Metaphor
The mechanisms of the action of music therapy are divided into physiological and psychological. In the first case, brain activity is activated, the effect on the brain structures. And in the second case it is a metaphor. This music means something to a person and causes certain emotions.
Music therapy can be a kind of art therapy . It can also be active and passive. If this is passive therapy, then we are talking about listening to music. If active, you are involved in writing music. Music therapy does not imply the creation of a work entirely. It may be some of its additional work.
Does music therapy have any specific indications and contraindications? As for contraindications, until they are found. And scientists who are categorically against music therapy, as such, no. "For" are the researchers, based on the data of physiology, neuropsychology, the activating effect of rhythms. After all, the work of our body is in accordance with biorhythms. As for objective testimony, it is difficult to talk about them. Currently, studies are under way. For example, Russian scientists are studying the therapeutic effect of music therapy in restoring brain activity and psychological comfort after a stroke. Western specialists conduct research in the field of neuroses.
Music therapy very well helps children with autism. These children have absolutely no interest in the world around them, are constantly immersed in themselves. They do not go into contact not only with strangers, but even with their own parents. For autistic children, the means that cause emotions and work with the level of acceptance of information are suitable. They have a major difficulty not in processing information, in a small volume of information received from outside. For such children, a person is simply a traumatic link.
But horses, dolphins, and music, do not hurt the child so much. Music therapy has a very good effect on causing contact with a person. What do these children need? That the child is involved in interaction with others. Here, music therapy works very well. A child begins to perceive a person not as an object, but as a subject. And music therapy is suitable for children of any age. Music therapy can also accompany other forms of therapeutic action. For example, family therapy. Spouses need to find one piece of music that will appeal to both of them. In this case, music therapy is an exercise in organizing joint activities. This will be one of the methods of psychotherapy. And if it is specifically about music therapy, then you are picking up certain music.
And if this is training , then music will not be exactly a relaxing action. The expected therapeutic effect will not appear immediately. At the same time, even if a person has never heard classical music, he has the opportunity to listen to her, relax. He begins to treat her differently. As, for example, it happens with stereotypes. You always believed that red color does not suit you at all and wear a gray or dark blue suit. And then they put on a red dress, looked at themselves in the mirror and liked it very much.
At the session of music therapy there was such a case. At the lesson everyone listened to the sounds of nature, somewhere in the distance there were heard the cries of seagulls. All is well, but one man almost squeaks with his teeth. Then it turned out that a few years ago he lived in a seaside town, he did not have his own garage, and the car stood on the street. And there is the sea, seagulls. After the "work" of these gulls, the man had to wash his car every day. And for him listening to the sounds of nature was not a relaxing moment. When a man heard the sound of the sea and the cries of seagulls, then he had not very happy associations.
What melodies can I recommend to everyone? For example, from classical music this can be Mozart's works. By the way, researchers say that 10 minutes of listening to this music increases all the performance of the brain. You can also recommend Tchaikovsky, Chopin. There are a number of musical works that act in a certain way. In fact, the series is rather arbitrary. And yet it's worth taking to service.