How does music therapy work?

At its core, music therapy is the interaction between a therapist, a client (or clients) and the use of music. A music therapist assesses the client(s) and creates a clinical plan for treatment in conjunction with team and client goals, which in turn determines the course of clinical sessions. read more

Music therapy facilitates improved social skills such as shared play, turn-taking, reciprocity, listening and responding to others. Music therapy provides a non-threatening and structured environment in which individuals have the opportunity to develop identification and appropriate expression of their emotions. read more

“Physiologically and neurologically, music therapy is processed throughout your entire brain. It has this really great power on healing, both emotional healing, physical healing, social healing,” explains Lorrie Kubicek, a certified music therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital’s HOPES program. read more