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To the beat of music therapy at the MGH
2019
Language
French
Source / Publisher
McGill University Health Centre

This article describes music therapy services offered at the Adult Psychiatry Department of the Montreal General Hospital.

Trish MacAulay, certified music therapist, shares her story
2022
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Canadian Music Therapy Fund
Trish MacAulay, a certified music therapist and registered psychotherapist, shares a music therapy story and imagines the possibilities for music therapy.Trish's client was working on self-acceptance and self-love while processing that he was gay. Watch the full video to learn how she helped him experience, express and integrate his emotions through lyric analysis.  Imagine if everyone experiencing mental health challenges could access music therapy!
¿Qué es la musicoterapia? - Carla Navarro, Pedro Vinuesa et al.
2015
Language
Spanish
Subtitle
Spanish
Source / Publisher
Neuras Ciencia

This video (in Spanish) includes interviews from Carla Navarro, Pedro Vinuesa, María Martínez-Gil, and Paula Ramirez who are music therapists in Spain. They explain what music therapy is, who can benefit, and how it can help people of all ages. Clients who received music therapy also describe how music therapy improved their life.

¿Qué es la musicoterapia? - Marcela Lichtensztejn
2009
Language
Spanish
Subtitle
Spanish
Source / Publisher
Fundación INECO

In this video (in Spanish), Marcela Lichtensztejn, a music therapist in Argentina, provides a description of music therapy. She explains what music therapy is, its therapeutic benefits, how it can be applied clinically, who can benefit, and how it can affect the brain. Please note that the sound quality in the second half of the video is inaudible.