Join Music Therapy Intern Sofia Valle as she unveils what the Franciscan Life Process Center has to offer. This podcast breaks down the mission and values of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist which shaped the founding Franciscan Life Process Center and the Music Therapy Program. It will give you a new perspective of faith, service and music.
In Genesis 2:15 it says “The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it”. Sister Mary Paul has taken this to heart and made it her mission to help kids steward creation.
Kathy Bechtel, Art Director, chimes in on the relationship between art and sacredness. Art Program: https://lifeprocesscenter.org/services/art-program/ Events: https://lifeprocesscenter.org/event/category/art-workshop/
How do music therapists not get burnout from listening to music all day long at work? (hint - they do) Music Therapist Marissa Peak, vocalist for the band August, touches on how a music therapist can use music outside of the profession to help with self-care. August - The Band: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1G9NT5b0AeKPiSZPQwlvwD
New Music Therapy professionals Rachel Neve and Machaela Marquez share their wisdom in transitioning from student intern to professional!
Michigan Music Therapists President and FLPC music therapist, April Cullum, touches on the importance of licensure for music therapists in the state of Michigan. For more information on Michigan Music Therapists please visit https://www.mmtonline.org.
Former FLPC Music Therapist Eric Busch speaks about his experience as a professional, musician, father and husband and the reality of transitioning out of the profession as he heads into the world of IT.
My co-intern and future colleague, Cara Berg, chats about her experience as an intern as she is almost done with internship!
Music Therapy professional Amanda Partlo weighs in on how faith can be used to propel sessions and how to wisely decide which scenarios are appropriate to bring faith matters into.
Music Therapy Intern Sofia Valle explains the profession and its origins https://www.musictherapy.org/
Sandy Kotesky, former Music Therapy Director and current Director of the Franciscan Life Process Center, sits down to chat about the the music therapy program. Kotesky was a former music therapy intern at FLPC and has seen the progression of the program.
Sandy Kotesky and Sister Colleen Ann discuss the fundamental dignity that is at the heart of the mission about the Franciscan Life Process Center. Excerpts from the Gospel of Life by St. Pope John Paul II.
Sister Colleen Ann, FSE, joins Sofia to discuss the founding of the FSE order and how the Center came to be. She also touches on the importance of being "signed" in various vocations and how the impacted the founding of the order. FLPC: https://lifeprocesscenter.org/ FSE: https://fsecommunity.org/