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What is Music Therapy?

What Does Music Therapy Involve?
What Objectives can Music Therapy Address?
Music Therapy is often used in conjunction to which other
Therapies?
Who can Benefit from Music Therapy?
What Factors Affect the Quality of Relaxation Response?
Music Therapy in India

What is Music Therapy?

Music therapy is the
prescribed use of music and
music-related strategies to
assist or motivate a person
to restore, maintain, and
improve emotional,
physical, physiological, and
spiritual health and wellbeing.

What Does Music

Therapy Involve?

A music therapy session may incorporate a number of different elements,

such as making music, writing songs, or passively listening to music. While
music therapists often aim to foster the patient's emotional expression,
there can be many other different goals in a music therapy session. These
goals include relief of stress or anxiety, improvement of mood, and
enhancement of quality of life for people dealing with illness. Research
shows that patients do not need to have any musical ability to benefit from
music therapy.

What Objectives can Music

Therapy Address?

Promote wellness
Manage stress
Alleviate pain
Express feelings
Enhance memory
Improve communication
Promote physical rehabilitation
Enhance/Improve socialization
Teach/Enhance educational objectives

 Speech
Occupational
Dance/Movement
Physical
Art

Music
Therapy
is often used in
conjunction with
other therapies
such as:

Who can Benefit from Music Therapy?

People while driving

-In highly frustrating traffic
The elderly
-Alzheimers Disease
-Less agitated behaviors
People with illness
-Reduces symptoms of distress
-Parkinsons disease and cancer

(contd.)Who can Benefit from Music

Therapy?

Workers in high stress jobs

-Less stress in the newsroom
Pregnant women and new mothers
-Increased relaxation at childbirth
Athletes
-Mood regulation
Prisoners
-Less stress, more relaxation

What Factors
Affect the
Quality of
Relaxation
Response?
Type of music selected
Listening environment
Posture
Attitude

Music therapy in India

Today people around the world are focusing their

attention for curing various ailments and illness
more with the help of holistic approaches and
Music has become an integral method for Healing.
Indian Music is used widely the world over, for
healing and conserving energy in ones body, mind
and spirit. Healing with Indian Music is very
popular through chanting, meditation, sacred
sounds and listening to classical and traditional
music in many foreign countries especially USA,
Canada, Europe and Australia.

Conclusion

Music Therapy does not require any previous musical

training.
It is flexible and adaptable to all ages, abilities, and
background-music touches us all.
It offers choice to those participating in sessions.
There is skillful purpose.
Music Therapy can occur in a variety of settings.
One-to-one and group session settings are offered.
It enhances the quality of life.
It brings about a positive change in people.