Music therapists should work to apply music activities to real problems in family and marriage. By including activities that prepare clients to deal with real life problems in therapy the music therapist helps clients to re-enter their regular life. Activities can build skills such as problem solving, stress management, and communication. The conjoint use of music therapy in working with children and cancer patients. Music therapy helps with needs and problems such as changes in a family that occur from illness and facing death.
Therapy provides support, meaningful communication and helps to evaluate values and resolve issues.
Listening to a child's favorite song may help a family identify with the emotions of a dying relative. Playing songs from the past may help to relive happy memories. Writing songs may help a family express emotions that arise from a family death. Music therapy for emotionally disturbed in a private hospital. In the example given, patients used a greeting song to welcome family visitors to visiting hours on a hospital ward.