Missy Fogarty, LCAT
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is October 10th, the day of this writing. I didn't know about it, but being a health care professional, it was...
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Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Sep 21
- 6 min
Sing for your life (or at least your mental health)!
As a very young child in nursery school I chose solitary activities rather than interactive ones. For years, I thought that I just went...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- May 20
- 9 min
Mental Health Awareness: Spotlight on the Transgender Community
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I want to honor and recognize the transgender and genderqueer communities. Transgender...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- May 6
- 4 min
May flowers and Mental Health Month
Everyday there is an awareness day of something I generally don’t track of various awareness months, or even days as they tend to border...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Mar 22
- 5 min
Music Motivation! (Work Out Edition)
Exercise is vital to mental health, not just physical well-being. Let music help motivate you to achieve
becoming your best self!
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Mar 8
- 4 min
Music Motivation (Morning Edition)!
What part does music play in your daily life? Music first thing in the morning Remember alarm clocks? Of course, they still exist. If...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Feb 18
- 6 min
What's a session with you like?
You're looking for a therapist. Are you surprised that you landed here? Well, I wouldn't be surprised if you are. If music therapy is...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Sep 20, 2020
- 6 min
The Importance of Music (Part 1 in a series)
It’s Back to School time as I write this (completely redefined this year). September is also a time when a lot of people reset, regroup,...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Jun 28, 2020
- 5 min
Wake up, wake up!
Songs have power, meaning, and context to time and place, can transcend time and place. They are critical in music therapy work.
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
Covid's Driving Me to Drink!
Here in New York City, as we prepare ourselves for the first phase of reopening our city, I noticed leading up to this time many...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- May 7, 2020
- 3 min
Still playing that same old tune? You can change it.
Has smoking pot stopped being fun? This is the first question that Marijuana Anonymous asks in the “12 Questions.” Well, it’s hard to...
Missy Fogarty, LCAT
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
Listen to a tune and put the booze down.
There’s a lot of suffering going on, and I get that alcohol helps a lot of people to cope. If you think you’ve stepped over the line...
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