4 - Music Therapy Approahes

music as therapy

 approaches where music itself facilitates change

music in therapy

approaches where music is one of the tools to support change

creative music therapy/Nordoff-Robbins

music centered approach where there are 2 MTAs, 1 on piano creating music to support client engagement, 1 with client who is physically supporting client so that they can engage

guided imagery method (GIM)

listening to pre-recorded music and facilitating discussion around images that come to the forefront after listening to that music

behavioural approach

use of music as a reinforcement or stimulus to modify behaviour

cognitive behavioural model/CBT

music is used to shift irrational thinking/belief

psychotherapy approach

 exploring unconscious thoughts and our connections to childhood through free association in music to help client understand the motives behind their actions and behaviours in order to be able to choose to change it

free association

expressing first thing on mind

biomedical models

MTs collaborate with health-care providers to treat/better the neurobiological aspects of disease/conditions

neurological music therapy (NMT)

 therapeutic application of music to cognitive, sensory, and motor dysfunctions due to neurological disease

eclectic model

MTA uses any of the models they are trained in to best benefit the client

Community Music Therapy (CMT)

(a MT approach) considers how culture informs our ways of perceiving therapeutic needs and develops new perspectives & ways of doing music therapy

system theory

alternative to the traditional cause and effect model, a more comprehensive model of understanding how phenomena are interacting

coffee house

CMT example, Musical performance event bi-annually at adolescent mental health treatment facility

participatory ethos

success was if you participated not based on quality of performance