Accessing the Mental Health Benefits of Music Therapy
From songwriting to lyric analysis, music has power to heal – in concert with other forms of treatment.
By Michael O. Schroeder, Staff Writer May 22, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.
Perhaps it was a song that struck an emotional chord with you at a particularly dark moment – or a wave of rhythm and sound that swept you up and raised your spirits. Maybe picking up a six-string or beating the drums helps you clarify some things and cut through the noise outside and inside your mind.
Whatever your relationship with music – a full embrace or more arm's length – for many the medium has the power to connect and bring not only mental clarity but healing. And beyond casual listening or playing for pleasure, that power is tapped in structured ways through music therapy. Music therapists, professionals whose training includes at least two to three years in an undergraduate or graduate music therapy program, use it to help treat a wide range of conditions, including mental health issues like depression and anxiety.
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