Our guest for this episode is my former classmate at Music Therapy department of Berklee College of Music, Timothy Cole.

这一次的作客嘉宾是我在伯克利音乐治疗系的同学 

We talked about我们一起聊了聊以下几个话题：

1. Life after Berklee 从伯克利音乐学院毕业后的生活

2. Innovation in music therapy 音乐治疗领域的创新探索

3. Music Therapy and healing from trauma 音乐治疗，从创伤中疗愈

4. What’s burnout and how to prevent it? 助人工作者的必修课：职业耗竭议题

嘉宾介绍Guest bio

Timothy Cole是一名小提琴手、正念音乐治疗师。他专注于以图像为中心的声音冥想与肯定写作，寻求鼓励客户的正念和同事的创新。目前所在地： 美国🇺🇸德克萨斯州休斯顿

Timothy Cole was my classmate at Berklee College of Music. He is a violinist and mindfulness music therapist based in Houston, Texas. He specializes in imagery-centric sound meditation and affirmation writing and seeks to encourage mindfulness in clients and innovation in colleagues.

节目亮点Highlight：

07:56 Music or theater improvisation has similar effect as meditation, research shows

11:00 In Chinese tradition, music is not played for showing off nor entertainment, but for spirituality and wellbeing. We are losing in the modern society.  

19:47 Needs change from one minute to another, which requires us to be flexible, both in music therapy sessions and in life

26:58 how we carry unsolved trauma through our voice, how we recognize and transform?

37:14 Xingyu’s first glance into trauma-informed music education, finding the root cause of “ADHD symptoms” and alternative way for change

48:09 help children heal from sexual trauma 

55:55 Morning mediation routine with a musical mantra as self-care—“how brilliant I am!”

1:06:44 The importance of presence: sometimes you don’t need to do anything, just being there is transformational.

1:15:10 What’s the most challenging thing as you work with kids who experienced serve trauma? 

1:23:52 Experience Musical Self-worth Exercise with Tim (put on your headphones )

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