Susie's Blog

Apart from little kids and teenagers I also have some older clients/students who come and see me once a week. Some we carry on like normal music lessons. Today I have one lady who is in her 50s. Very timid small voice and amazingly she works for lifeline. So all the depressed people call her. That kind of volunteer work. Isn;t she amazing. She gave me great inspiration. Today I contacted lifeline and asked if they offer any trainings. I would love to do it too. Such a challenging thing to do.

Another lady is 62. She has a brain tumour and that affects her gradually. She also starts to have dementia. depression is gradually sinking in too. Every session I make sure she walks out happy. music therapy works in many different ways, with her i use lots of songs to make sure she maintains the memories. Also for self expression. It's very hard to explain what we do but the effect is very powerful. Today i have her husband here, her daughter came (I taught her granddaughter dancing and singing as well). I don't know if you know the song "perhaps love"? That's a very powerful song in situation like this. I had everyone crying with joy at the end.