| In the therapy music world, the clients don't need to | | | | of these impairments. Consider that a client with a |
| be trained or experienced musicians in order to | | | | communication disorder might have trouble with |
| participate in or gain the benefits provided by the | | | | singing, lyrical articulation, melodic response, order |
| music. As a matter of fact, most clients don't have | | | | sound sequences, or taking part in a musical |
| previous musical training; and so therapy music | | | | ensemble. |
| sessions always attempt to harness the innate | | | | In the professional setting, it's always assured that |
| musical tendencies believed by therapists to be | | | | therapy music experiences are coordinated with the |
| possessed by all human beings to make and | | | | capabilities of the client. Any perceivable thing that |
| appreciate music at their own developmental levels. | | | | could cause harm or unnecessary pain to the client is |
| Those who utilize music for therapy have the | | | | strictly avoided. Music therapists pre-screen clients for |
| conviction that, even though clearly not everyone | | | | adverse psychological or physiological reactions to |
| can become a great musician, every person can | | | | musical stimulation or requests for musical |
| become and, indeed, inherently is a lover and | | | | participation. Client musical preferences are therefore |
| appreciator of music. Every single one of us can | | | | taken into serious consideration. Music used in therapy |
| ascribe meaning to musical experiences and, in fact, | | | | must be relevant to the music experiences and |
| that's precisely what we do, according to these | | | | tastes of the client. Every one of the music |
| therapists. | | | | experiences necessitates something different from |
| But it probably goes without saying that within the | | | | the client and each one of them has the potential for |
| real world of clinical experience music therapy | | | | a different effect. |
| professionals often come across clients who have | | | | Therapy music is designed to heal the soul--no |
| mental or physical impairments interfering with their | | | | matter how the "soul" is defined by a modern person. |
| innate musical capacity. Therapy music professionals | | | | Despite skepticism, therapy music shows forth |
| insist, in fact, that there's a lot to be learned about | | | | proven results. |
| the nature of a client's problems through assessment | | | | |