Music is a powerful force that evokes strong emotions, brings back heartwarming memories, and provides a way to express yourself. With this type of impact, it’s not surprising that music can be an ...

Research on the many benefits of music has paved the way for the burgeoning field of music therapy. Music therapy involves musical expression to address physical, social, and mental health goals.

Healing from trauma is a journey that takes time, understanding and sometimes, alternative methods beyond traditional therapy. One powerful and increasingly recognized method is music therapy. For ...

Music therapy encompasses a range of interventions designed to improve cognitive function and alleviate psychological and behavioural symptoms in older adults with dementia. This intervention, which ...

Music therapy involves using a person’s responses and connections to music to encourage positive changes in mood and overall well-being. It can decrease anxiety and improve self-esteem. Music has ...

Research on the many benefits of music has paved the way for the burgeoning field of music therapy. Music therapy involves musical expression to address physical, social, and mental health goals.

Music therapy is a form of treatment that uses music within the therapeutic relationship to help accomplish the patient’s individualized goals. This evidence-based approach involves techniques such as ...

Several studies support the use of music therapy and other musical activities to help reduce Alzheimer’s symptoms. Different types of music interventions have been shown to affect different symptoms ...

Beliefs and practices about music's ability to heal the mind, body, and spirit date back to the Upper Paleolithic period, about 20,000 years ago. Music was widely used by shamans and other healers to ...

Rebecca Atkinson is a board member of Chiltern Music Therapy, and has received funding from The Musicians Company to carry out research activities for children with Batten disease. When we hear the ...

One of the scenes in the latest season of Stranger Things seems to have been inspired by real developments in psychology and neuroscience. Without giving away too much of the main story of the show, ...