Rachel Swanick
Mind the Gap: Challenging Attitudes to Children's Mental Health
In the past two weeks, my children and myself have all taken separate mental days from school and work. Between us (and including my...
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Rachel Swanick
- Sep 9
- 1 min
Sunset on the Lake
As the sun set on another day, the clouds floated towards the mountain tops. Pinks, golds, oranges, Whites, blues, greys and greens,...
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Rachel Swanick
- Sep 9
- 1 min
The Empty Chair
Dominica closed her knife and fork, took the last sip of wine and moved slowly to the kitchen. She let the water run for a moment until...
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Rachel Swanick
- Mar 1
- 6 min
Having hope and letting go: Parenting a nearly-teen
After several sleepless nights, we finally found out that our daughter has a good high school to go to in September. The sleeplessness...
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Rachel Swanick
- Aug 11, 2021
- 5 min
Longing and Finding Reflections in Art
When I was younger, I used to have flying dreams. In them, I knew I could fly and that once, before, I had flown. The dreams were always...
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Rachel Swanick
- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
#MakingMemories (with music)
It’s Sunday morning and I’m listening to the radio. The Selector - On the Radio starts with those familiar thumping chords and I’m...
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Rachel Swanick
- May 9, 2021
- 2 min
Searching for you: A tale of Dementia
Elizabeth Hannah Moore, Far right This is for my Nanna. My soft, velvety, talc-scented Nanna. Of course, she didn’t always have ‘this’....
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Rachel Swanick
- Mar 14, 2021
- 4 min
The Art of Self Disclosure: An Ode To Dr. Yalom
One of the positives to come out of the past year of lockdowns has been an improved frequency of online professional development for...
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Rachel Swanick
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
With the best intentions.
When the Christmas songs start, I always get stuck on the John Lennon lyric, “So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year...
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Rachel Swanick
- Dec 14, 2020
- 6 min
Masking emotions and sensitive children
During a recent Adoption Support Fund assessment, I met a lovely, playful family with a seven year old adopted son. During the music...
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Rachel Swanick
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Can you hear me, now?
Can you hear me? Can you hear me, now? She whispered at the screen. The faces returned her smile, Enthusiastic thumbs up, an audience so...
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Rachel Swanick
- Jun 19, 2020
- 5 min
Keeping the music metaphor alive in therapy
When I first started working as a music therapist way back in 2008, I worked with learning difficulties – both functional and profound...
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Rachel Swanick
- Jun 4, 2020
- 4 min
Suddenly, the world stopped...
Reflections on the impact of Covid19 and the music therapy community.
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