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Services Music Therapy is an interpersonal process in which the therapist draws upon all of the aspects of music to help clients improve, restore or maintain health and/or psychological and social functioning. The natural power of music and the non-threatening nature of the therapy create an environment in which unique outcomes are possible.Gainesville Music Therapy uses live, improvised music to stimulate, engage, and connect with each client in an individualized, unique manner. While providing musical themes on the piano or guitar, she seeks to find the music that meets the individual, creating a musical relationship between therapist and client. Through this relationship, goals on many different levels may be addressed:
Child-Centered Music Therapy
Meeting the unique needs of children, Child-Centered Music Therapy uses improvised music created individually for each child, to reach each child, communicate with that child musically, develop relationship, and challenge the child in working towards their stated goals. Child-Centered Music Therapy has been effective in improving expressive and receptive language, developing relationship with the outside world, increasing attention span, improving frustration tolerance and impulse control, expanding fine and gross motor control, development of self-esteem and self-confidence, improved cognitive mastery and organizational skills, etc. For more information on Child-Centered Music Therapy, click here.
Music Together: Working with Developmental Disabilities Every individual instinctively responds to music. By finding the music that reaches to each client's inherent creativity, Abigail Yeh finds a common ground from which communication, relationship, learning, and positive change is cultivated. Working with the interdisciplinary team, Ms. Yeh assesses each client and develops a treatment plan based on that client's goals and objectives. Using music as a tool for therapy brings fun, playful, creative experiences to the individual, while still working towards measurable goals. Quality of life is improved and individuality is honored, while providing each person the potential to grow into new areas of development. Music therapy is beneficial in language/speech development, gross and fine motor control, development of social skills, improving frustration tolerance and impulse control, increasing range of affect and expression, cognitive development, increasing lung capacity, improving mood and self-esteem, etc.
Music Therapy and Mental Health Offering a non-verbal medium for interaction, music therapy provides clients a non-threatening forum for communication and sharing. Bringing the potential for playful, fun, serious, focused, sad, thoughtful, or even angry expression, music therapists are trained to use the music in a way that best reflects, supports, engages, and challenges each individual. Music therapists work with the interdisciplinary team to assess emotional well being, physical health, social functioning, communication abilities, and cognitive skills through musical responses. Individualized music experiences are designed by the music therapist to fit functional abilities and needs. Clients do not need a background in music to benefit from music therapy. Working within an improvisational approach, Abigail Yeh, MT-BC, creates musical experiences that promote a therapeutic environment and provide opportunity for musical involvement. A sort of musical conversation follows, reflecting the client's individual therapeutic process and needs.
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