Music Therapy: A Unique Natural Remedy

Music Therapy has been found to be therapeutic to people when it is done with a licensed Music Therapist.  These therapists can be found at hospitals, treatment centers, outpatient centers as well as senior centers and schools.  After accessing the needs of the individual, a music therapist will design sessions of therapy with that patient involving music.

The idea of music therapy has been around since Plato.  It became known in the United States after World War I and II when it was used at Veterans Hospitals. You don't have to have any musical ability to participate in this alternative medicine.  All different kinds of music can be used in these treatments, as well.  

Music Therapy is used in countless ways.  It is said to alleviate pain, elevate moods, induce sleep, lesson fear and it is said to increase emotional functioning. The sensory stimulation offered by music therapy is said to help with Alzheimer patients, hospital patients, elderly, and special learners in the school system.

Written by Wendy Jackson

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