Applied music therapy

The manifestations, symptoms and causes of illnesses and how they can be treated through music therapy.

applied music-therapy
music therapy treatments
clinical music therapy

knowledge

occupation-specific

Applied music therapy is an essential knowledge of the following occupations:

Music therapist: Music therapists use music-therapeutic interventions to treat patients with behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions to prevent, mitigate or eliminate symptoms and to change behaviours and attitudes requiring treatment. They promote and maintain or restore the development, maturity and health of the patient/client by music-therapeutic interventions. Music therapy especially provides help for people with with emotional, somatic, intellectually or socially induced behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions, such as psychoses (schizophrenic disorders, bipolar disorders) and personality development disorders.
 

Applied music therapy is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this knowledge may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

References

1. Applied music therapy – ESCO