Episode 25: Supervision and Self-Care with Jennifer Hicks

Bonnie Houpt

In this episode, the supervision mini-series comes to an end with an interview with Jen Hicks, where we discuss supervision further as well as self-care for professionals.

"Jennifer Hicks, MMT, MT-BC, E-RYT (she/her/hers) is a board-certified music therapist, a licensed  music educator, an experienced registered yoga teacher, and the owner of Joyful Noises LLC.  Jennifer specializes in working with groups of adults with mental health and substance use disorders and in mentoring music therapy students and professionals through her MT Mentor membership  group and podcast. Her vision is to create courageous communities that encourage cultural humility,  lifelong learning, gratitude, and living in the AND* to inspire joy and wholistic wellness. Her  mission is to use her foundation of music therapy and mindfulness-based principles to:

• Inspire and empower students, professionals, and clients to experience and create joy in their  lives through living in the AND* and through prioritizing wholistic wellness, • Create courageous communities built on cultural humility, where ALL are welcomed and  encouraged to grow and where cultural intersectionalities are explored and honored, and • Support the music therapy community as we seek to move our profession forward through  guest lectures, presentations, supervision, and service.

Jennifer is also Co-Chair for the AMTA Commission on the Education and Clinical Training of 21st Century Music Therapists and a member of the World Federation of Music Therapy Commission on  Clinical Practice. Jennifer received the Music Therapy Association of Minnesota’s 2018 Service  Award and is a frequent presenter at local, regional, and national conferences.

* Living in the AND embraces complex and nuanced non-dualistic thinking and belief."

*Patreon is no longer available as of 11/1/23

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