MT Mentor Podcast: Episode 1
Guest Mentor: Emma Moonier, R-AT, LPCC, MT-BC
It is an honor to welcome our guest mentor for our very first episode, Emma Moonier.
Emma is a Registered Attachment Therapist, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and a Board-Certified Music Therapist. She is a professor of music therapy at Augsburg University and a music psychotherapist, specializing in attachment and attachment injury. Emma also works extensively with queer and trans youth.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Understanding attachment and attachment injury in music therapy
- Working with gender-expansive, queer, and trans youth
- Supervising music therapy students
- Embracing listening and cultural humility
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Perspectives on Perspectives Podcast Episode 8 – Evolving Considerations and Dimensions in Best Practices in Music Therapy with the LGBTQ Community
- Whitehead-Pleaux, A., Donnenwerth, A., Robinson, B., Hardy, S., Oswanski, L., Forinash, M., Hearns, M., Anderson, N., & York, E. (2012). Lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, and questioning: Best practices in music therapy. Music Therapy Perspectives, 30(2), 158–166. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/30.2.158
- Mindfulness, Music, and Mandala: Cultivating Self-Compassion around Privilege and Bias CMTE G at the AMTA 2020 National Conference
- Alex Iantaffi Podcast and Books
- BMTN’s Black Creative Healing Podcast
- Emma’s Theme Song Let It Be Me by The Indigo Girls
- MT Mentor Membership Group
