Music Therapy- The evidence-based use of music as a tool by a credentialed professional, to assist individuals achieve personalized, observable and measurable therapeutic goals. - Certification Board for Music Therapists
Provider- Linda Pool, MT-BC- Board Certified Music Therapist serving Texas for over twenty years
Graduate of Sam Houston State University
Graduate work in Counseling at Texas A&M
Commerce
What Goals can be achieved? Music Therapy promotes wellness
Helps individuals develop stress management and relaxation techniques
Helps alleviate pain
Enhance memory and promote cognitive functioning
Improve communication, problem solving, and decision making skills
Facilitates movement and overall wellness
Provides emotional support for clients and their families
Creates an outlet for expression of feelings
Promotes positive mood, and self-image
Decreases symptoms of anxiety and depression
Promotes speech rehabilitation and language development
Promotes self awareness, coping skills, and positive social skills
Assists individuals in processing grief and loss issues
How are those goals addressed? singing, playing instruments, improvising on instruments and with the voice, song-writing, music games, lyric discussion, music and movement, listening to music and reminiscing, Learning relaxation techniques with music, Piano, vocal, guitar lessons and adapted lessons
How does it work? Music stimulates overall brain function
Provides a non-threatening medium to discuss personal issues
Music has long been used to express emotions
Music involvement and music making motivates individuals to work on individual goals and participate in social interaction
Music induces relaxation
Familiar music promotes memory recall and cognitive functioning
Music motivates individuals to exercise or engage in rehabilitation
Music promotes the production of endorphins in the brain leading to improved mood
