Spiritual Music Therapy

What is Spiritual Music Therapy?
Spiritual Music therapy starts from the premise that we are spiritual beings living in human bodies.

Music therapy draws on music as a therapeutic tool to support people of any age who  experience challenges emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually or cognitively.

Some Populations served:

• People with autism spectrum
• People with ADD or ADHD
• Children with challenges at school for various reasons including developmental challenges, learning disabilities, emotional issues
• Adults with emotional issues which they would like to explore and work through
• Elderly people in geriatric facilities or at home with isolation, dementia, or other conditions which make their lives challenging
• People with Mental health conditions like Bi-Polar Disorder, Schizophrenia, etc
• Palliative Care for all ages; for the individual or with the family
• Developmentally delayed people of all ages
• Adults who are interested in exploring their creativity in new directions, explore issues in their lives,  may also appreciate the benefits through sound healing workshops and private lessons.

Within the therapeutic relationship, Spiritual Music therapy works on many levels:

• It involves both therapist and client in the creative process, whether playing instruments, singing, visualizing, moving or doing art in combination with music in a supportive environment.
• It encourages self- expression, which may be entirely non-verbal,   or highly verbal – like in song-writing or lyric discussion – leading to greater clarity and release of blocks.
• It stimulates creativity, learning and/or healing in a natural & supportive environment
• It utilizes music and its elements and forms to motivate, explore, express, stimulate, and learn in targeted areas depending on the needs of the client.
• Music learning activates the whole brain, and can help those with learning challenges including deficits in auditory and visual processing, and physical co-ordination, or simply those wanting to engage their creative side.
• It can side step the mental field allowing blocked emotions to flow more easily and allowing the integration of parts of ourselves that had splintered off during traumatic events.
• Brain research shows that learning music stimulates virtually all parts of the brain including those used for language and co-ordination, and both auditory and visual processing.

Some Benefits of Music Therapy include:

• Increased self-esteem, self-worth and confidence
• Stimulation to whole brain and cognitive development
• Decreased feelings of isolation & depression
• Improvement in social skills
• Improvement in communication skills
• Reduction of anxiety
• Strengthening or healing of relationships, within and without
• Sensory stimulation – hands on and full engagement
• Reminiscence and processing of life’s experiences
• Explore spiritual interests in non-religious environment
• Maintain and support physical well-being
• Improved language skills

How does it work?
Music therapy begins with assessing the client and the style of therapy most appropriate for the client.

Depending on the client’s age and condition, sessions my be held in  clinical setting, in a facility or in the home. Depending on the client and the issues involved, sessions may be ongoing or short term.

Contact Pamela  at  email hidden; JavaScript is required    or 613-829-1556