Episode 94: Episode 94 - Music Therapy & Cultural Humility with Jasmine Edwards - Part Four of the Black History Month Series

Jasmine Edwards (she/her/hers) is a creative arts therapy coordinator working as a music therapist within a pediatric medical setting in New York City. Jasmine holds a Bachelor of Music in music therapy from Florida State University and a Master of Arts in music therapy from New York University. She has experience working in private practice, outpatient, school-based, and medical settings, and is trained in NICU-MT, First Sounds: Rhythm, Breath, Lullaby, and Austin Vocal Psychotherapy. Jasmine has a vested interest in integrating the tenets of cultural humility into music therapy clinical practice and pedagogy. She also has served as an adjunct faculty member at Howard University, New York University, Nazareth College, and Montclair State University.

In this episode, we cover Ms Edward’s story into Music Therapy along with the importance of being a creative arts therapist, considerations of a Black therapist, and her research area of cultural humility in clinic practice and pedagogy. 

Read more about Ms Edwards https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/people/jasmine-edwards.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RGQXFGwFrik 

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