MT Mentor Episode 4

It is an honor to welcome our guest mentors for this episode, Beth Allard Yoder and Nathan Mensah. Beth Allard Yoder is a board-certified music therapist with a Master of Arts in Music Therapy from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She is a sole practitioner with a private practice serving children and adults with developmental disabilities. Along with her clinical work, Beth is also the Integrator at Music Therapy Ed, and has served as adjunct faculty at SMWC. These roles bring all of her skills and passions together into her dream career. In all her work, she credits the power of our human musicality to connect us & create space for growth. Beth lives in Terre Haute, Indiana with her husband, pets, & ever-growing typewriter collection. She's always down to talk about space exploration, life with chronic illness, Walt Whitman, & folklore. Nathan Mensah, MA, MT-BC is a Music Therapist II at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center who serves many patients and families, and an Adjunct instructor for the Music & Theatre Department at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. He regularly participates in various musical ensembles, and presented at conferences and universities about topics related to music-centered approaches, musical authenticity, musical skill building, and music therapy with cardiology. Topics discussed in this episode: Continuum of overall and musical wellness Importance of defining wellness and self-care for your own body and self Journey of self-actualization Resources mentioned in this episode: Beth's Thesis: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QHdp3S-SOTQ0zCNdpUp3h5RiH2Lzq7wP/view?usp=sharing St Mary-of-the-Woods College Master of Arts in Music Therapy: https://www.smwc.edu/academics/departments/graduate-studies/master-music-therapy/ Nate's MusicTherapyEd Course: https://musictherapyed.com/courses/level-up-your-style-with-nathan-mensah-ma-mt-bc/ GLR-AMTA Mentor Program: https://www.glr-amta.org/members-only/mentoring/ MT Mentor: https://joyfulnoisesllc.com/mt-mentor/ Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hFPST_-0bR6AsLOAvhHHdcrCzOzdqG9n/view?usp=sharing