Susan Summers

Capilano University · School of Allied Health

Drawing from a lifetime of leadership experience and five years of studying leadership models and theories in Antioch University’s PhD in Leadership and Change program, Susan’s experiential presentation invites each person to explore his/her own unique leadership story, taking steps toward owning that we are all leaders who have something meaningfu...

The purpose of this study was to explore the personal singing and vocal journey of music therapists who are also trained as vocal psychotherapists with the Austin model of vocal psychotherapy. I was interested in learning how singing has been a healing influence for changing and transforming their lives. It is my hope that this research will offer...

The Vocal Hello Space Model of practice is a spiritually based model of music therapy work in hospice care. The Vocal Hello Space Model embraces each person's unique journey, each precious moment and valued relationships, all within the honoured space of a music therapy session. I recall hearing someone say that life is made u of moments all of whi...

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the way community occurs within a geriatric choir, as reflected in my model of practise. Interviews with choir members, as well as personal and professional reflections, form the basis for the description of the model. Literature from the fields of music therapy, music education, sound therapies, adapted r...