The Benefits of Music Therapy

Music is a powerful tool. When we listen to music it can bring up past emotions and feelings. It can make us feel happy and upbeat or it can make us have a more somber feeling. Music can be healing to our soul and can help us overcome traumas and can help with our mental state. You might be struggling with trauma or need help mentally. Music Therapy is a great way to find relief from your struggles. 

What is music therapy? 

Music therapy helps people work with their emotions and feelings in a controlled environment. Music therapy has helped so many people around the world and continues to help people get in touch with what they are feeling. Click here to find out more about music therapy and what it can do. 

Benefits of Music therapy

There are many benefits to music therapy. One of these ways is helping regulate emotions. Feeling emotions can be really hard but it's the only way to move forward from where we are now. Music that we hear can take us back to those hard difficult times and can heal the wounds that we have. 

Music can also help us feel empowered. Music Therapy offers empowerment from past difficulties. We don’t have to stay in the same place. There is a way to overcome those things that are weighing us down. 

Expressing Yourself 

Another way that Music Therapy can help us is by giving us an atmosphere to express ourselves. Sometimes when it comes to music therapy, instruments are included to help us express how we are feeling.

At Cache Valley Counseling, we want to help you find a solution to your mental health and the traumas that are holding you back. That could be depression, anxiety, or PTSD. We offer in-house sessions with therapists who are certified in Music Therapy. They continually help people through music therapy and can help you too! 

Music Therapy is very beneficial and can help us find the peace we are looking for. There are many techniques that music therapy can teach us. 

5 things that music therapy can do to help: 

Similarly to the things said above, music therapy can be a great tool. There are many techniques and ideas that come from music therapy to help with mental health. There are 5 specific ways that music therapy can help. They include:

Practicing new coping mechanisms 

Some of these mechanisms include breathing exercises, rhythmic grounding and relaxation techniques. 

Growing positive emotional behavior 

Music therapy can allow for a positive environment to help people be more open to their emotions and feelings. 

Managing frustration tolerance 

Music therapists can help clients work on understanding the frustration that they are experiencing in a controlled environment. 

Improving personal relationships

When we are struggling, it can also affect relationships, music therapy allows for us to practice social skills in a non-judgemental environment. 

Having higher self-esteem

Music therapy can help us understand ourselves on a deeper level and can help us grow in self-confidence and self-image. 

Music therapy is a great tool that we sometimes don't think about. It can help in so many different ways. 

Next Steps 

Mental health is important to us at Cache Valley Counseling. We want to help those who are seeking healing. One of those ways is through a feeling journal. Take a couple of minutes to listen to 3 songs that we have listed. After listening, write down the feelings that you experience from the song. This exercise can help you connect with yourself and help you be more aware of what you might be feeling. 

If you or someone you know is struggling with trauma, mental health or other things that are keeping them from moving forward reach out. Music Therapy could be the answer to helping you or that person find relief. 

Visit Cache Valley Counseling located in Utah to ask about our therapy options, including Music Therapy!  call at 435-535-3169 us, or book an appointment with us today! 

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