Individual Music Therapy
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What’s a music therapy session like?
A session is personalized around the needs and abilities of the client. An assessment is gathered regarding the client's emotional well-being, physical health, social functioning, communication abilities, and cognitive skills through musical responses; then sessions are designed to meet the needs with various musical interventions; treatment planning, evaluation and follow-up are ongoing.
It is important for the therapy to be synthesized and goals may be generalized to settings outside of the clinic space. Based upon a client's specific needs, music therapy may be short-term for a specific issue, or lengthier, to deal with more long-term topics. Regardless, it is typical for regular sessions to occur weekly.
Who is music therapy for?
Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy degree program. (American Music Therapy Association Definition, 2005)
A variety of populations may benefit from music therapy including children, adolescents, adults and the elderly with the following:
A number of benefits are available from participating in music therapy. Some of the goals attainable from music therapy include:
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heightening self-awareness
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learning new ways to cope with changes in life
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processing emotions in a safe and supportive environment
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exploring new problem-solving skills
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increasing self-esteem and self-confidence
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developing social skills
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improving strategies for anger and/or stress management
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allowing feelings to emerge in a creative space
Where are the individual appointments?
Individual appointments are at PMT's office, unless it's medically necessary to meet elsewhere.