Music
Therapy
Music therapy
is used to help people with health and educative problems as it helps
them improve their physical, psychological, intellectual or social
functioning. A more detailed description can be found on musicterapia.com
Music therapy
can be defined as “…a process of systematic intervention,
in which the therapist helps the patient to improve their health through
musical experiences” (Bruscia 1998).
Music therapy
is used with children, adults and old aged pensioners with different
physical, emotional, intellectual or social problems.
It is also
used on people that aren’t ill or that aren’t looking
to improve their personal well being, to develop their creativity,
improve their learning, to improve their interpersonal relationships
and to manage stress.
Music therapy
is used on children to improve their self-esteem, attention and concentration,
co-ordination, learning and social skills with others.
There are
currently a great number of scientific investigations that support
the use of music therapy with different types of people.
Music therapy
helps children with:
Learning
difficulties.
Behavioural problems.
Deep development disorders (autistic).
Mental problems.
Socializing difficulties.
Low self-esteem.
Chronic medical disorders (cancer, heart problems, pain, etc).
Adults
with:
Degenerative
illness due to old age (Alzheimer’s amongst others).
Substance abuse (adults that are addicted to pharmacies).
Brain damage due to illness.
Physical incapacities due to degenerative illnesses or accidents.
Chronic or serious pain problems due to different conditions (consequence
of accident, cancer, etc).
Terminal illnesses.
People
that don’t have health problems can use music to:
Reduce
stress through playing or listening to music.
Support the labour process for women.
Increase creating and capacity to solve problems.
To decrease anxiety.
To improve self-esteem.
To manage stress.
Music therapy
allows people:
To
explore their feelings.
Make positive changes in a person’s emotional state.
To develop a sense of control in their lives through successful
experiences.
Learn to put skills into practice to resolve problems and conflicts.
To improve social skills.