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NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY

Our Services In Action

NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY

NMT (Neurologic Music Therapy) is a treatment technique which uses music to support neuro-rehabilitation in speech/language, cognition and sensory motor domains.

People experiencing dementia, brain injury, neurological conditions, stroke and developmental disorders can all benefit from NMT interventions. This therapeutic application of music can rehabilitate the damaged human nervous system in areas of dysfunction, improve mood and functional outcomes.

Neurological Music Therapy:

is a highly structured outcome-led approach
views music as a neurological language based on musical perception, performance and production
enhances daily living activities by using musical exercises to meet non-musical goals
is a transformational model where musical techniques inform practical targets for the individual

NMT in practice:

NMT uses 21 different techniques which are all based on scientific evidence-based research. Some of the exercises include:

TIMP (Therapeutic Instrument Musical Performance) uses music with a strong pulse to support the client's movement, mobility and strength. Instruments which target gross and fine motor movements are also offered.
MACT (Musical Attention Control Training) can increase different types of attention through use of directed musical interventions.

NMT is endorsed by the World Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation, the European Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation Societies and the International Society for Clinical Neuro-Musicology.

NMT Therapists at

Music Therapy Works

MTW Therapists trained in NMT include:

Hazel Child

All NMT Music Therapists have undertaken intense and rigorous accredited training. They are qualified and experienced in applying the theories and science underpinning NMT practice alongside the practical uses of each different technique.

For further information and to find out more about how NMT can help, please contact us:

"This specialist support [music therapy] has contributed to a reduction in the number of student behavioural incidents and to improvements in the levels of students’ confidence and skills development.”

OFSTED inspection report, Trinity Specialist College

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“Her relationship with the music therapist is the only remaining relationship in my mother’s life. She glows after her sessions.”

Daughter of an elderly MTW client with dementia

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“(Music Therapy) gives all of the children a space to express themselves. We notice a change in them whilst in the sessions. We also notice that they come back to class calmer.”

Rigby Hall School, Bromsgrove

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“Music allows us to meet clients at these moments where there are no words. It provides a language which the music therapist uses to allow each individual to process and move through even the most unbearable experiences.”

Eleanor Tingle, MTW Chief Exec

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"As an MTW approved supervisor, I have witnessed MTW MTs encouraging, reflecting and reaching deeply held feelings that may not have otherwise ever have been expressed or heard. They then use these observations and information to determine the best way forward for a successful therapeutic process."

Dr Teresa Madurai, Clinical Psychologist, University of Birmingham

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“Due to music therapy... we have noticed that the school is a calmer place to be. We have also noticed that there has been an increase in turn-taking skills, participation and attention / concentration skills.”

Dame Ellen Pinsent School Birmingham

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"I am glad that I am alive...joyful in the moment...there was something about music that enclosed me."

Martha, a cancer patient describing her experience of Music Therapy

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"This specialist support [music therapy] has contributed to a reduction in the number of student behavioural incidents and to improvements in the levels of students’ confidence and skills development.”

“Her relationship with the music therapist is the only remaining relationship in my mother’s life. She glows after her sessions.”

“(Music Therapy) gives all of the children a space to express themselves. We notice a change in them whilst in the sessions. We also notice that they come back to class calmer.”

“Music allows us to meet clients at these moments where there are no words. It provides a language which the music therapist uses to allow each individual to process and move through even the most unbearable experiences.”

"As an MTW approved supervisor, I have witnessed MTW MTs encouraging, reflecting and reaching deeply held feelings that may not have otherwise ever have been expressed or heard. They then use these observations and information to determine the best way forward for a successful therapeutic process."

“Due to music therapy... we have noticed that the school is a calmer place to be. We have also noticed that there has been an increase in turn-taking skills, participation and attention / concentration skills.”

"I am glad that I am alive...joyful in the moment...there was something about music that enclosed me."

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