Individual Music Therapy

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Individual music therapy  focuses on attaining non-musical goals specific to the client's needs using music-based activities. Such goals can be pre-determined by the client, client’s family, and music therapist together.

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Here are some examples of what music therapy interventions might look like: 

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• Writing a rock song with a teenager with anxiety to work on expressing emotions and identifying appropriate coping skills

• Practicing bilabial sound, “ba” with a child with a developmental disability along with a preferred song to improve speech and language skills

• A child with autism playing a drum and stopping when the music stops, working on executive functioning skills like impulse control

• Singing a song from the 50s with an adult with Alzheimer’s disease and reminiscing after, using the music to bring back positive memories and the associated mood from those memories.

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Benefits of Music Therapy

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• Emotional: 

  • ​Reduced stress and anxiety

  • Improved emotional regulation 

  • Improved mood

• Physical 

  • Increased fine and gross motor skills​

  • Improved ability to complete activities of daily life (ADL) 

• Communication

  • Improved clarity of speech​

  • Improved language and conversation skills

• Social 

  • Increased joint attention​

  • Improved turn-taking skills and cooperation

• Cognitive

  • Improved memory​

  • Improved executive functioning

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Who can benefit from Music Therapy? 

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Clients with: 

• Intellectual Disabilities/Mental Delays

• Alzheimer's/Dementia

• Physical Disabilities

• Substance Abuse Disorder 

• Brain Injuries 

• Acute and Chronic Pain

• ADHD