ABOUT THERAPY
WHAT IS MUSIC THERAPY?
Music Therapy is the clinical use of music conducted by a qualified Music Therapist to achieve a person’s physical, emotional, cognitive and social goals and inherently improve quality of life. Elements of music including meter, rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, dynamics and pitch can activate both hemispheres of the brain; in this way, Music Therapy has the ability to stimulate neural plasticity.
For more information on Music Therapy, please visit https://www.austmta.org.au/
WHAT IS NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY?
Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) is a research-guided clinical model that is driven by advances in neuroscience and the understanding of the perception, production, and performance of music and how music can influence and change non-musical brain and behavior function. It is the therapeutic application of music to cognitive, sensory, and motor dysfunctions due to neurologic disease of the human nervous system. NMT uses a standardized system of clinical techniques that use the functional perception of all properties of music to train and retrain brain and behavior function. These techniques are applied to therapy as Therapeutic Music Interventions and are adaptable to clients’ needs. It is for any population including stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, mental health, and other neurological diseases affecting cognition, movement, communication, and psychosocial function.
This information was collected from The Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy. For more information, please visit https://nmtacademy.co/
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM MUSIC THERAPY?
Music Therapy is a fun and engaging way to help clients meet their goals. These goals may include but are not limited to:
Self confidence
Emotional expression
Emotional regulation
Attention
Receptive and expressive communication
Social skills
Sensory regulation
Fine and gross motor function
Visual motor integration
WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE INVOLVED?
Activities include but are not limited to:​
Song singing
Dancing
Instrument playing
Improvisation
Musical games
Drawing to music
Music production
Songwriting
Music and yoga
Actively listening to music