Music Therapy

Music Therapy literally means the use of music by a trained music therapy professional to improve the social development, cognitive development and self awareness of the people. It helps people, mainly children and adolescents to express their feelings freely. It also helps stroke patients to recover from their state of paralysis and elderly people from cases of Alzheimer's disease. Most of the school going children faces many stress related problems. The stress could be due to family problems, study tensions, problem with classmates etc. But it is very important to identify their problems and solve them. Otherwise it may become catastrophic by disturbing the mental stability of the child. This problem of students coping with stress can be effectively dealt using music therapy by helping them express their feelings in an appropriate way.

In certain methods of music therapy songs are composed based on human emotions like depression, abuse, addiction etc. Music therapy for children facing stress problems includes helping them develop an interest for music. It includes showing an interest to the songs they listen to. The help them derive some peace of mind out of their favorite music and to discover their kinds of music which interest them. They encourage them to be more aware of the connection between music and their feelings and to use them as an outlet to express their feelings. In some cases it has been found that music can significantly alter the mood of a person

According to professionals, behavioral problems in children are due to their family environment. The children spend most of their time in their home and hence it plays a major role. The rules, routines, rituals etc in a house seriously helps a child to get over his or her behavioral problems. Children growing up in houses where this is absent are affected. Refusing to go to school is a serious emotional disorder seen among school going children. About 1-5% of the school going children refuse going to school and this rate is the same with both boys as well as girls. The symptoms develop with after a holiday or an illness. Children often make a fuss about going to school after weekend holidays or vacations. The reason for such problem could be problems in their schools or in their house itself. The longer the child stays out of school, the harder it is for him to return. A comprehensive evaluation of this problem has been done by any music therapy organizations. It is very essential that the parents should be aware of the problems their child is facing.