Music therapy

Easy English

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Music Therapy

This factsheet is about music therapy.

Music therapy is when someone uses music to

feel better.

Music therapy can be when you

Ɣ listen to music

Ɣ move or dance to music

Ɣ sing

Ɣ write your own music

Ɣ play an instrument. For example

– drums

– guitar.

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Who do people do music therapy with?

People do music therapy with a

music therapist.

A music therapist knows how music can make

people feel. For example

Ɣ happy

Ɣ sad

Ɣ full of energy

Ɣ calm.

A music therapist also knows how music can

make people

Ɣ think

Ɣ behave.

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A music therapist might work with

Ɣ 1 person

or

Ɣ a group of people.

Where can you do music therapy?

You might do music therapy at

Ɣ a service

Ɣ a hospital

Ɣ a community centre

Ɣ home.

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Would music therapy work for you?

Music therapy might work for you if music

Ɣ is important to you

Ɣ makes you feel happy

Ɣ helps you feel calm if you can not relax

Ɣ gives you energy if you are tired

Ɣ helps you show how you feel.

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Music therapy might also work if you like to

share music with other people. For example

Ɣ sing songs with people

Ɣ dance with people

Ɣ go to a concert with friends

Ɣ play an instrument in a band.

Scope’s Communication and Inclusion Resource Centre

wrote the Easy English. August 2016 www.scopevic.org.au

To see the original contact the Australian Music Therapy Association.

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