What is Neurologic Music Therapy™?

NMT™ is a research-guided clinical model that is driven by advances in neuroscience and the understanding of how music can influence and change non-musical brain and behavior function. Neurologic Music Therapists have completed special training through the NMT™  academy.

In NMT™ we target specific areas goal areas relating to language, attention, motor skills, and cognition. For clients with a brain-related diagnosis or injury, these may be things like receptive and expressive communication skills, motor skills including gait, reach, grasp or dexterity, sensory dysfunctions, memory, or cognition.

FAQ

WHAT TO EXPECT

In music therapy, we use the properties of sound to make and strengthen new connections in your brain. This targets a wide variety of functions, such as speech production, cognition, or movement and coordination. Because music is structured, it enables us to repeat desired functional outcomes enough times to 'lock in' a new pattern without switching off or getting bored. Unlike other interventions, music activates and recruits neural structures throughout the brain.

Music therapy encompasses any way we utilise the auditory system to drive functional change in your body. The ways we achieve that will vary depending on your functional goals, but are likely to include various combinations of playing instruments, singing, writing songs, or using tailored auditory tracks to achieve a specific goal (such as gait regulation). You will have the opportunity to play instruments you haven't tried before, and all instruments and equipment are provided for you.

We are not traditional 'music lessons', so the client is not expected to do any homework or practice. However, some clients will benefit if they can repeat tailored activities at home, and you will be given recorded tracks to help with this if necessary.

WHAT FUNCTIONS DOES MUSIC THERAPY

TARGET?

Here are just a few examples...

Motor skills

Communication skills

Confidence

Mood

Emotion

Balance

Co-ordination

Gait

Social skills

Speech

Quality of life

Cognitive skills

Activities of daily life

Regulation of the breath

So much more!

Music therapy targets everything from neo-natal wellbeing to palliative care, physical co-ordination to brain rehabilitation, depression to mental health, and almost everything in between. We work in conjunction with occupational and speech therapists to target similar clinical goals, and we can be the conduit for increased confidence and success in daily life for autistic clients.