Posts Tagged ‘benefits of music therapy’
Five Forces That Have Influenced Music Therapy
Music therapy has developed as a profession and a discipline over many years. Similarly to any other profession, there are many factor that have influenced its development. Therefore, it is safe to say that music therapy does not look the same today as it did 50 years ago or even 10 years ago! What are these forces —as Leslie Bunt introduced them in his book Music Therapy: An Art Beyond Words—that have shaped and influenced music therapy?…
Read MoreMusic Therapist Jessica Gets Creative During Coronavirus Times
Blog post written by guest music therapist Jessica Bogacik, MT-BC. Jessica is a Sam’s Fans-supported therapist offering music therapy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She wrote this blog post to tell us how she’s adapting to the situation with the coronavirus:
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Wow! What unique times we are all living through right now. Music therapists across the country,…
You Wouldn’t Expect Them to Benefit from Music Therapy
Music therapy can have an impact on a wide range of populations. It can help the elderly, specially those with dementia, it can help kids with burns, also children with autism, and premature babies in the NICU. And so much more! There is even one population you wouldn’t think of when you think of music therapy….
Read MoreHistory of Music Therapy: From Antiquity to Today
Notions of music therapy go back thousands of years. We know about music in the pre-historic world thanks to the survival of Palaeolithic cave-paintings and flutes made of bone found in caves, dating back 35,000 years. What exactly did they use these instruments for? We might never know for sure, but we do know that people have used music both in their daily lives and in healing rituals for a long time….
Read MoreWho Can Benefit From Music Therapy?
As we have explained before in our blog, music therapy is the use of music interventions by a credentialed professional to achieve individualized goals. So now let’s talk about who can benefit from music therapy. You obviously hear the most about music therapy being used for seriously ill children and their families from us….
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