Music Therapy

Music therapy is...

The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) defines music therapy as "the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program."

“The essentially musical experience is a legitimate clinical goal because music exists primarily as a medium for the development of the self.” - Dr. Ken Aigen, DA, LCAT, MT-BC

"Only a music therapist is fully equipped to understand the health implications of being-with others via musical, dynamic forms in time–even in the absence of conventional, musical sound. Thus, it is not a question of whether or not musical sound is used within a therapy session–it is a question of how the music therapist’s unique ways of thinking can guide ways of being-with clients in uniquely, clinically indicated, musical ways, all in the service of promoting the client’s musical health.“ - Dr. Brian Abrams, Ph.D., MT-BC, LPC, LCAT