{"id":49,"date":"2011-09-08T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T21:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2017-02-23T10:27:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T16:27:20","slug":"about-music-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/?page_id=49","title":{"rendered":"About Music Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Music Therapy<\/strong> is the assessment-driven and evidence-based use of music to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. Music therapy addresses the emotional, social, cognitive, physical, and spiritual needs of an individual, and can also benefit family members, friends and support staff. Music Therapy does not claim to cure or to prolong life in the medical sense, but rather seeks to develop the potential of the individual and to improve the quality of human life. \u00a0When individualized music experiences are designed by a professionally trained music therapist to fit functional abilities and needs, responses may be immediate and readily apparent.\u00a0 Participants without a music background can benefit from music therapy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0has shown that music therapy interventions can:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elevate mood and improve affect<\/li>\n<li>Facilitate positive reminiscence and satisfaction with life<\/li>\n<li>Provide a sense of control over life through successful experiences<\/li>\n<li>Increase awareness of self and environment which accompanies \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0increased attention to music<\/li>\n<li>Reduce anxiety and stress<\/li>\n<li>Provide stimulation which provokes interest even when no other \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0approach is effective<\/li>\n<li>Give structure, which promotes rhythmic and continuous movement \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0or vocal fluency as an adjunct to physical rehabilitation.<\/li>\n<li>Offer opportunities to interact socially with others<\/li>\n<li>Facilitate an outlet for emotional expression<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen self-esteem<\/li>\n<li>Encourage healthy communication<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a client\u2019s control as an individual by encouraging choices \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and decision-making<\/li>\n<li>Provide diversion and meaningful use of time<\/li>\n<li>Explore spiritual values<\/li>\n<li>Maintain and strengthen family bonds<\/li>\n<li>Provide respite for care-givers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:sam@metroplexmusictherapy.com\">contact us<\/a> about scheduling a music therapy assessment, or to find out more about our services.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ftnref\">[1]<\/a> American Music Therapy Association. 2006. <em>Music Therapy and Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. <\/em>Silver Spring, MD: Author.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Therapy is the assessment-driven and evidence-based use of music to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"psp_head":"<title>About Music Therapy \u2013 Metroplex Music Therapy, LLC<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Music Therapy is the assessment-driven and evidence-based use of music to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/?page_id=49\" \/>\r\n","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1x0WC-N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroplexmusictherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}