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Additional & Training Services

RELAXATION AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION

Additional Services

RELAXATION AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION

Music therapy sessions promote psychological, neurological and physiological responses from individuals reducing stress; encouraging relaxation and improving emotional regulation.

Music therapists use a range of music-assisted techniques to support relaxation including:

guided listening and imagery to increase positive thinking and to help process emotions
shared music-making to facilitate feelings of connection
singing and song-writing techniques to promote creative self-expression
vocal toning to encourage positive physiological changes
deep diaphragmatic breathing to experience greater connection with the breath
consistent slow-tempo pulses and soft harmonies to match the body’s rhythms and pace
progressive muscle relaxation (through tension / release exercise)
mindful music listening - releasing worries; being present and staying focused
journaling to music - keeping a record of thoughts, feelings, reflections and experiences to increase self-awareness

Offering opportunities for both verbal and non-verbal communication, a therapeutic music strategy can form part of an intervention plan which empowers people to address their emotional regulation needs and experience changes from negative to positive moods.

Music therapy for relaxation suits a wide range of clients and can be used:

as a non-pharmacological intervention to reduce preoperative anxiety in children and adults
with children and adolescents experiencing social, emotional and mental health difficulties
to help address prenatal or postnatal depression
to facilitate parent/carer-child attachment work
for children experiencing problems such as familial stress, peer relationships, stress and anxiety
for those in the performing arts industry who may benefit from music-based relaxation and stress management techniques
for those in addiction recovery
as part of a burnout prevention programme in corporate environments

Used in a group setting, music therapy relaxation techniques can quickly facilitate bonding, unified expression and a sense of connection between group members.

Music therapy for relaxation and emotional regulation can allow people to experience benefits such as:

an increased sense of wellbeing
less physical stress such as headaches and muscle tension
improved feelings of engagement
meditative and calmer states of mind
feeling energised and revitalised
feeling more present
transforming anxiety, frustration and anger into creative music making
finding effective tools to destress and boost their mood

Drum circles provide a relaxed environment with purpose and engagement which can empower individuals to remain focused.

Mainstream and special schools
Colleges
Hospitals
Hospices
Corporate settings

For further information on how music therapy and relaxation sessions can support you or your organisation please contact chiefexecutive@musictherapyworks.co.uk

“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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"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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“(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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“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 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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"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.”

OFSTED inspection report, Trinity Specialist College

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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.”

"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."

“(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.”

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

“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.”

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

"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.”

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