What is Music Therapy?

May 1, 2025 | Blog

Hi there! My name is Hanna and I am one of the board certified music therapists here at Brinkley Brown Mental Wellness. What comes to your mind when you hear ‘music therapy’? I’ve heard some interesting responses such as “So, do you teach music to kids?”, “Do you just...

New Year, New You? Not So Fast…

Feb 2, 2024 | Blog

New Year, New You? Not so fast... I hope the new year is treating you well!   For over 4,000 years, dating back to the ancient Babylonian civilization, people have been making New Year’s resolutions.  However, the ancient Babylonian calendar didn’t begin in January...

Woop There It Is!

Oct 27, 2023 | Blog

Woop There It Is In the last post, I discussed affirmations and some additional considerations when attempting to shift your way of thinking. In that post, you learned that affirmations are a great tool for increasing positive thoughts and improving general...

Affirmations

Oct 27, 2023 | Uncategorized

Affirmations Alone Will Not Work “Words are events, they do things, change things.  They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it.  They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.” (LeGuin, Ursula K. 2004. The...

Therapy vs. Coaching

Oct 10, 2023 | Blog

What's the difference between therapy and coaching? With 21% of adults in the US experiencing at least one mental illness (which equates to roughly 50 million people), and 55% of these adults having not received any treatment [2023 State of Mental Health in America...