Music therapy provides the person with an opportunity for non-verbal and verbal expression, interaction and communication. The innovative music therapy service aims to assess the emotional well-being, physical health, social functioning, communicative abilities and cognitive skills of individuals referred. This is done through engaging them in a wide range of musical forms therein assessing their musical and non musical responses. Following an assessment the music therapist will offer individual or group music therapy sessions as appropriate, designing a programme to meet the identified needs and evaluating the individual’s development or progress on a constant basis.
Music therapy is a systematic process of intervention wherein the therapist helps the client to promote health, using music experiences and the relationships that develop through them as dynamic forces of change”(Bruscia, K., 1998 Defining Music Therapy)