凯茜Befi-Hensel
Music Therapy Program Director General Music, Music Therapy Office Location: Music Building 229 电话: (210) 829-3856 电子邮件: befi@uiwtx.eduDr. 凯茜Befi-Hensel is an Assistant Professor of Music at 校本, where she serves as the Director of the Music Therapy program and teaches several music therapy courses. As a Board-Certified Music Therapist and Neurologic Music Therapist, Dr. Befi has worked with clients across a wide range of ages and diagnoses, and she remains an active clinician, facilitating and supervising sessions in the 校本 Music Therapy 服务s Center. She co-authored the book "Music, 内存, and Meaning: How to effectively use music to connect with aging loved ones," which is available on Amazon. Dr. Befi’s research interests include functional music skill assessment, music therapy student preparedness, and the role of music therapy in interdisciplinary rehabilitative treatment.
- Ph.D., Expressive Therapies - 莱斯利大学
- M.M., Music Therapy - Sam Houston State University
- B.M., Music Therapy - University of the Incarnate Word
- B.S., Electrical/Computer Engineering - The University of Texas at Austin
- Instructor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas (2022 - 2023)
- Part-time Lecturer, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas (2013 - 2022)
- 研究生 Assistant, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas (2012 - 2013)
A clinical music therapist since 2010, Dr. Befi has worked with clients in a variety of settings including the 校本 Music Therapy 服务s Center, inpatient post-acute rehabilitation, inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care, memory care and assisted living facilities, 和家庭.
书:
- Music, 内存, and Meaning: How to effectively use music to connect with aging loved ones. 青春痘 & Waters Publishing, 2017.
Selected Presentations:
- 什么是胜任力? Exploring Perceptions of Functional Musicianship in Music Therapy (2023). 莱斯利大学.
- Military Cultural Considerations for Music Therapists (2023). Southwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association Regional Conference.
- Music, 内存, and Meaning: How to effectively use music to connect with aging loved ones (2022). Virtual Presentation, HFC Carecon.
- Music Therapy with Grief and Loss. Virtual presentation, 2021 Grief 教育 Symposium, Children's Bereavement Center Rio Grande Valley.
- Exploring Functional Musicianship in Pre-Internship Music Therapy 学生 (2021). 莱斯利大学
- American Music Therapy Association
- Central Texas Music Therapy Association
Playing piano, board games, video games, gluten-free baking
- Board-Certified Music Therapist
- Neurologic Music Therapist
- 校本 Music Therapy 服务s Center
- American Music Therapy Association:
- Academic Program Approval Committee
- Music Therapy Informed Music Listening Workgroup
- Secretary, Southwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association
- Advisory Board, Project Infinity
- Music therapy functional music skill assessment
- Pre-internship student readiness
- Music therapy pedagogy
- Interdisciplinary rehabilitative treatment
- Neurologic Music Therapy for wellness
- MUTH 1301: Introduction to Music Therapy
- MUTH 2271: Clinical Orientation
- MUTH 2388: Piano Improvisation
- MUTH 3301: Psychology of Music
- MUTH 4300: Senior Seminar
- MUTH 4301: Music Therapy Internship