The music intervention in overcoming both physical and mental trauma has been proven since the end of World War I and II, through the researches on the patients who could miraculously gain recovery from the melodies of music played by the musicians to hel
The music intervention in overcoming both physical and mental trauma has been proven since the end of World War I and II, through the researches on the patients who could miraculously gain recovery from the melodies of music played by the musicians to hel
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Overview: Music Therapy The music intervention in overcoming both physical and mental trauma has been proven since the end of World War I and II, through the researches on the patients who could miraculously gain recovery from the melodies of music played by the musicians to help the victims at the veteran hospital. The music therapy profession emerged through the confessions from doctors and nurses who saw the physical and emotional responses from their patients through music intervention. Other thing that had been identified was the need of special training for music therapist prior to the music therapy practice. The music therapy is a clinical use of music and is proven as the non-verbal intervention to attain specific ends by the qualified music therapist. The objective of this music therapy is varied and could be related to the development of emotional, social, communications, cognitive, and physical ability. Albeit the music therapy is not intended for clients to gain musical ability, the musical ability could perhaps emerge along with the on-going therapy. Based on World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) 2011, “Music therapy is the professional use of music and its elements as an intervention in medical, educational, and everyday environments with individuals, groups, families, or communities who seek to optimize their quality of life and improve their physical, social, communicative, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual health and wellbeing. Research, practice, education, and clinical training in music therapy are based on professional standards according to cultural, social, and political contexts.” In the session of music therapy, the therapist and client normally play improvised music. To improvise, the client is not expected to own the musical backgrounds at all. Based on the interaction in the clinical improvisation, the openness and trust of client toward the therapist will be evoked. This process, moreover, would support the journey of a therapy and later on will be the client?s transformational point. Musical therapy aims everyone, whether adults or kids. The musical therapy is practiced in hospital, asylum, hospice, child development clinic, schools for mentally retarded kids, even in houses. Although the word ?therapy? sometimes is associated with the physical recovery or is only prevailed to the special needs? ones, the use of musical therapy in the developed countries such as United States of America, England, and Australia is increasingly more common among normal kids and adults, for instance in the normal schools. The musical therapy session also could be done both individually and in group. In Indonesia, the music therapy is still not widely found. However, several institutions that have been offering music therapy service are hospitals, schools for mentally retarded, music schools, and freelance practice. The clients are usually kids with special needs (Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Autism, ADHD, and cancer patients. The Music Therapy Concentration at Universitas Pelita Harapan The concentration of Music Therapy at Universitas Pelita Harapan was open in the academic year of 2007/2008. Universitas Pelita Harapan is the first university in Indonesia who has concentration of Music Therapy in Conservatory of Music major. The courses taught in this concentration are the integration between psychology and music. Moreover, the students also will be introduced with anatomi, physiology, and neurology to help understand deeper about the physical and mental disorders on human. A music therapist must also be a music expertise where he has an excellent musical ability, understand all musical genres and instruments, and know how to use music flexibly as well as being a reliable counselor (able to build good interpersonal relationship with clients, judge quickly and thoroughly the clients? needs, and able to empathize the way it is. The music therapy students are required to do music therapy practices with kids, adolescences, adults, and elderly and at the end of the program, students must do field practices to know more about client population and specific setting, as well as partnering with other professions. At the end of internship, students should prepare research writings as to the work experience and music therapy literature as the final papers. All these stages are done under the supervision of qualified music therapists.
Music Therapy Clinic at UPH Since March 2015, Conservatory of Music UPH has been opening the music therapy clinic for public. The clinic is located at Building B room 406E, Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) Karawaci. Public can access the music therapy service with our own therapists by appointment. Contact us via email (christabelle.nanetta@uph.edu) or by phone (0852 8137 8315) and send the data of clients who want to join the therapy. After receiving the client data, we are going to look for available schedule with the music therapist. On first session, we will observe and assess the background information needed in the music therapy music. The next process is the discussion of directions and objective that want to be achieved from the music therapy. This process could involve parents, teachers, and client?s relatives. We hope that the opening of this music therapy clinic at Universitas Pelita Harapan, the public could know and understand more about what the therapy music is, as well as utilizing the music therapy as the alternative to improve the emotional, social, communication, cognitive, and physical development. For further information about the Music Therapy Concentration, please search Conservatory of Music UPH website: www.music.uph.edu For further inquiries related to the music therapy and its application, please search on these following websites:
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