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Inherent Dangers of the Job

I’m going to try really hard to keep this from being a post about how seriously bad ass I am.

Really hard.

In the words of Britney: You Drive Me Craaaazy

I wrestled with presenting this story for two reasons:

1) I have not yet written the blog post I mentioned I would be posting.

and..

2) it’s all about boundaries AGAIN!

But then I had a growth moment and realized that if you’re working child and adolescent psych and there are no boundary issues with a patient, that child [...]

Find out what it means to me!

So one of the things I’m really excited about in starting my own business is how I won’t be forced (I know I will to some extent) to work with people for whom I have no respect. I could choose not to work with those people within private practice; I’d just be out money.

Music Therapy Round Table

Also, I have to give a big THANKS! to the Music Therapy Round Table and the free publicity!

If you haven’t checked out their podcast, or these awesome ladies, be sure to. They are all included in my blogroll, but in case that is challenging, here are their links!

Michelle Erfurt

Rachel Rambach

Kimberly Sena Moore

Thanks again ladies!

Boundaries

A common issue in psychiatry is boundaries. Most of our patients either have none, or over do it. Each patient is different, so there isn’t really a set of diagnoses who adhere to one extreme or the other, although there are some trends.

The kids that tend to hang out with us the longest, however, have [...]

Threats on your life

Part of working in psychiatry is the inevitable toll it will take on yourself. Transference, counter transference, not to mention all of our own defense mechanisms being thrown at us one by one. And not even beginning to touch on the truth coming from the mouths of babes on harsher tongues than our own.
The other [...]

Healing Sick Kids Through Music

Although Chris Weber is 17—and could pass for 12—he feels like he’s waited decades for this day to arrive. The anticipation has even distracted him briefly from thinking about cystic fibrosis, the chronic disease that has ruled his life since he was an infant.

On this afternoon, country star Vince Gill is clapping [...]

Oh No You DIDN'T!!

So the 30th was Gay Day. Actually it was Doctor’s day, but since 40% of the physician population is also Gay (at my workplace), I think it qualifies.

Conferences

So I went to a MYTHICAL MUSIC THERAPY CONFERENCE.

It was freaking awesome. It also made me realize that probably one of the biggest factors separating me from my kids is my capacity for self care.  I packed my bags and jetsetted to XXXXXXXXXX because I knew I needed to. I knew I needed to recharge, [...]

Balls of Doom

So my kids have resumed being hilarious.

“I’ll put it on my balls and you can come and get it”