Brooklyn Music School Launches New Music Therapy Program
We love hearing about Music Therapy programs starting up all around the country! This new program at the Brooklyn Music School is just one of many that are providing opportunities for people of all ages to experience the benefits of music therapy.
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Music Therapy: It's a thing
Music has exceptional value emotionally, mentally, and even physically.
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Integrating Music Therapy Into Care Benefits Military Personnel
Important fact - the concept of "music therapy" was first discovered during WWII when nursing staff noticed that incorporating music into treatment of veterans noticeably quickened their recovery! Since then, music has been researched as a means of contributing to healing across many populations, from Veterans with PTSD, to babies in the NICU, to patients with cancer, just to name a few!
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Music Therapy In Technology News
Portland Startup Makes Music Therapy App To Help Stroke Survivors Walk Again
Acknowledging Identity, Privilege, and Oppression in Music Therapy
The topic of privilege and identity is a sensitive one and must be handled with care, but it is such a necessary discussion to have.
"As clinical music therapy professionals who are goal- and solution-oriented, how much time do we spend considering our client’s experience outside the therapy room? How might taking the time to learn about a client’s multifaceted identity affect the therapeutic relationship? Furthermore, how do our own personal identities, beliefs, and experiences affect our relationships with clients? In answering these questions, we begin to scratch the surface of making our practice more intersectional."
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In The News: Gilliam Hits Right Notes for Music Therapy
We love to hear about music therapists across the country who are creating their own practices and programs!
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The Power of Music Therapy
Brittany Barko, a certified neurologic music therapist for Lake Erie Music Therapy, a program sponsored by UPMC Hamot, shares how her work provides an interactive experience used to help a myriad of conditions from traumatic brain injury to autism.
Music Therapy Brings Generations Together at St. Louis-Area Nursing Homes
Seasons Music Program program brings preschool-age children to nursing homes around the St. Louis area for intergenerational music therapy. These sessions help both the young and old improve their memory, motor skills, and attention spans, and allow the individuals to develop meaningful relationships!
Music Therapy Helping Patients With Speech and Motor Disorders
Music therapy is able to tap into the brains of those with speech and motor disorders caused by Alzheimer’s, dementia, stroke, and traumatic brain injury.
Music Therapist Helps Students Express Themselves
A music therapist for Ector County Independent School District for the past 29 years, Jennifer Mosman, MT-BC uses melodies to help special needs students express themselves.
Choral Group Assists People with Parkinson’s
As part of a Maryville University initiative, Megan Moran, MT-BC, and Colleen Haviland, MT-BC direct the "Tremble Clefs," a choral group composed of adults with Parkinson’s disease. Members meet weekly, and have been surprised to find a significant improvement in their ability to communicate as a result!
Music Therapy Used to Strengthen Coping Skills with Pediatric Cancer Patients
This Music Therapy program at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center helps children cope with the emotional challenges that accompany a cancer diagnosis.
How Music Can Heal Our Brain And Heart - Kathleen Howland TED Talk
We invite you to view this deeply intriguing talk about the effects of music and music therapy on the brain, presented by Professor Kathleen Howland. She is an esteemed music therapist, speech language pathologist, and professor at Berklee College of Music.
Reviewing the Effectiveness of Music Interventions in Treating Depression
Daniel Leubner and Thilo Hinterberger
"Depression is a very common mood disorder, resulting in a loss of social function, reduced quality of life and increased mortality. Music interventions have been shown to be a potential alternative for depression therapy but the number of up-to-date research literature is quite limited. We present a review of original research trials which utilize music or music therapy as intervention to treat participants with depressive symptoms."
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Research Section of Applied Consciousness Sciences, University Clinic Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01109/full#
Music Therapy In the News
Brain Injury Sufferers Find Benefits in Music Therapy
Past and present service members and family members suffering from traumatic brain injury can now take part in a Creative Forces music therapy program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the Defense Department that's designed to help them recover and rehabilitate. Music therapy is an opportunity for people suffering from TBI to express emotions, promote insight and awareness, and strengthen neuropathways to restore memory, attention, concentration and multitasking.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1374491/brain-injury-sufferers-find-benefits-in-music-therapy-program/
The Soothing Sound of Music Therapy
The Music Therapy Institute aims to use sound to reduce anxiety, distract patients from pain, and bring out the good when it is most needed.
http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Wellness/November-2017/The-Sweet-Sound-of-Music-Therapy/
UH Richmond Leading the Way in Fighting Opioid Epidemic With Music Therapy
Music Therapy In the News
Can Music Heal Trauma? Exploring the Therapeutic Powers of Sound
An increasing number of music therapists are now treating people touched by traumas both big and small, highlighting humanity’s deepest connections with music in the process. Clink the link below to learn more!
https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/can-music-heal-trauma-exploring-the-therapeutic-powers-of-sound/
Music Therapy Used To Help Cancer Patients
A cancer diagnosis is overwhelming in so many aspects. Staying positive and relaxed during treatment is a tremendous chore. But some hospitals are using music therapy to help patients combat stress.
https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/music-therapy-used-to-help-cancer-patients/
Music Can Help Students Cope With the Stress and Anxiety Of Being In College
Music therapy gives college students an engaging and effective way to deal with stress and anxiety.
http://www.statepress.com/article/2017/09/spopinion-stress-and-anxiety-shouldnt-be-a-burden
Using Music To Help Unlock Alzheimer's Patients' Memories
This nursing home's Music And Memory program gives just a glimpse into the incredible impact of music on the brain in individuals with Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/using-music-to-help-unlock-alzheimers-patients-memories/