Music therapy

Music is practiced throughout all human cultures around the globe. It has been used to influence physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being to improve quality of life. Music therapy is the use of music to treat a condition, reduce symptoms, or prevent the onset of a disease or injury. Music therapy can include performing, improvising, or listening to music to improve health. Music therapy involves establishing a relationship between a music therapist and a patient.

Music therapy is most commonly used to alleviate pain and anxiety. People also use music therapy for autism, stroke recovery, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support many of these uses.

Music therapy can work by distracting people from unpleasant feelings and stimuli, which helps to reduce anxiety and pain. It can also work as a form of communication in place of spoken therapy in some people with certain psychological illnesses.

Music therapy is LIKELY SAFE when used appropriately and when music therapy does not take the place of proven treatments. Music therapy has been used without any reports of side effects.

Special Precautions & Warnings:

The appropriate or safe use of music therapy depends on several factors such as the condition being treated or the person administering the treatment. Be sure to seek and follow relevant directions from your physician or other healthcare professional before using this treatment.

Active Music Therapy, Calming Music Therapy, Contingent Music, Dinner Music Intervention, Evocative Music, Expressive Therapy, Group Chanting and Singing, Group Drumming, Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), Improvisational Music Therapy, Individualized Music-Focused Auditory Therapy (IMAT), Instructional Music Therapy, Interactive Music Therapy, Karaoke Therapy, Live Music Therapy, Lullaby Therapy, Lyric Analysis, Mandalas, Medical Resonance Therapy Music (MRT-Music), MT, Music And Movement, Music-Assisted Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Music-Assisted Reframing, Music-Based Imagery, Music-Based Intervention, Music Exposure Therapy, Music In Therapy, Music Intervention, Music Listening Intervention, Music Stimulation, Music Therapy, Music-Reinforced Therapy, Music-Video Therapy, Musical Games, Musical Motor Feedback (MMF), Musicokinetic Therapy, Orff-Based Music Therapy, Ragas.

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