This document provides an introduction to music therapy, including its benefits and how it works. Music therapy is defined as a systematic process that uses musical experiences and the therapeutic relationship to facilitate health and well-being. It can be used to treat both physical and mental health conditions. Music therapy restores, maintains, and improves physical, mental, and social well-being by stimulating the brain, supporting motor functions, and tapping into emotions. It involves clients listening to, playing, and composing music under the guidance of a trained music therapist.

1. Can Melody be used to Create Harmony ?
An introduction to Music Therapy

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Health is a state of complete physical mental
and social well being and not merely the
absence of disease and illness
(WHO 1946)

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The Music is all around us,
All we have to do is listen
… August Rush

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Restores
Maintains
Improves
Physical
Mental & Social Well Being
Music Therapy

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Music Therapy
Two aspects that can be treated
- The disease which can be diagnosed by
medical testing
- A persons emotions, fears, suspicions &
individual pain or suffering

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Music Therapy
Systematic Process
of Intervention
Uses Musical
Experiences
Therapeutic Relationships
facilitating change
Help Clients achieve
Health & Well being

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Music Therapy & Clinical Conditions
• Psychiatric disorders
• Medical problems
• Physical handicaps
• Sensory impairments
• Developmental disabilities
• Substance abuse
• Communication disorders
• Interpersonal problems
• Aging

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Music Therapy Benefits
• Learning
• Build self-esteem
• Reduce stress
• Support physical exercise
• Facilitate a host of other health-related activities

9. What Music Therapy does ….
Stimulates
Brain
Memory
Aid
Evokes
imagery
Supports Motor &
Autonomic Responses
Garners
Attention
Taps Moods
& Emotions

10. Music Therapy – What Clients do
Verbal
Discussion
Compose
Music
Recreate
Musical
Experiences
Listen to
Music
Play
Musical
Instruments
Improvise
Music

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Music Therapy – Do clients need to be trained
- All humans have innate tendencies to make and appreciate
music at their own developmental levels
- All individuals have a basic capacity for musical expression and
appreciation
- The process of human development prepares every one to be a
music maker and music lover at a basic level
- We all have potential to move to music, ascribe meaning and
imagery to music, perceive relationships between sounds

12. What do Music Therapists do ?
Plan
treatmentAssess
Formulate
Goals
Conduct
DocumentEvaluate

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