Get a snapshot of the profession of music therapy. What is music therapy? Who can benefit? Why is it effective? How it works? These are just a few of the questions reviewed in this video.
See music therapists in action through links provided throughout the video of music therapists working in a variety of clinical settings.
-Testimonials can be found at Music Therapy Tales (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz5_7Os9ThMqxmXdb_HuU3A)
-Watch a Nordoff-Robbins music therapy session at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1xiG29UMOA
-See a NICU music therapist in action at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwKCK3W-96E
-Get a glimpse into the emotional benefits of music therapy when woking with grief and loss at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTrbySS3fU
-See a community music therapy project in Africa at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjdd1yTdOo
Top resources in the field of music therapy were referenced to create this video:
-American Music Therapy Association website (www.musictherapy.org)
-American Music Therapy Association. (2014). Setting the record straight: What music therapy is and is not. Retrieved from https://www.musictherapy.org/amta_press_release_on_music_therapy_-_jan_2014/
-Hanser, S. B. (1999). The new music therapist’s handbook (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Berklee Press.
-Knight, A., LaGasse, B., & Clair, A. (Eds.). (2018). Music therapy: An introduction to the profession. Silver Spring, Maryland: American Music Therapy Association, Inc.
-Wheeler, B. L. (Ed.). (2015). Music therapy handbook. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
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