Music/Art ​Therapy

Our music therapists have registration with Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA). They incorporate a range of music-making methods within and through a therapeutic relationship to address individual client goals. Common music therapy goals include pain management, rehabilitation, reducing effects of trauma and stress, developmental outcomes, emotional expression, self-worth and self-esteem building, and supporting positive engagement with the clinical environment.

 

Our music therapists use music-based interventions to address a range of cognitive, physical and socio-emotional goals determined through an assessment. These interventions may include singing, song writing, musical improvisation, receptive music listening and other speciality techniques. 

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Through integrative methods, art therapy engages the mind, body, and spirit in ways that are distinct from verbal articulation alone. Kinesthetic, sensory, perceptual, and symbolic opportunities invite alternative modes of receptive and expressive communication, which can circumvent the limitations of language. Visual and symbolic expression gives voice to experience and empowers individual, communal, and societal transformation.