Music Therapy:
Using Music in Counseling
The Power of Music as a Coping Skill
Using music in therapy
can be a very powerful way to reach children,
adolescents, and adults in the therapeutic setting. Music in
therapy can be a powerful way to help people express their
feelings. Creative therapy can reach people in ways that
traditional therapy sometimes cannot.
Matthew
J. Bush, MSW, LSW, licensed therapist, has developed some very
exciting and innovative techniques for use in therapy with
children and adolescents. Please note, Mr. Bush is not a
licensed music therapist, but draws on his own clinical
experiences and knowledge. He advocates for the use of
creativity in therapy. This includes the use of music, art,
games, dance, and anything else creative you can imagine. On his
site you will find articles about how popular music can be used
in therapy, suggestions of popular music with therapeutic
messages, creative techniques for use in the therapeutic
setting, and information about Mr. Bush's recent publication,
Utilizing Music as a
Coping Skill: Featuring the Music of Freudian Slip,
which was recently featured in an issue of the American
Counseling Association's periodical, Counseling Today!
Also
featured on his site is Freudian Slip, Mr. Bush's therapeutic
rock band, which features original music that takes a direct
look at human emotion. The songs focus on topics such as
depression, abuse, addiction, and so forth. These songs have
been composed by Mr. Bush throughout his years as a therapist
and represent struggles in his own life as well as those of his
clients. (Includes songs written by children in therapy!)
Mr.
Bush is an experienced clinician and state licensed therapist
who has successfully applied his techniques to help countless
children and adolescents. He has worked and performed for
children in public and private schools, residential treatment
facilities, and the community-at-large. Mr. Bush has also
spoken at statewide conferences; successfully educating
colleagues on the power of music as a coping skill.
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