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Creative Arts Therapy Zone<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Association for Music Therapy Singapore (AMTS) Booth<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Dates<\/b><\/td>\n15 – 17 August 2025
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Time<\/strong><\/td>\n1000 \u2013 1700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venue<\/strong><\/td>\nSingapore EXPO, Apex Gallery, Exhibition Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Introduction
\n<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n		The Association for Music Therapy Singapore (AMTS) is the sole professional body representing the music therapy profession in Singapore. AMTS is a member of both the World Federation of Music Therapy and the National Council of Social Service (NCSS). Our vision is for everyone in Singapore to have access to quality music therapy services. Our mission is to lead national conversations and initiatives that advance the music therapy profession, services, and education through advocacy, professional development, and the governance of ethical practice standards. All professional AMTS members are credentialed music therapists who have completed an approved music therapy degree programme and are registered with a recognised credentialing or registration board.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Medical Humanities Exhibition \u2013 VESSELS<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Dates<\/strong><\/td>\n15 \u2013 17 August 202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time<\/strong><\/td>\n1000 \u2013 1700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venue<\/strong><\/td>\nSingapore EXPO, Apex Gallery, Exhibition Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Introduction<\/strong><\/td>\nNarrative Medicine Through Local Eyes: Exploring Singaporean Healthcare Narratives through staff-created Artefact and Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

This narrative medicine encounter invites participants to engage in close reading\u2014not of traditional texts, but of artefacts created by healthcare workers in Singapore. These works emerged from the \u201cVESSELS\u201d initiative \u2013 a meaningful art therapy intervention featuring workshops and an exhibition for healthcare professionals in the Department of Neonatology at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore.<\/p>\n

Supported by the SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute, this therapeutic arts-based project fostered personal growth and team cohesion among department staff.<\/p>\n

Through creating with clay while engaging with their lived experiences, participants explored the complexities of healing, resilience, self-identity, and human connection.<\/p>\n

Viewers are invited to explore these visual artefacts and accompanying narratives as \u201ctexts\u201d for close reading, reflection, and response\u2014hallmarks of the Narrative Medicine approach. This encounter departs from Western medical literature to foreground culturally grounded, emotionally charged expressions from our own healthcare landscape.<\/p>\n

Through guided prompts and self-paced reflection, viewers are invited to witness, interpret, and respond creatively. This is an opportunity not only to honour the stories of local clinicians, but also to experience the power of narrative medicine as a tool for meaning-making, empathy, and healing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Music Therapy Showcase<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSounds of ICU Blues: Music Therapists Harmonising Care<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/b><\/td>\n15 August 2025
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Time<\/strong><\/td>\n1500 \u2013 1545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venue<\/strong><\/td>\nSingapore EXPO, Apex Gallery, Exhibition Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Introduction<\/strong><\/td>\nExperience the transformative role of music therapy in intensive care through powerful patient stories and music experientials. Encounter a child who had to bravely lay still during weeks of ECMO treatment, a cardiac patient\u2019s expression of creativity through songwriting, and a family\u2019s musical tribute during their loved one\u2019s challenging post-ICU journey towards end of life. The session will weave an interactive blues jam where participants may share their ICU stories. In this way, witness how hospitalisation experiences transform into meaningful narratives for all involved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Presenters<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nMelanie Kwan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Melanie Kwan, PhD, MT-BC, is a pioneer of medical, palliative care, and hospice music therapy in Singapore. Her polyvagal-informed approach supports co-regulation and fosters positive coping for patients and their families.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nEstelle Ng<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estelle Ng is a Board-Certified Music Therapist at Singapore General Hospital, specialising in critical care, palliative care, and neurorehabilitation. Her background in sociology and social service informs her humanistic and integrative approach to music therapy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nStephanie Chan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephanie Chan, MT-BC is a board-certified medical music therapist specialising in healthcare settings. Through evidence-based interventions and a humanistic approach, she supports patients\u2019 emotional well-being and recovery using music as a clinical tool.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kenes MP Asia Pte Ltd
\nAsia Pacific Intensive Care Symposium (APICS) 2025
\n20 Kallang Avenue, PICO Creative Centre, Level 2
\nSingapore 339411<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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