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SPEAKER:
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Rebecca Vaudreuil, MA, BM, MT-BC, NMT Neurologic Music Therapist, Board Certified
Benjamin Tourtelot, Sergeant, US Marine Corps, Retired
Girls Against Abuse Foundation, Featured /Singer/Songwriters
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Ms. Rebecca Vaudreuil, MA, BM, MT-BC,NMT, is a board certified music therapist. She has a bachelors degree in Music from the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Cum Laude. Looking to meld her love of people with her love of music, Ms. Vaudreuil earned her advanced certification in neurological music therapy. She is dedicated to working with people from around the world, exposing them to the rewards of musical experiences in recovery of both medical and mental health
disorders. She believes music is the universal language we all speak.
Ms. Vaudreuil has led music therapy sessions, in conjunction with medical and psychiatric treatment plans, with Scripps Health Systems, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego Hospice and Learning Services, to name just a few. She also works with private music therapy providers in San Diego County such as Resounding Joy. In April, she was a featured speaker at the annual American Music Therapy Association annual convention outlining
her work and results with our returning veterans.
She is the recipient of an American Music Therapy Association grant for her work in neurological and psychological therapy with the military population. She is a sought after speaker on the topic of music therapy and the applications for PTSD and TBI. Through the Semper Fi Fund, she is now able to work directly with those returning vets who have a mental disorder such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or a traumatic brain injury. This curriculum is structured to understand
ways in which PTSD may manifest including: inability to function, isolation, depression, hyper-vigilance, impatience, anxiety, aggression and emotional detachment. Music is then key to the recovery process.
Sergeant Ben Tourtelot, USMC, has worked with Ms. Vaudreuil extensively through the Veterans Hospital system. Sgt. Tourtelot has used music as an instrumental part of his therapeutic recovery. During his military service career he developed PTSD, a brain and neurological injury, and will be sharing his story with us. He is going to share the psychological music therapy techniques that helped him, including songwriting and how it has helped his rehabilitation. He will
sing one of his songs as part of the presentation.
The Girls Against Abuse Foundation, consists of a group of young women who are singer/songwriters and who have, through music, been able to work out issues of domestic violence and its effects on their mental health and well-being as they have made a commitment to stand against all forms of mistreatment and abuse. A number of the ladies will be performing to further their goal to raise awareness and reduce the stigma around abuse.
Ms. Vaudreuil states “Music therapy covers a wide spectrum of treatment. It helps clients reach non-musical goals through a musical medium; music is used as a catalyst to neurological and physiological change.”
“The work is based on the idea of overlapping neural networks. The musical and non-musical pathways overlap each other, so when the non-musical route is damaged, we can use music to access and reactivate those areas to facilitate rehabilitation. Music therapy helps to enhance the clients response to traditional therapies, and is often used in conjunction with other treatments and interventions across a diversity of fields and conditions. Music interventions include: active
music making, relaxation, lyric analysis, songwriting, and creative arts as therapeutic measures.”
Our evening presentation will be interactive, educational and entertaining. Positive mental health and music go hand in hand, as music helps counteract depression, elevate mood, calm and sedate, express feelings, reduce apprehension and fear, reduce anxiety and muscle tension, promotes positive communications and helps address conflict resolution.
Refreshments will be served after the presentation followed by a NAMI-facilitated support group for family members in the library.
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