weEvery now and then, a familiar doubt creeps in and you ask yourself: Is music therapy a real thing? Maybe it’s after a conversation with a skeptical professional.>Maybe it’s when you’re writing a treatment plan that doesn’t quite fit into a checkbox.>Maybe it’s when funding falls through—again. And the thought rises: Is what I’m doing..
When we think about childhood development, we often separate it into categories—cognitive, motor, social, emotional, sensory, and language development. Music, if mentioned at all, is usually placed in the “enrichment” bucket: nice to have, but not essential. But growing evidence suggests we need to reconsider how music supports child development—not as a separate “extra”, but as..
It can be difficult to understand the differences between all of the options for “music health”. Here is a straightforward comparison of Music Therapy vs. Genote to help you make an informed decision based on your needs. Music is all around us. We all need it, we are all drawn to it, and most of..
Becoming a Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) is more than liking people, loving music, and wanting to make them feel better. It’s a regulated profession with high standards and a rigorous training program. The credential Music Therapist – Board Certified (MT-BC), is granted by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT, cbmt.org) to identify music..
One of the concerns with music therapy often expressed by related professionals (such as the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, or ASHA), is that music therapy is so broad in scope. Honestly, I have to agree. I’ve never been able to comfortably argue the point that music therapy is confusing because it is so broad. And honestly, I’m a..
If you’ve ever wondered whether there is more to music therapy than nice songs, kumbaya, and fluffy “entertainment”, then have we got news for you! Music therapy is masked and misunderstood because our culture’s conception that the primary purpose of music is for entertainment. Us Westerners have come to limit the real power of music by..
What is music therapy and how does it work? Good question. Here’s a simple answer. This is a somewhat difficult question to answer because music therapy can look very different based on who you’re helping. But for our purposes here, I will answer it based on our work here at Harmony Music Therapy, which focuses..
Will insurance cover music therapy? It can, depending on your policy, but whether it will be cost effective is another story. Music therapy is relatively unknown in the insurance world and as a result it is almost always considered an out of network service. There are a few isolated instances with insurance companies where music..