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Music Therapy
Music Therapy
WHAT REALLY
HAPPENS…...
DOPAMINE (3,4-
dihydroxyphenethylamine)
IS SYNTHESISED AND
RELEASED!
DOPAMINERGIC PATHWAY
VENTRAL VENTRAL
TEGMENTAL STRIATUM
AREA (NUCLEUS
(DOPAMINE) ACCUMBENS)
CROSS-SECTION OF THE BRAIN
MUSIC THERAPY - DEFINITION
In his book Definìng Music Therapy (1998), Kenneth
Bruscia defines music therapy as “a systematic process of
intervention wherein the therapist helps the client to promote
health, using music experiences and the relationships that
develop through them as dynamic forces of change”.
WHAT IS MUSIC THERAPY?
1) Not about TEACHING/DEVELOPING MUSICAL SKILLS
2) Concept of Change
3) Change : Communication, cognition, physical, social,
emotional and neurological functioning
4) All ages, groups, individuals
5) Hospitals, Schools, Residential homes, Hearing
impairment centers, prisons, private practice
MAJOR APPLICATIONS OF MUSIC THERAPY
3) PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS :
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