Music is used creatively to help service users to address social, emotional or physical difficulties
For example, you could be working alongside individuals with brain injuries, Alzheimer’s, mother’s in labour, children who have experienced emotional trauma, those affected by substance abuse and chronic pain.
Music therapy is used to facilitate service users to communicate via a shared musical experience and music making. Music therapists support service users and instil positive changes in their behaviour, communication and wellbeing.
- Empower people to express themselves through e.g. singing and musical instruments, such as keyboard, guitar.
- Observe and document service user reactions, progress on e.g. appropriate greetings, eye contact, body language
- Develop insight and create ways of relating to other people
- Help individuals to make sense of their feelings
- Encourage service users to interact with other people more confidently
- Hospices
- Retirement homes
- Day centres
- Children’s centres
- Drug and alcohol programs
- Outpatient clinics
- Schools
- Pupil referral units
- Hospitals