What is Music Therapy?
Music therapy is an established evidence-based health profession that involves an interpersonal process in which the therapist provides various facets of music experience such as (songwriting, singing/playing familiar songs, improvising music together and/or music listening experiences) to help participants maximize health. Various instruments which require no prior skill or experience are used by the client while the therapist creates music on the piano or guitar, or percussion, and/or via singing that engages, matches, supports, and enhances the participants playing in order to foster engagement, joint attention, relatedness, communication, and socialization.
Do Music Therapists have Specific Credentials?
Music therapists must have completed a minimum of a 4-year bachelor’s degree in music therapy, 9 month internship at an accredited facility, and have passed the Board Certification to receive the MT-BC credential. The credential MT-BC is granted by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). Many music therapists continue with their education to complete masters and doctoral degrees. as well as advanced certification trainings.
Our Music Therapy Services Include:
Developmental Music Health provides music therapy services for the Long Island and New York Metropolitan areas. Services are provided at our on-site clinic, in your home, and at various facilities, community centers, nursing homes and schools. Music therapy services are provided by professionally credentialed board certified music therapists.
Assessment
We provide a comprehensive and in-depth music therapy assessment aimed at evaluating areas of attention, engagement, communication, problem-solving, and social capacities.
Music Therapy Services
Our music therapy services are provided at our clinic, your home, and various facilities such as schools, nursing homes, hospitals, adult centers, etc. We provide music therapy programs for a range of ages and client groups such as:
Music therapy for Children, Adolescents and Adults with developmental and/or emotional challenges
Music therapy for Older Adults
