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Music Therapy:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_therapy
Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a qualified professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.
In other words, music therapy is the use of music by a trained professional to achieve therapeutic goals. Goal areas may include, but are not limited to, motor skills, social/interpersonal development, cognitive development, self-awareness, and spiritual enhancement.
Music therapists are found in nearly every area of the helping professions.
Some commonly found practices include developmental work (communication, motor skills, etc.) with individuals with special needs, songwriting and listening in reminiscence/orientation work with the elderly, processing and relaxation work, and rhythmic entrainment for physical rehabilitation in stroke victims.
The idea of music as a healing modality dates back to the beginnings of history, and some of the earliest notable mentions in Western history are found in the writings of ancient Greek philosophers.
Robert Burton wrote in the 17th century in his classic work, The Anatomy of Melancholy, that music and dance were critical in treating mental illness, especially melancholia. [1] [2] [3]
Music Therapy is considered one of the expressive therapies.
Music therapy in the United Kingdom:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_therapy#Musi...n_the_United_Kingdom
Live music was used in hospitals after both of the World Wars, as part of the regime for some recovering soldiers.
Clinical Music therapy in Britain as it is understood today was pioneered in the 60s and 70s by French cellist Juliette Alvin, whose influence on the current generation of British music therapy lecturers remains strong.
The Nordoff-Robbins approach to music therapy developed from the work of Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins in the 1950/60s.
It is grounded in the belief that everyone can respond to music, no matter how ill or disabled.
The unique qualities of music as therapy can enhance communication, support change, and enable people to live more resourcefully and creatively.
Nordoff-Robbins now run music therapy sessions throughout the UK, US, South Africa, Australia and Germany.
Its head quarters are in London where it also provides training and further education programmes, including the only PHD course in music therapy available in the UK.
Music therapists, many of whom work with an improvisatory model (see clinical improvisation), are active particularly in the fields of child and adult learning disability, but also in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, geriatrics, palliative care and other areas.
Practitioners are registered with the Health Professions Council [3] and from 2007 new regisrants must normally hold a masters degree in music therapy.
There are masters level programmes in music therapy in Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London, and there are therapists throughout the United Kingdom.
The professional body in the UK is the Association of Professional Music Therapists [4] while the British Society for Music Therapy [5] is a charity providing information about music therapy.
In 2002 the World Congress of Music Therapy was held in Oxford, on the theme of Dialogue and Debate. See[6]
In November 2006, Dr. Michael J. Crawford [4] and his colleagues again found that music therapy helped the outcomes of Schizophrenic patients.
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