Music and the Heart - Creating Therapeutic Support through Music and Heartbeats

Rebecca Jennings-Boyer will present “Music and the Heart: Creating Therapeutic Support through Music and Heartbeats”. She will share how others may also encourage healing, processing, and acceptance through these means. She will provide a glimpse of music therapy through vignettes, visuals, and sound samples within this presentation. Based on prior presentations, the feedback Rebecca has received is: “I should have brought the tissues!”

In the presentation, Rebecca will discuss:

•  The field of music therapy
• Utilizing music as therapy vs. music in therapy 
• The benefits of music stimulation interventions within hospice which includes the heartbeat recording life legacy project

Presenter: Rebecca Jennings-Boyer, MT-BC, Board Certified Music Therapist

Presented December 13, 2023