Music Therapy for children, young people and adults.
Music Therapy for children, young people and adults

Experience your

unlimited potential

through music.

Welcome to Music Therapy UP services

Music Therapy UP (Unlimited Potential)

provides music therapy services which aim to reach people with

a diverse range of strengths and needs to inspire responsiveness, resilience and recovery. 


Children

Participation, engagement and a shared experience in music can support a wide range of needs including social, developmental, communication and emotional skills.

Young People

Powerful feelings such as stress and anxiety can have a deep effect on adolescents and those around them.  Music engagement can lead to positive outcomes, higher awareness of others and help them reach their full potential.

Digital

Telehealth music therapy is available to provide a digital service to individuals looking to reduce anxiety, increase coping skills, and improve social support in the safety of their own setting.

Welcome to Music Therapy UP

What is Music Therapy?

Music therapy is different from many other therapies because it harnesses the power of non-verbal communication.  It is the use of instruments, voice and sound to create live improvisation, singing, composition, playing and music-making with a view to fostering understanding, offering acceptance, facilitating development and encouraging participation.  Through these therapeutic intentions, the adolescent or young person can achieve greater levels of resilience, further inform their identity, attain additional areas of competence and experience additional moments of connectedness.


What are the health benefits of music therapy?

 It can have many positive outcomes including:

  • encouraging creative thinking
  • relaxing and escaping reality
  • giving meaning to a personal experience
  • increasing levels of connectedness
  • offering an improved sense of hope, insight and self-worth

When adolescents experience more meaningful connections through music therapy, this can lead to endless therapeutic benefits and the chance to invoke change through creativity.

What is a music therapist?

A music therapist is an Allied Health Professional and an HCPC Registered Arts Psychotherapist who assesses individuals for clinical music interventions and designs a programme of support using specific goals and intentions.  The outcomes are then evaluated to measure the effectiveness and success of the provision. 


"Music functions as a window through to the internal state of the teenager that can be used to increase personal understanding."


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By building resilience during periods of transition, managing high stress levels and anxiety, and providing a safe space to address trauma, music therapy sessions can open up opportunities for trauma to be addressed and resolved. Consideration of the individual's emotional age rather than chronological age, reassurance techniques, flexibility, an ability to explore individual coping styles and high levels of sensitivity are required when working with using music therapy. For example, music can provide a consistent and comforting presence during a young adult’s transition into postsecondary education, community involvement, employment or independent living. For those individuals living with a developmental, learning and/or physical disability; chronic illness or mental health issues, music can promote feelings of safety, stability and improved quality of life.
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