Ethan Jones thinks he was playing the piano. "I was with someone, and we were in a room, and we were just playing a piano," Jones, 23, a resident of New York, said of his first music therapy session.

RENO, Nev. — A new facility at Renown Children's Hospital will offer music therapy for children recovering from various illnesses and injuries. Called Sophie's Place, it is named after Sophie Barton, ...

Music therapy is a form of treatment that uses music within the therapeutic relationship to help accomplish the patient’s individualized goals. This evidence-based approach involves techniques such as ...

The annual Heart of a Child Concert is back in person April 30 to benefit Resounding Joy’s Ariana Miller Healing Notes Program. The money raised at the concert will go to providing free music therapy ...

Logan Becker loves his song — it was written just for him. Logan has a rare connective tissue disorder, and in 2020, when he was 9, he received his personalized, upbeat anthem from the Songs of Love ...

Music therapy can help vulnerable children develop confidence, self-esteem and social interaction skills, according to research published this week. A three-year study of a music therapy service run ...

Rebecca Atkinson is a board member of Chiltern Music Therapy, and has received funding from The Musicians Company to carry out research activities for children with Batten disease. When we hear the ...

Musical play engages children with cancer, which relieves stress for them and their parents/caregivers, an expert said. Music therapy for children with cancer can offer relief and counteract feelings ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

Music therapy involves using a person’s responses and connections to music to encourage positive changes in mood and overall well-being. It can decrease anxiety and improve self-esteem. Music has ...

Led by Christian Gold of the Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre in Bergen, the study looked at 364 children with autism. Half were randomly assigned to enhanced standard care for five months ...