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