Music Therapy Helps Cancer Patients and Families.
How do people use music? Do they just listen or use it to better others? Music therapy is a type of therapy that not only utilizes the power of music, but other versions of therapy or medication. Music therapy helps reduce pain and anxiety by providing a way to cope with stressful situations and treatments. Music therapy strengthens those who are challenged with physical and mental disabilities, along with social and personal development. Therapists must learn the strengths and needs of each patient before assisting them with the help they need.
Music therapy helps reduce pain and anxiety, and distracts patients. “The controlled use of music helps people overcome problems, conditions or …show more content…
There are many different methods used to help children, but one example is when a child gets an IV line put in and the music therapist uses a kaleidoscope to distract them from what is going on (Eckenrode 1). A kaleidoscope can be used to help a child by asking questions like what colors are seen? Are there any blue sparkles and how many are there? What letters are there? The kaleidoscope can also be shaken to make noise like a maraca. Playing soft music can be used to help relax a dying patient and their families. A cancer patient going through chemotherapy treatment can be relaxed by a guitar (Eckenrode 1). Michelle Erich is a music therapist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She often combines music with child life specialties to get a patient to open up or distract them from the fact they are in a hospital (Eckenrode 3). Lia is a ten year old girl with leukemia. Lia and her father both feel that music helps her escape from the reality and what is going on in her life (Frances 1). Writing song lyrics help music therapists as …show more content…
“Clients can develop their auditory, visual, motor, communication, social, academic, (cognitive), and self-help skills through many different types of musical activities” (“Music Therapy” 1). Jane Franz, a music-thanatologist on staff at Sacred Heart Hospital, brings her harp to the foot of a 62-year-old woman named Carolyn’s bed. In doing this and changing the rhythm changed Carolyn’s heartbeat and breathing (Frazier 1). “A music-thanatologist is a professional field within the broader sub-specialty of palliative care” (Music Thanatology Association International 1). Music thanatologists use the harp and the voice to serve the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the families of the dying patients and the patients (Music Thanatology Association International 1). Franz uses music to help the patient and their families come to terms with everything going on (Frazier
How do people use music? Do they just listen or use it to better others? Music therapy is a type of therapy that not only utilizes the power of music, but other versions of therapy or medication. Music therapy helps reduce pain and anxiety by providing a way to cope with stressful situations and treatments. Music therapy strengthens those who are challenged with physical and mental disabilities, along with social and personal development. Therapists must learn the strengths and needs of each patient before assisting them with the help they need.
Music therapy helps reduce pain and anxiety, and distracts patients. “The controlled use of music helps people overcome problems, conditions or …show more content…
There are many different methods used to help children, but one example is when a child gets an IV line put in and the music therapist uses a kaleidoscope to distract them from what is going on (Eckenrode 1). A kaleidoscope can be used to help a child by asking questions like what colors are seen? Are there any blue sparkles and how many are there? What letters are there? The kaleidoscope can also be shaken to make noise like a maraca. Playing soft music can be used to help relax a dying patient and their families. A cancer patient going through chemotherapy treatment can be relaxed by a guitar (Eckenrode 1). Michelle Erich is a music therapist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She often combines music with child life specialties to get a patient to open up or distract them from the fact they are in a hospital (Eckenrode 3). Lia is a ten year old girl with leukemia. Lia and her father both feel that music helps her escape from the reality and what is going on in her life (Frances 1). Writing song lyrics help music therapists as …show more content…
“Clients can develop their auditory, visual, motor, communication, social, academic, (cognitive), and self-help skills through many different types of musical activities” (“Music Therapy” 1). Jane Franz, a music-thanatologist on staff at Sacred Heart Hospital, brings her harp to the foot of a 62-year-old woman named Carolyn’s bed. In doing this and changing the rhythm changed Carolyn’s heartbeat and breathing (Frazier 1). “A music-thanatologist is a professional field within the broader sub-specialty of palliative care” (Music Thanatology Association International 1). Music thanatologists use the harp and the voice to serve the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the families of the dying patients and the patients (Music Thanatology Association International 1). Franz uses music to help the patient and their families come to terms with everything going on (Frazier