EXPERIENCE the power of therapist, client & music ~ TOGETHER.
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM MUSIC THERAPY?
All Ages
Music therapy can help across a lifetime of needs. Research demonstrates that music can reduce anxiety and depression, increase feelings of belonging, and help us process our emotions. Music therapy can help with other goals, too. A child with disabilities can benefit from music therapy to learn social skills, focus, self-regulation, and academic skills. A teenager with unwanted behaviors can benefit from learning self-awareness, empathy, and coping skills. An adult with traumatic brain injury can re-learn activities of daily living and communication skills. An older adult can benefit from socialization, memory care, and grief support. The best outcome? A joyful connection with a music therapist that fosters growth and improves a person's quality of life, and the lives of those who love them.
All Levels of Music Experience
You don't need to have any music experience to benefit! A Board-Certified Music Therapist is trained and licensed according to the standards of the American Music Therapy Association and the Certification Board for Music Therapists to use music to help others. You could find yourself playing a drum or learning guitar, singing or listening along to a favorite song, writing new lyrics to a familiar song, or even making your own music from scratch! We make sound, we move to sound, and we use it to learn with our minds and bodies to develop new ideas and skills together, and reinforce what's working well in our lives.
All Settings
Music therapy is adaptable in all settings from hospitals, to schools, to in-home care. A music therapist will come to you as an in-home service provider, work as a related-service provider through a school district, or contract through a health-care organization to meet your needs. When you identify that music therapy is right for you, Firesong Music Therapy will find a way to make services happen!