The past couple of weeks have been the first two of a new term of groups at the hospital. I've begun co-leading and even leading some of my groups. It's been easier than I expected this week. The first week of term was pretty nerve-wracking, even though I had been here several weeks; it felt like a big step to start taking authority in groups instead of assisting the therapist in charge or observing. But this second week felt more comfortable. It has still felt busy - but not bad busy. I feel like I'm getting more into the "meat" of my internship, and I'm just starting to delve in.
I feel like I'm getting to know patients better, as well as staff. Getting to work with a variety of different music therapy styles and techniques has been interesting and informative. Working with a lot of different diagnoses and functioning levels in a variety of group styles has been good too. This past week I got to have my first individual experience with a client here. She is hopefully moving out of the hospital into a group home and wanted to write a song before she left. We sat down and worked together on the song, and I was really impressed with the insight she had into her issues and hospitalization. It was an ideal first session, and definitely a good reminder of why we're doing this.
Although in some ways this past week felt productive, I also felt some pressure to make decisions. I had to decide on a "special project", a case study, and a few other things that will determine a lot what I work on for the rest of internship. More on that next time.
As a side note - I also started applying for part-time, weekend jobs this past week. Wish me luck!
344 hours completed as of Friday, August 30th (696 to go)
I feel like I'm getting to know patients better, as well as staff. Getting to work with a variety of different music therapy styles and techniques has been interesting and informative. Working with a lot of different diagnoses and functioning levels in a variety of group styles has been good too. This past week I got to have my first individual experience with a client here. She is hopefully moving out of the hospital into a group home and wanted to write a song before she left. We sat down and worked together on the song, and I was really impressed with the insight she had into her issues and hospitalization. It was an ideal first session, and definitely a good reminder of why we're doing this.
Although in some ways this past week felt productive, I also felt some pressure to make decisions. I had to decide on a "special project", a case study, and a few other things that will determine a lot what I work on for the rest of internship. More on that next time.
As a side note - I also started applying for part-time, weekend jobs this past week. Wish me luck!
344 hours completed as of Friday, August 30th (696 to go)
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