Finding our Rhythms

Key Learning Objectives:

• Students will engage in participatory activities including their own choice or combination among spoken word, drummed rhythms, and subtle movement with class members.
• Participants will say and play messages crafted to promote self-management skills by inviting and reminding ourselves to Relax, Think Positive, and Pay Attention to the Rhythms of Our Lives.
• Students will find or design a pattern (or patterns) of beats, sounds, and/or gestures that expresses an individual contribution to polyrhythms emerging from classroom interaction and community engagement.
• Students will be able to describe at least three ways in which various cultures incorporate mindful expression and rhythmic movement into therapeutic processes and healing rituals.
• Students will be able to state at least three ways in which the concepts and skills they learn in this class can be applied in their own work and their own lives.

Dr. Cynthia Glidden-Tracey

A counselling psychologist by day and world music enthusiast by night, Dr. Glidden-Tracey enjoys sharing concepts and techniques for enhancing well-being, addressing human conflicts, and improving learning, communication, and motivation to change.

She is developing a method, using insights from explorations of both psychology and cultural variations in musical expression, that combines cognitive restructuring with rhythmic reinforcement with hopes of strengthening clients’ memories and motivations to use the positive messages they learn to tell themselves in counselling.

See full bio for Dr. Glidden-Tracey: ecps.educ.ubc.ca/person/cynthia-glidden-tracey.

Brittany Lasanen

I’m a Counselling Psychology graduate student at UBC and currently work as a practicum intern at Lavender Counselling in Langley. I have used cognitive therapy techniques with clients in clinic and had the privilege of experiencing Dr. Glidden-Tracey’s rhythmic cognitive restructuring in my first-year counselling course. I appreciate how integrating music with therapeutic techniques can make them more meaningful and memorable.

Sara Pun

Sara is a professional music therapist and counselling psychology student at UBC. She believes in the power of music and is interested in blending her two passions of music and counselling together. Sara started playing piano at the age of five and since then has learned to play the clarinet, guitar, Japanese taiko drums, Balinese gamelan, and sings. A lover of world music, one of her artistic highlights includes spending a summer in Bali learning about their music, dance, and culture. She has worked with a wide range of populations, including people with disabilities, autism, and dementia. Her future work will include working with students, healthcare workers, and others who are curious about learning the possibilities music can bring in our everyday lives.

You are welcome to register for any single session, two sessions of your choice or all three!

Dates: June 8, 15 & 22, 2021
Time: 2-5pm PDT
Format: Online through Zoom

Registration & Fees

• • Registration deadline is the Friday prior to each session; Friday June 4, Friday, June 11 & Friday, June 18.

  Non-Credit Registration & Fees

  • • Non-Credit Participation Fee: $75 per individual session or $225 for all three
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