- The Gift of Our Presence Communication through music with people who have Alzheimer's Disease.
- A Meeting in Music Locked inside her body, she could still meet the world.
- A Statement of Faith In spite of an incapacitating terminal illness, faith survives.
- The Final Moment Is Not the Important Moment It is OK if we are not present at the moment of death.
- Hospice FAQ Frequently asked questions about hospice.
In the Nursing Home
- Pastoral Music Therapy in the Nursing Home Transforming a tough environment through love.
- Love Without Words One woman's journey through dementia and loss of speech.
- A Wordless Conversation A patient with aphasia (loss of speech) speaks with music and rhythm.
- Love - and Its Absence - in the Caregiving Relationship The unfortunate condition of many nursing homes and what they can learn from hospice.
- Farewell to St. Eligius The family council as response to our broken health care system.
- Love: The Missing Ingredient A no-cost way to improve our nursing homes.
- How to Be Your Own Advocate A survival guide for families of nursing home residents.
- Helping the Home Help Your Loved One The most effective way to get what you need in the nursing home.
- A Program for Culture Change One nursing home’s blueprint for compassionate change.
- Rules & Regs 101 An Introduction to Nursing Home Regulations.