Stress management is provided for all adolescent patients.
Each patient is an individual, but many will act out their emotions because they have rarely felt safe to talk about their feelings and issues in their past. The adolescents also attend an educational anger control class through Rainbow School. The role of the Music Therapist is to teach various relaxation skills and visualization techniques which are also reviewed in stress management group. However, music therapy stress management is both an educational and therapeutic experience. Increase inderstanding of factors contributing to stress by providing a safe environment to express emotional issues related to stressors.