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?What is Music Therapy?

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In terms of alternative therapies, it seems like something new is popping up every week. However, music therapy has been around for much longer than you may realize. As defined by the American Music Therapy association, this practice is the use of music to help in a therapeutic setting by a trained and licensed therapist. In providing the musical background, music therapy helps to guide the patient to healing from trauma as well as to aid in the healing of emotional blocks.

There are a number of ways that music therapy can be used in a therapy practice. Sometimes, it's as subtle as playing soothing music during a session or it might be a situation in which emotionally charged music is played and the patient is asked to react in a dialogue. Appropriate in nearly all therapy settings and age groups, music therapy allows the therapist to communicate with the patient on a different level than they might be able to say aloud.

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Music Therapy Cancer Treatments

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One of the most interesting applications of music therapy is in cancer treatment. Music therapy cancer treatments are very helpful to a wide variety of patients who suffer from a large range of cancers. While music therapy cancer treatments don’t actually affect the disease itself – meaning that the tumor will not show any physical signs of improvement – the treatments and therapies will greatly affect the mood of the patient, and sometimes that can make all the difference in the way the patient deals with and feels about the disease.

The American Cancer Society has published several articles about the benefits of music therapy cancer treatments. One from 2004 discusses some of the more specific research done on cancer patients who have received music therapy.

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A Researcher’s Assistant: Articles on Music Therapy

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Today’s society is filled with people trying to find alternative remedies to illnesses. There are many reasons for this, from lack of health insurance to the desire to avoid medication. But whatever the reason, many alternative therapies, like music therapy, have grown in popularity.

In fact, music therapy has not only gained popularity, it has also gained recognition as a medical profession. This has led many students interested in careers helping others to seek degrees in music therapy. Of course, both students and people who are seeking relief from ailments are searching for information about music therapy.

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What the American Music Therapy Association Does

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In creating validity for music therapy, the American Music Therapy Association has quite a job ahead of them. While this organization is comprised of over five thousand licensed and practicing music therapists, getting the word out to the community as a whole has not necessarily been an easy process. But the American Music Therapy Association is doing its part to help let others know the value of music therapy for those patients who may not be responding to conventional therapies.

The main goal of the American Music Therapy Association is to spread the word about the value of music therapy, but also to show that this type of therapy can help those cases where traditional treatments fail. The most current direction for music therapy is actually outside of the therapist’s office and into a rehabilitation facility.