What is Music Therapy? Music Therapy is defined as the use of music activities conducted by qualified personnel to achieve a definite therapeutic goal. In society today Spiritual, Mental and Physical illness afflict many people.
Music has three basic areas of influence upon a human being; 1.) Psychological – Music reflections influences and reinforces behaviors and emotions. 2.) Sociological – Ideally Music can enrich the quality of human life, enhance and encourage social interaction and can serve as an important facet of worship, of which this latter use is heavily emphasized in the Baha’i Teachings. 3.) Physical – In the physiological area, music both melody and rhythm affects body functions, stimulates both brain activities and the senses.
Current music is torn between constructive uses and destructive forces. Music Therapists must use it constructively.