![]() ![]() Given music’s strong ties to memory and vast brain activation, “music help compensate,” says Krings. Music therapy may aid in dementia care by helping manage symptoms of dementia, including reduced depression and anxiety, according to a systematic review. The field developed throughout the decades, and in 1998, the National Association for Music Therapy and the American Association for Music Therapy merged to become the modern-day American Music Therapy Association. ![]() For that reason, he is considered the “father of music therapy.” Thayer Gaston, chairman of the music education department at the University of Kansas, started the first music therapy graduate degree program in the United States, notes research. In the 1940s, universities began to establish music therapy programs. During that era, musicians traveled to hospitals to use music to soothe veterans’ trauma from war. Music has been an important component of cultures and society - and its health benefits have been explored since Aristotle and Plato - but it wasn’t until after World Wars I and II when modern day music therapy began to be recognized as a legitimate wellness practice, according to the AMTA. Music is an essential part of the human experience that starts at the very beginning of our lives and connects us together, notes one scientific article. Music therapy has an established definition, set by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA): “Music therapy is 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.” While listening to music or feeling heard and seen by a song is an informal way to use music to better your well-being, music therapy is a practice that uses professional music therapists to help you work through physical ailments and mental hardships. And, if we’re so inclined, expressing ourselves through music is a powerful way to deal with hurt and move through our emotions. And we can’t forget Miley Cyrus’s song that she released on her ex’s birthday - an ode to how she’s just fine being independent. Good thing Taylor Swift keeps churning out music - or who would help you get through that really tough breakup? When Beyonce released “Break My Soul,” an anthem to quit your job to - people actually did just that. ![]()
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