#Songbird counseling professional#

Her disease is progressing, but she keeps fighting. Her husband, Kevin, retired seven years early and lost 40% of his pension so he could care for his wife, bathe her, and dress her… He is one of the finest men I have ever known. Since being presented with that song, she no longer wants to commit suicide and has been a voice to those that are also afflicted with this horrible disease. We were able to present her song and video to her at the launch of my foundation called Red Songbird in May 2019. After visiting her for Christmas in 2018, I told Damon that we had to write a song dedicated to her. This was not Annie's personality prior to getting ill. She tried to commit suicide six times in two weeks because the pain was so great physically, and the depression was overwhelming. It progressed in a year and a half in what should have taken ten years. Annie became sick with a very rare form of muscular dystrophy called FSH. As I started going for that dream, it began coming true. My good friends, Annie and Kevin, from the New Forest of England, encouraged me for a long time to get back into singing after I became very discouraged. Can you please tell us a little bit about the story behind it and what inspired you to write it? Jejune loves your song “Fight to the Other Side”. Damon Sharpe (my Grammy award-winning producer) and I wanted it to be catchy and feel good, and we wanted to give those type of men the shout-out that they deserve. They are the kind of men we can depend on and trust. Good Man is a song about all of the men out there who have integrity, honesty, and loyalty. By practicing the songs, I learned that I actually had a voice!Ĭongrats on your new release, “Good Man.” Can you tell us a little bit about this song? I started singing songs from the play, all of the time. My family took me to see the play, “Annie,” and I wanted to be just like her. Most recently, she has been providing art therapy services through school-based programs in Franklin and Adams counties.How did you get interested in becoming a singer?

Baney has a varied clinical experience including initiating a creative arts therapies program in a residential drug and alcohol facility, providing trauma-focused art therapy services to child survivors of abuse at a local Children’s Advocacy Center, and supporting children and families in their grief experiences through outpatient therapy services. Baney also maintains a client-directed approach she believes the best therapeutic approach is one in which the therapist and client together develop the path towards healing and resolution. Baney primarily focuses on the therapeutic benefits of art therapy, both through the process of art making, and in the self-reflection of the art product. Baney believes in the therapeutic value of building relationships and trust in the therapy session through secure and predictable therapy interventions. Most recently, she has been providing art therapy services through school-based programs in Franklin and Adams counties as well as working in a private group practice. She is a graduate of Marywood University, where she earned both her Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy and her Master of Arts in Art Therapy.

#Songbird counseling professional#

Jennifer Baney is a licensed professional counselor as well as a registered, board certified art therapist.