Thursday, January 2, 2014

A Therapeutic Sound Project Can Be Used To Cure Many Ailments

By Lilia Moody


A therapeutic sound project is conducted by a professional therapist who is trained in the field of providing music therapy to the people. It is the use of music to better the health of a person in different ways. Different people have different preferences when it comes to music. One genre of music can heal someone, and another can heal someone else. There is no fixed treatment.

The different aspects of music like physical, emotional, spiritual etc. Are used in the course of music therapy to heal the client. There are different ways in which music can heal a person, he can either listen to it, play it, move to it, or even sing it. It is all subjective to the nature of the client and the approach that the therapist takes. All these factors are kept into consideration and then a treatment course is planned for the client.

Studies have shown that listening to lively and pleasant music can lead to better moods and a generally happy state of mind. It is also a great tool in the formation of a good social life. Music is known to be one of the most popular conversation starters across the globe.

One of the many uses of music therapy is its use in the treatment of mood disorders in teenagers. It is the most productive age of a human being. The identity formation occurs at this age, and it is important that the teenagers are kept calm and stable so that they turn out to become better products of the society. Music therapy helps in doing the same.

It is of great help to people who have suffered a stroke attack. It is natural for them to feel anxious, pessimistic and helpless about their lives. As their lives have flipped over completely, it is important for them to maintain a balanced state of mind. It is proven that patients who go through music therapy along with the regular treatment are a lot more optimistic and lively than the ones who don't.

It has already been established that music can uplift the mood of a person. But it works to a very large extent where it can even cure major depressive disorder (MDD). Is has been observed that the people who have used music therapy to get rid of the disorder have achieved it faster and easier than the ones who don't. Music enables them to open up emotionally and express better.

While adults require music therapy for such major problems, children have their own needs too. Short attention span, problems with communication and behaviour and lack of social skill can be treated with the use of music therapy. Generally children are encouraged to learn to play an instrument, to make sure that the child is doing something productive in the session hours and also developing a skill.

Music therapies as you know it, was started in the previous century after the world wars. People would find it peaceful to listen to music and dance to it. But its roots can be traced back to the time of Greek gods, it is believed that the first therapeutic sound project was used by Apollo, where he would cure people diagnosed with mental related disorders by singing a song to them.




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