E莉斯abeth Eggerding

莉斯Eggerding, 博士学位, MT-BC, has more than 20 years of clinical experience as a music therapist, internship director, 和教育家. She has created part- and full-time music therapy positions at skilled nursing facilities in 纽约 and Virginia. Liz worked for ten years at Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, VA, serving adults with severe and chronic mental illnesses. She established their first music therapy internship program and expanded music therapy services in the civil admissions program (including crisis stabi莉斯ation), forensic program (including adults admitted for competency restoration and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity), and the gero-psychiatry program. Before coming to Converse, she taught at 密西西比州 University for Women (MUW) in Columbus, MS, where she helped establish the MUW Music Therapy Clinic.

Liz received a dual Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the State University of 纽约 (SUNY) at Fredonia in Fredonia, NY, a Master of Science in Music Therapy from Radford University in Radford, VA, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Her dissertation is titled “Therapeutic Presence in Music Therapy Education: An Arts-Based Phenomenological Inquiry.”

Originally from Stormville, 纽约, Liz moved to Boiling Springs from Columbus, 密西西比州 in July 2020 with her daughter Erin and their cat Midnight. She is a lifelong 纽约 Mets fan and enjoys comedy TV/movies, 阅读, 游泳, and crocheting for relaxation.

学术 & 研究活动

Liz has been active in state, 区域, and 国家 music therapy organizations in every state she has lived in. She is a former president of the Virginia Music Therapy Association and has been a member or co-chairperson of state task forces for recognition of the music therapy profession in Virginia, 密西西比州, and now South Carolina. She has presented at multiple local, 区域, 国家, and inter国家 conferences about her clinical experience, including the use of song discussion techniques to promote psychiatric symptom management, building resume and interview skills for music therapy students and professionals, and her current research on therapeutic presence in music therapy. Liz is currently the President-Elect for the Southeastern Region-American Music Therapy Association (SER-AMTA) for 2023-25 and was the Secretary in 2021-23.

Selected 出版物 & 演讲

Therapeutic Presence in Music Therapy Education: An Arts-Based Phenomenological Inquiry. Eggerding E. (2023) Therapeutic Presence in Music Therapy Education: An Arts-Based Phenomenological Inquiry (Order No. 30487526). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & 这些全球. (2809285156).