The author explains how music may be used to calm people who often lead hectic, unhealthy and busy lives. This article focuses on one woman's struggle with depression and finding herself through music therapy. Through the music therapy sessions, this woman was able to express her feelings that she had been suppressing for a very long time. Descriptions of the different activities, her reactions, and how she related the music to her life in a positive manner are included. This resource contains a brief article explaining how music is being used with patients with severe depression.
Music allows for the psychologist and the patient to feel more comfortable.
Music may reduce blood pressure, moderate brainwave activity, and reduce anxiety. P. 87-113 Tests using vocal and instrumental musical compositions show that a mood change is produced in every instance in every listener, and existing moods are intensified when moods conform with the mood of the music. The feelings most excited by music are rest, sadness, joy, love, longing, and reverence. Good Medicine Researchers have long known that listening to music can directly influence pulse, blood pressure and the electrical activity of muscles. Neuroscientists now suspect that music can actually help build and strengthen connections among nerve cells in the cerebral cortex.