Certified Music Practitioner

Creating a Healing Environment

  • Therapeutic music is live music played at the bedside to create a healing environment.
  • To meet the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients.
  • To encourage respect for human dignity.
  • To create a calmer, more pleasant workplace.
  • When the elements of music are used intentionally to facilitate comfort, it becomes therapeutic.

Relieves:

  • Physiological
  • Pain
  • Breathing difficulties
  • Spasms or tremors
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • General discomfort
  • Facilitate relaxation
  • Relieve isolation and loneliness
  • Facilitate shared experiences with others
  • Relieve mental confusion; disorientation
  • Stimulate present awareness, alertness
  • Relieve spiritual tension or fears
  • Create a peaceful, supportive atmosphere for spiritual work
  • Facilitate “letting go”

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