Who can benefit
Who benefits from music therapy?
Music therapy offers many avenues of support to people of all ages and abilities
From addressing developmental issues, physical disabilities and emotional traumas to providing relief for caregivers, music therapy can be a valuable resource to populations throughout the community.
The following represents a few of the groups, areas or conditions music therapy has been shown to help:
Autism & Special needs
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), various intellectual and cognitive abilities and more.
Injury & Illness
Acquired Brain Injury, cancer, stroke and more.
Physical conditions
Pain, speech and language impairments, hearing and visual deficits, gross motor limitations and more.
Aging Care & Caregiving
Aging-related conditions, geriatric care, dementia care, palliative care, caregiving and more.
Trauma, Emotional support & Mental Health
Grief or bereavement, trauma, anxiety, depression and other mental health problems.
Pages on specific populations
You can find more in-depth information on music therapy with specific clientele on pages that we show separately. Read about how various intervention goals can be addressed and find references supporting the use of music therapy with these populations. Check back often as we will continue to add pages for other populations.
You want to know more?
Visit our resource section to search our growing database of references, including research literature, presentations, articles, videos and other types of documentation.