Comments for The Crazy Music Lady

Comment on Music Therapy Round Table by Michelle Erfurt

Michelle Erfurt — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:04:24 +0000

Thanks Crazy! This is the first time I’ve seen this post… sorry for the late thanks!

Comment on Inherent Dangers of the Job by Roia

Roia — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:35:07 +0000

P.S. It occurs to me (belatedly) that I’ve also written about this topic over at my blog: http://mindfulmusictherapist.blogspot.com/2009/09/when-we-are-injured-by-our-clients.html
And the comments left by other music therapists seem to indicate this is a fairly common issue.

Comment on Inherent Dangers of the Job by roia

roia — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:42:10 +0000

Well, first of all, I’m glad you and your clients are safe. As the, er, saying goes, “This ain’t no disco! This ain’t no foolin’ around!”

I’ve been there, with regard to being assaulted and having to intervene when clients got out of hand. It’s very not fun (which is one of the many reasons why I really find it frustrating when people tell us, “oh, you get to do the FUN therapy.” Um. Therapy is not “fun.” It’s hard work. For both the therapist and the client. But I digress.).

And, yes, it’s hard to know how you’ll react in a scary/crisis situation until you’re actually in it. I’ve been told the reason we’re all trained in CPR year after year (after year after year- can you tell I’ve worked at my job for 22 years?) is that eventually, if/when something should happen, instinct will take over, and we’ll have some neuron in the back of our head reminding us of what we’re supposed to do.

Anyway, all of this was a roundabout way of saying: I’m glad you survived, and I hope you don’t have to go through this again. At least, if you do, you’ll remember your survived.

Comment on God Save The Children by CNA Training

CNA Training — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:15:17 +0000

found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later

Comment on Funny vs. Exasperating by Ka Ticket

Ka Ticket — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:24:22 +0000

Super post – and great domain by the way:-)

Comment on Find out what it means to me! by my music site

my music site — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:07:33 +0000

I truly hope there are a lot more entries like this one your blog; we need to post the artists out there.

Comment on Boundaries by TheCrazyMusicLady

TheCrazyMusicLady — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:46:18 +0000

See my newest boundaries post

Comment on Boundaries by roia

roia — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:28:19 +0000

I find, since I work with people who don’t use speech (we have *other* types of boundary violations to encounter, often involving, ahem, clothing removal and so forth), the major boundary violations come from staff who feel the need to ask me personal questions in front of my clients. Or make embarrassing personal observations. Argh already!

Comment on Threats on your life by TheCrazyMusicLady

TheCrazyMusicLady — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:08:59 +0000

Yeah. This is actually a mild event compared to some. Unfortunately, not much support was had. Most of the staff seem to get upset that your rules made the patient upset. I did have one nurse thank me for setting limits with the patient. This nurse agreed that that was what the patient needs the most. (oh my dear conduct d/o’s)

And Janice, being a guest would be awesome, I just have to think of how I’d swing it. Voice change box. LOL!

Comment on Threats on your life by Janice

Janice — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:59:25 +0000

Hey Crazy Music Lady!

I have experienced similar situations when I worked in psych. And I have survived an attack on my life from a client (not in the psych setting). This is such an important topic. I hope you got support during and following that group.

Thanks for linking to my show. Want to be a guest?