[humanser] seeking music therapist mentors

[Quinto Sanchez]

Ashley,

Your friend can e-mail me sanchezq at prodigy.net. I am a mental health 
therapist and play the keyboard and bass guitar.

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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 6:30 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] seeking music therapist mentors

> Quinto,
> Thank you! I'll intro myself later btw.
> I'm on here to learn about professions helping people; I'm not employed 
> yet but I do have a BA degree.
> I'd love to work with people but most jobs require a masters; I can see 
> myself going to get another bachelors but not a masters; too much research 
> and work not to mention grad school is way way too competetive and 
> expensive.
>
> My friend is very bright but people discouraged him. What sort of 
> therapist are you and what do you play? for music?
>
> I told my friend some of the things you just said.
> I really hope he gives music therapy a shot in grad school; those in 
> undergrad discouraged him.
> How about I pass along your info if he's interested, okay?
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Quinto Sanchez
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:04 PM
> To: Human Services Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [humanser] seeking music therapist mentors
>
> hi Ashley,
>
> while I'm not a music therapist. I am a therapist and musician. Those
> concerns of being able to read body language always come up by sighted
> therapist but, that’s just b/c they have been trained as a sighted
> therapist. If you could see of course you would focus on the obvious 
> visual
> cues. However, sighted therapist don't place great emphasis on auditory 
> cues
> such as  speech tonality, brief pauses, suddle sighs and speech rate.
> therefore, I see them being impaired as well. Body language might reveal
> things like anxiety, apprehensiveness, shamefulness, frustration... which
> are things you can also deduce from conversation or from natural auditory
> cues previously mentioned. I wouldn't mind being a mentor to your friend
> even though I am not a music therapist but I am a therapist and a musician
> if that helps.
>
> Quinto
>
>
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> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:46 PM
> To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [humanser] seeking music therapist mentors
>
>> Hello All,
>> I’m not sure if anyone here does this, but if not, please point me to 
>> other places to post this.
>>
>> I have a blind friend who is going to pursue a degree in music therapy in 
>> grad school; he studies now at the conservatory at Shanendoah with 
>> emphasis on jazz.
>>
>> He would like a mentor who has gone into music therapy because people 
>> discouraged him from it. He might also teach piano or braille music. So 
>> any mentors available, let me know. If you do not want to put your 
>> contact info here, write off list please.
>>
>> I think he is a bright young person with great braille skills and people 
>> skills. He is interested in many types of music and wants to help people 
>> in a career. Concerns about monitoring clients and reading body language 
>> have come up.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Ashley
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