Salt Lake Creative Therapy

07/18/2023

07/12/2023

Common interests are an authentic way to build social bonds. We aim to create more authentic moments of connection like this. 🎶

05/25/2023

This week I had the privilege to exhibit and attend the Mountain West Transforming Care Conference. I was touched to see a wide variety of professionals coming together to discuss best practice for transgender youth. From mental health professionals, non-profit pharmaceutical companies, and doctors. Many of Utah’s youth have expressed fear and hopelessness, but these professionals are working to preserve your access to care with the highest of ethical standards. Hang in there, everyone.

05/03/2023

Music therapy in the news! Check it out. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/05/02/how-does-neurologic-music-therapy-work-study-reveals-practices-power/70170196007/?fbclid=IwAR3XXG1wGCS9DHam8EJifYqZXoBy4KbnMfgK_29p8MTFD03hTxuLjKzhaT4&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Neurologic music therapy appears to help those with some diseases, and new research suggests, kids with brain injuries improve their walking.

04/29/2023

Arts in the Park in West Jordan has been so much fun! I love seeing people of all ages come to experience play.

04/21/2023

I absolutely adore these two and what they’re doing. 🖤🎶

Behind the viral song “If I Were a Fish” are two musicians sharing their first love with the world

04/21/2023

Come see us at the BeHealthyUtah Conference at the Mountain America Expo Center! We’ll be here until 9 tonight and then again tomorrow (April 22nd).

04/17/2023

We’ll be at the BeHealthy Utah expo this week and would love to see you there. We still have a few free tickets so message if you’d like to come FOR FREE! 🎉

04/06/2023

Important to remember with small people. Important to remember with big people. Important to remember with yourself.

Anger is usually (maybe always) hiding something else.

And then, to flip this on its head: anger often feels *safer* than most of these other things, so if you react to your child’s [grief/hurt/embarrassment/rejection/anxiety/confusion] with a reaction that allows them to flip a switch into anger, then they’ll rest there. The takeaway they leave the situation with was “Mom/Dad/Grandma/Uncle/Ms./Mr. so-and-so made me mad,” not, “I did xyz” or “Xyz happened”.

Child does something "wrong", instantaneously feels guilty or embarrassed or anxious about the instantaneous, natural consequences of the thing, because child does not want to do "wrong things". Child is on their way to learning something from these instinctual, natural feelings, but...

Adult sees child do wrong thing, yells at child or shames child or punishes child or rolls eyes at child -- or maybe even helps child, but with a general air of "you're such a nuisance, you always do things wrong".

Child is now free to feel boiling-up anger at adult instead, and yell at them, or run away from the situation, or just help them clean up the aftermath and seethe quietly to themself about how adult never understands them.

Original lesson is completely swallowed up by the anger.

[Image description: It reads, “Behind this,” with an arrow pointing at a small circle labeled “Anger”, “might be,” with an arrow pointing at a large circle filled with all kinds of emotions. “Fear, anxiety, frustration, confusion, grief, hurt, sadness, isolation, guilt, shame, jealousy, outrage at injustice, overwhelming stress, humiliation, embarrassment, depression, loneliness, rejection.” The image was made by WholeHearted School Counseling. End description.]

04/02/2023

I loved this demonstration of developing interoceptive awareness and addressing the trauma response.

03/26/2023

Hope you are all safe and enjoying the quickly melting spring snow! ❄️

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03/07/2023

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02/10/2023

This was an informative read. Listening to the experiences of neurodivergent people is critical in providing ethical care. The SSP protocol can help, and it can also have adverse effects. This is why music therapists generally do not recommend prescribed playlists. Music is a deeply personal and individual experience that cannot and should not be widely generalized.

The Safe and Sound Protocol is a powerful trauma intervention designed by Dr. Stephen Porges and team. Dr Porges is best known for developing the Polyvagal Theory. The protocol involves 5 hours of computer modified music. The music is pop music and it sounds a bit like listening to an old radio. The

02/09/2023

Lol. Fair point.

02/09/2023

Coming out of the darkest ten weeks of the year, you may find it challenging to regain your motivation and boost your mood. Here’s an invitation to be mindful about how music may be impacting your mental health.

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02/05/2023

Excellent graphic with the basics of PolyVagal Theory. 🧠