Have you ever feel really tired and depressed after a hard day of work and you just want to go home, when your phone's Bluetooth connects with your car and your favorite song starts to play, and you suddenly you feel as though your mood has been lifted and you become less tired or let's face it, downright sad. At this point, we can all attest to the power of music. Did you know that music therapy is itself an evidence-based therapy? Music Therapy is defined as 'an interpersonal process in which the therapist uses music and all of its facets to help patients to improve, restore or maintain health' (Maratos, Gold, Wang & Crawford, 2008) and later was given an alternative definition as 'a systematic process of intervention wherein the therapist helps the client to promote health, using musical experiences and the relationships that develop through them as dynamic forces of change' (Gerestegger, Elefant, Mössler & Gold, 2014). Not to be c...
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