Kezia talks about a part of her journey to becoming a music therapist and coordinator of the music therapy program in Indonesia. We discuss our experiences being music therapy students in long term care and palliative care.
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What we talk about are just our opinions and experiences. We do not speak for the entire music therapy community.
Definition of Music Therapy
Music therapy is a discipline in which credentialed professionals (MTA*) use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-being. Music therapists use music safely and ethically to address human needs within cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social, and spiritual domains.
*Music Therapist Accredited/Musicothérapeute accrédité
Canadian Association of Music Therapists
June 2016
link: https://www.musictherapy.ca/about-camt-music-therapy/about-music-therapy/
Resources:
Music Therapy explained by Joanne Loewy, DA, LCAT, MT-BC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZYozCBLz_8
Music Therapy Explained by Kalani Das
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn6E9GAe-7s
10 Reasons to Refer Long Term Care Residents to Music Therapy
https://www.miyamusictherapy.com/post/2018/09/12/10-reasons-to-refer-residents-to-music-therapy-in-long-term-care
