音楽療法とは…:一定の教育と訓練を受けた音楽療法士が、対象者との療法的関係を築き、目標やニーズに沿った音楽または音楽や音の要素を道具として駆使し、対象者の目的達成をサポートする療法のことです。音楽療法士は対象者の病状や心理状態に合わせて音や音楽を選び、目的に沿ってそれらを使用することで心身の機能回復やQuality of life の向上を促進します。
音楽を聞いたり演奏したりする際の生理的・心理的・社会的な効果を応用して、心身の健康の回復、向上をはかる事を目的とする、健康法ないし代替医療 Alternative Medicine あるいは補完医療 Complementary Medicine。
バリー・キャシレスは、『代替医療ガイドブック』において「音楽療法は立証済みの補完療法であり、多くの病状や問題に効果を上げている。治癒力はなく、いくつかの補完療法のように、重大疾患の治療法として勧められることもない。しかし、優れた補完医療法の例にもれず、幸福感や生活の質を高め、症状を軽減し、初期治療やリハビリテーションの効果を高めてくれる」と述べている
音楽は誰の中にも存在しているもの。音楽は楽しい物、 特に子供の頃は沢山の音楽に囲まれている。 音楽家だけ、特別な才能を持った人だけが、音楽を作りだし演奏するのもではありません。楽譜が読めなくても、音痴でも、リズム感がなくても、誰でも色んな形で音楽を楽しみ、共感できる。音楽とどうつながるか、それをどう奏で表現するかは人それぞれで、音楽療法士はクライエント一人ひとりの、音楽の中で隠れた潜在能力、可能性を信じ、それ等を輝かせるため導いて行きたいと常に願っています。
What is Music Therapy?
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 program.
Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. After assessing the strengths and needs of each client, the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, clients' abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives. Music therapy also provides avenues for communication that can be helpful to those who find it difficult to express themselves in words. Research in music therapy supports its effectiveness in many areas such as: overall physical rehabilitation and facilitating movement, increasing people's motivation to become engaged in their treatment, providing emotional support for clients and their families, and providing an outlet for expression of feelings.
What do music therapists do?
Music therapists assess emotional well-being, physical health, social functioning,communication abilities, and cognitive skills through musical responses; design music sessions for individuals and groups based on client needs using music improvisation, receptive music listening, song writing, lyric discussion, music and imagery, music performance, and learning through music; participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning, ongoing evaluation, and follow up.
What is the history of music therapy as a health care profession?
The idea of music as a healing influence which could affect health and behavior is as least as old as the writings of Aristotle and Plato. The 20th century discipline began after World War I and World War II when community musicians of all types, both amateur and professional, went to Veterans hospitals around the country to play for the thousands of veterans suffering both physical and emotional trauma from the wars. The patients' notable physical and emotional responses to music led the doctors and nurses to request the hiring of musicians by the hospitals. It was soon evident that the hospital musicians needed some prior training before entering the facility and so the demand grew for a college curriculum. The first music therapy degree program in the world, founded at Michigan State University in 1944, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1994. The American Music Therapy Association was founded in 1998 as a union of the National Association for Music Therapy and the American Association for Music therapy.
Who is qualified to practice music therapy?
Persons who complete one of the approved college music therapy curricula (including an internship) are then eligible to sit for the national examination offered by the Certification Board for Music Therapists. Music therapists who successfully complete the independently administered examination hold the music therapist-board certified credential (MT-BC).
The National Music Therapy Registry (NMTR) serves qualified music therapy professionals with the following designations: RMT, CMT, ACMT. These individuals have met accepted educational and clinical training standards and are qualified to practice music therapy.
How is music therapy utilized in schools?
Music therapists are often hired in schools to provide music therapy services listed on the Individualized Education Plan for mainstreamed special learners. Music learning is used to strengthen nonmusical areas such as communication skills and physical coordination skills which are important for daily life.
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What Can Music Therapy Help With?
Music Therapy is an established healthcare profession that uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages and abilities. Music therapy improves the quality of life for persons who are well and meets the needs of children and adults with disabilities or illnesses. Music therapy interventions can be designed to: