This editorial illustrates music therapy making an impact on physical wellbeing as well as improving emotional wellbeing. It brings to light that music help encourage movement and exercise thus generating not only a psychological benefit buy a physiological one as…
This essay will explain and discuss the arguments supporting and opposing the use of music therapy to improve the wellbeing of children with cancer. It will outline the reasoning behind the arguments for and against the use of music treatment. It will also discuss all of the factors of the treatment which make it either effective or ineffective in the improvement of well being of children with cancer. It will also include statistics to support arguments made on both sides.…
Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. (2016, 1998) Many people use music therapy in their homes or surroundings without even knowing, eg. playing upbeat music in the morning…
Clements-Cortés, A., (2016). Development and efficacy of music therapy techniques within palliative care. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 23, 125-129. Retrieved from…
Dr. Sacks writes more about music and music therapy in his book MUSICOPHILIA, including this passage from the preface:…
I love to share music with people and I feel that different genres have different therapeutic benefits that can differ from person to person. Listening to music has its benefits but so does playing music, and I use music as a stress reliever on a daily basis. I have experienced the healing benefits that music provides and I wish to share those with other people. I have always been interested in why people behave the way they do; whether this behavior is from what has happened to them or what they have been through can be fixed. I love music, but I wanted to take a different perspective to it by focusing on music therapy for my senior project.…
Music therapy can be used to help soothe the patient, create a positive mood, as well as give the patient a boost of energy. It helps to relieve stress and anxiety, ease depression, and help people cope with their conditions. There are many different ways that music can be administered. If the patient is alert, music requests can be discussed via verbal or written communication with patient and/or family members. Depending on the mood desired, music and sound therapy can range from fast beat instrumental or vocal songs to the calming sounds of nature such as running water or waves, birds chirping, wind blowing, etc. On the other hand if the patient is mobile, small percussion instruments can be introduced so that the patient my directly participate in the therapy and/or as well as create their own music. Besides music, a LPN/LVN can engage in a conversation with the patient if able to speak, read stories, and provide meditation and hypnosis techniques if patient is interested. Depending on the patient’s willingness to participate, it would facilitate on deciding what type of sound therapy would be the most appropriate at that moment in time.…
Our body is a very sensitive being. When certain music is played it gets bodily reactions. Some music will make you laugh while some might make you cry. This chapters discusses how music effects the body and why. Music effects in two main ways; physiologically and physically.…
The different types of song in music therapy provides patients and their families with melodies and words which stimulate emotion and cognition. The family and patients are able to communicate their desires and problems on another level. Within the lyrics provides insight, they are able to remember and capture good memories and events throughout their…
They will know how to synthesize music therapy research, assessments and knowledge to provide quality, results-driven therapeutic sessions. Courses will cover the mind-body connection, which will foster the skills needed to enhance wellness and creativity, and appropriate technologies for music therapists, which will explore music and adaptive software programs. Many programs offer demographic specific courses that focus on children, older adults and diversity groups. There are also plenty of psychology classes that explore the relationships between music and psychiatry, psychotherapy and…
According to the American Music Therapy Association, “Music therapy is a "formal" established healthcare profession that uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages”.…
Music therapy is possibly the most widely researched modality, largely because physiological and behavioral reactions to music and music therapy interventions can be quantified. Within…
Music therapy is a treatment that focuses on the management for pain, rehabilitation, and medical procedures. There are different types of music therapy, some of which are behavioral, cognitive, and psychodynamic therapy. Research…
Some people believe music therapy may be beneficial to the health care of children with cancer by promoting social interaction and cooperation. There is evidence that music therapy can reduce high blood pressure, rapid heart beat, depression, and sleeplessness. There are no claims music therapy can cure cancer or other diseases, but medical experts do believe it can reduce some symptoms, aid healing, improve physical movement, and enrich a patient’s quality of life. Ancient Greek philosophers believed music could heal both body and mind, Native Americans used singing and chants to heal millennia. More formal approaches begin in World War two when hospitals started using music to help soldiers with shell shock. In 1944, Michigan State University established the first music therapy degree program in the world. Music therapists design music sessions for individuals and groups based on their needs and tastes. Some aspects of music therapy include making music, listening to music, writing…
Music to many is a form of therapy. For example, “Because you loved me” sang by Celine Dion and co-authored by Diane is particularly therapeutic when listen to it. It could be the reason why it has served as a…
