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Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a
credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.
Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.
Research has shown that music has a profound effect on your body and psyche.
Music acts as a distractor, focusing the attention away from negative stimuli.
Music can help reduce the perception of pain.
Music occupies the mind with something familiar and soothing.
Music with a strong beat can stimulate brainwaves. Slow beats encourage the slow brainwaves that are associated with hypnotic or meditative states. Faster
beats may encourage more alert and concentrated thinking.
With all these benefits that music can carry, it's no surprise that music therapy is growing in popularity.
Many hospitals are using music therapists for pain management and other uses. Music therapists help with several other issues as well, including stress.
After assessing the strengths and needs of each client, the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to,
and/or listening to music. Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, clients' abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their
lives. Music therapy also provides avenues for communication that can be helpful to those who find it difficult to express themselves in words.
physical rehabilitation
facilitating movement
increased motivation to become engaged in treatment
emotional support for patients and families
outlet for expression of feelings
Research in music therapy supports its effectiveness in many areas such as: overall physical rehabilitation and facilitating movement, increasing people's
motivation to become engaged in their treatment, providing emotional support for clients and their families, and providing an outlet for expression of feelings.
Simply put, music can heal people.
Sen. Harry Reid
How is music therapy utilized in nursing homes?
Its been stated that the sensory and intellectual stimulation of music can help maintain a person's quality of life.
So how is music therapy utilized in nursing homes?
Music is used with the elderly to increase their level of physical, mental, and social and emotional functioning.
How is music therapy utilized in hospitals?
Music is also used in general hospitals to alleviate pain, along with anesthesia or pain medication.
It can elevate patients' moods and counteract their depression; and even promote movement for physical rehab.
Music can calm or sedate, often to induce sleep; and counteract apprehension or fear; as well as lessen muscle tension for relaxation.
How is music therapy utilized in schools?
Music therapists are often hired in schools to provide music therapy services listed on the Individualized Education Plan for mainstreamed special learners.
Music therapy is used to strengthen nonmusical areas such as communication skills and physical coordination, which are extremely important for daily life.
How can we make music therapy accessible to patients and
caretakers who are not certified music therapists?
So our problem statement is: how can we make music therapy accessible to patients and caretakers who are not certified music therapists?
Linda | 43
MUSIC THERAPIST
George | 84
PATIENT
Research has shown that music has a profound
efect on your body and psyche.
Music acts as a distractor,
focusing the attention away
from negative stimuli.
Music can help reduce
the perception of pain.
Many hospitals are using
music therapists for pain
management and other
uses, including stress.
the Smiths
FAMILY OF PATIENT
WHAT DOES IT DO?
HOW CAN WE HELP?
WHO IS INVOLVED?
Using an iPhone, patients can contact
other patients to share experiences or
seek advice. They can also use a com-
puter to video chat with their family or
friends at home. Patients can also use
an iPad to play instruments and save
songs theyve made to listen to later.
So with our research map we wanted to show what music therapy can do to help improve the lives of the patients in need, who all is involved in the process,
and ways that we can help. So this is Linda, a music therapist, and she believes that music can help reduce the perception of pain. This is George, a patient,
and his nurse puts a smile on his face every week whenever she plays Johnny Cash. And here we have the Smiths, the daughter and two grand kids of
George, using their iPad to check up on what George has been doing this week.
Meet Cara. She works with elderly patients, many of which suffer from Alzheimers disease, in a nursing home. Cara is interested in bringing in a local
musician to play live music for some of the patients, as she thinks they may benefit from it.
Cara logs into our site and finds herself on the home page. It includes a feed of personal stories, photos, and recent scientific articles relating to music, music
therapy and medicine.
She clicks on one of the tabs along the top labeled Find a Musician
That brings her to the next screen, which includes a feed of the top local musicians who have posted their information in hopes of volunteering their time and
talents. The feed shows pictures, names and short bios including what instruments and style of music they play. Cara spots an individual named Lauren who
plays folk music, and clicks on her picture for more information.
That brings her to Laurens profile, where Cara can learn about her musical background and reason for interest in volunteering. She can even listen to a few of
Laurens songs in the playlist below her picture. Once Cara decides to reach out to Lauren, she can type out a message in the sidebar on the right and send
her an email directly.
This is Justin. He suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and struggles to adjust to civilian life after fighting in the war. He meets with a therapy group
once a week, and was recently referred to our site after hearing about his interest in music.
Justins therapy group sessions have been going really well and hes met a lot of new people. Hes interested in learning more about how someone else in his
group that was also in the war dealt with the transition of coming back home. So he logs into our site and clicks on the contact tab.
Once there, he can view a list of the other members in his therapy group, and click on one of the them to contact.
So he clicks on the army vets profile and reads more about his bio. He then clicks the contact tab to ask him for advice.
Here he can view the contact screen and type in his name and email, create his message and hit send.
Inspiration
--clinical but still friendly and approachable
initial mood board
--wed like to reference the emotional side of music
While keeping things informational we feel like we can still bring in emotion
We like the clean and healthy look of this and the integration of photography in a digital space.
This serves as inspiration for the profile page of the musician feed.
Music therapy can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and
interaction, between chronic pain and comfort between demoralization and dignity.
Barbara Crowe (past president of the National Association for Music Therapy)

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