Programs
Individual Music Therapy Sessions
A music therapist can tailor music interventions for individual clients to decrease responsive behaviors, provide opportunities to express their feelings with musical instruments and voice, and create a safe environment for them to talk about difficult feelings. Clients can engage in songwriting, singing, and playing instruments, and their performance or composed songs can be made into a CD/File to share with their loved-ones.
Music and Reminiscence Group
The participants listen and sing along to familiar music. The participants also improvise with their chosen musical instruments and have time to reminisce through songs. The program is followed by relaxation with live piano music.
Music and Wellness Group
This program aims to decrease stress and increase relaxation for adults. The music therapist engages participants in singing and playing musical instruments for self-expression, stress relief, and a sense of belonging. Stress symptoms can be released physically and social contact with other people will be helpful to reduce isolation. At the end, the participants are engaged in music listening to relaxing live piano music.
Singing Group
The participants sing popular music with piano accompaniment in fun and supportive environment and learn about breath, posture, rhythm, and singing with others. This group can increase feelings of accomplishment, foster self-confidence, and build team spirit.
Vocal Choir
Choir can expand social interaction between residents, create a sense of belonging in the community, increase feelings of accomplishment, and improve quality of life. Research has shown that participating in a choir can improve mood, increase energy and happiness. Choir practices culminate in a public performance where participating residents perform and share their music with their loved ones, staff, and co-residents.
Environmental Music Therapy (EMT)
EMT can improve relaxation, feelings of control, and physical comfort for patients and caregivers, but also improves staff’s ability to care for their patients through music’s impact on "their mood, feeling states, and degree of self-awareness"(Canga, Hahm, Lucido, Grossbard, & Loewy, 2012, p.228). Purposeful use of live music performances by a Certified Music Therapist in common areas where any residents, caregivers, and staff can listen will help alleviate caregivers’ compassion fatigue and staff’s job related stress, which can improve the quality of services residents receive from them.
Reference
Canga, B., Hahm, C. L., Lucido, D., Grossbard, M. L., & Loewy, J. V. (2012). Environmental music therapy: A pilot study on the effects of music therapy in a chemotherapy infusion suite. Music and Medicine, 4(4), 221-230.
A music therapist can tailor music interventions for individual clients to decrease responsive behaviors, provide opportunities to express their feelings with musical instruments and voice, and create a safe environment for them to talk about difficult feelings. Clients can engage in songwriting, singing, and playing instruments, and their performance or composed songs can be made into a CD/File to share with their loved-ones.
Music and Reminiscence Group
The participants listen and sing along to familiar music. The participants also improvise with their chosen musical instruments and have time to reminisce through songs. The program is followed by relaxation with live piano music.
Music and Wellness Group
This program aims to decrease stress and increase relaxation for adults. The music therapist engages participants in singing and playing musical instruments for self-expression, stress relief, and a sense of belonging. Stress symptoms can be released physically and social contact with other people will be helpful to reduce isolation. At the end, the participants are engaged in music listening to relaxing live piano music.
Singing Group
The participants sing popular music with piano accompaniment in fun and supportive environment and learn about breath, posture, rhythm, and singing with others. This group can increase feelings of accomplishment, foster self-confidence, and build team spirit.
Vocal Choir
Choir can expand social interaction between residents, create a sense of belonging in the community, increase feelings of accomplishment, and improve quality of life. Research has shown that participating in a choir can improve mood, increase energy and happiness. Choir practices culminate in a public performance where participating residents perform and share their music with their loved ones, staff, and co-residents.
Environmental Music Therapy (EMT)
EMT can improve relaxation, feelings of control, and physical comfort for patients and caregivers, but also improves staff’s ability to care for their patients through music’s impact on "their mood, feeling states, and degree of self-awareness"(Canga, Hahm, Lucido, Grossbard, & Loewy, 2012, p.228). Purposeful use of live music performances by a Certified Music Therapist in common areas where any residents, caregivers, and staff can listen will help alleviate caregivers’ compassion fatigue and staff’s job related stress, which can improve the quality of services residents receive from them.
Reference
Canga, B., Hahm, C. L., Lucido, D., Grossbard, M. L., & Loewy, J. V. (2012). Environmental music therapy: A pilot study on the effects of music therapy in a chemotherapy infusion suite. Music and Medicine, 4(4), 221-230.