MUSIC 2MT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Music Therapy, Wfmt, Therapeutic Relationship
12 Oct 2016
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Music therapy is the skillful use of music and musical elements by an accredited music therapist to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. Music has nonverbal, creative, structural and emotional qualities. These are used the therapeutic relationship to facilitate contact, interaction , self awareness, learning, self expression, communication, and personal development camt 1974. It is practiced in apprx 39 countries. Therapeutic relationship is what facilitates the sense of trust to enable the client to engage in the intervention of music therapy, it is an extremely concept part of the definition of music therapy. When an indv goes in to a ltc home with a guitar they are an entertainer they bring joy in a positive way a music therapist goes in to change behavior and provide therapy. Can offer children therapy, help adjust with treatment as they may be anxious and painful.
