Ep130: Music Therapy: Are You Doing It Right? with Xiyu Zhang

OVERVIEW

They say music is a type of therapy. It helps pacify our mood if we are sad and angry. We also listen to music to calm our mind and get to sleep.

But are you aware of creative arts therapy?

Creative arts therapy is a form of therapautic intervention that use active engagement of art to address a person’s individualized goals such as treatment for behavioral, developmental, or mental disorders. This form of therapy use expressive art format which explores self expression. There are different forms of creative arts therapy. But today, we are going to focus on one; music.

We have the very first music therapist on the show; Xiyu Zhang. She will help us understand how to effectively use music to sedate our raging emotions and the process she perform to treat patients with different kinds of health conditions.

If you are trying to heal yourself using music, find out if you’re doing it right by listening to this episode.

Music helps us to remember things and to recall certain things, that is one thing we help with Alzheimer's patients. - Xiyu Zhang

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WHAT WILL WE LEARN

02:00 What is special about music therapy and how it is facilitated
05:50 Who are music therapy clients and how do they respond to the treatment
13:40 Different types of music and the emotions associated with them
16:30 How music can help people with sleep disorders
23:33 Don’t search random music online to put yourself to sleep – try this recommendation instead
28:00 This is the kind of music you need to listen to if you have a walking or balancing problem
30:50 The differences how music therapist and speech pathologist treat patients with Aphasia
38:00 Music therapy is teamwork
40:00 Where to find legitimate music therapists