Music therapy is an established profession that uses music and musical interventions to work toward social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and/or sensory goals.

“Music therapy uses music to meet needs. “Needs” can include learning to communicate wants, improving physical range-of-motion of limbs and fine motor skills, finding value in society, or resolving end-of-life emotional issues to name a few.” -Kenna Hudgins

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Want to learn more about music therapy?

You can find some great information at The American Music Therapy Association and the Ohio Association for Music Therapy.

To learn more about the process of becoming a board certified music therapist visit The Certification Board for Music Therapists.

Why Music?

Have you ever cried or been scared during a movie?

Have you reflected on memories of your wedding day when years later hearing the music or song from that day?

Have you ever visualized an exact scene from your young adult years when hearing marching band music?

Music is powerful. Music is motivating. Music is inspiring. And most importantly, music affects all of us neurologically! This is why we cry or get scared during movies. It is the visual aspect, yes, but it is primarily the music that triggers the emotion and draws us to the images that create in us an all-around physiological response.

This is the basis for how music therapy works. Music therapists use music as THE tool to creatively address non-musical needs or deficits and to enrich and change lives!