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Blue Ridge Music Therapy...
...is a new, exciting professional service
available to all individuals throughout central and
southwestern
Virginia.
Music Therapy is a unique therapeutic
experience
that can help people of all ages and abilities achieve their highest
potential. This profound tool is most commonly utilized with people with
physical, emotional, educational, and communication needs, but can be beneficial
for anyone. Music Therapy can assist with stress reduction, family
cohesion and communication, and relaxation. It has also been found to be
extremely beneficial throughout pregnancy, labor and delivery, and in post-natal
family transitions.
The most important thing to understand is
that
no previous music training is necessary
for you to benefit from Music Therapy services.
Visit
our
Individuals Served
page for more detailed information on types of services Blue Ridge Music Therapy
provides and how Music Therapy may benefit you and your family.
Please explore our website
and learn about who we are and the services that we can provide to you and your
loved ones.
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What is Music
Therapy?
Professional
music therapists have earned a bachelor’s degree from one of over 70 degree
programs nationwide, including an
intensive clinical internship.
Upon completion of the clinical internship, the music therapist is able
to take the board
certification to earn the credential Music Therapist-Board
Certified (MT-BC).
American
Music Therapy Association
Music Therapy is the
clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish
individualized goals
within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed
professional who has completed an approved music therapy
program.
Music Therapy is an
established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic
relationship to
address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of
individuals. After assessing the strengths and needs
of each client,
the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including
creating, singing, moving
to, and/or listening to music. Through
musical involvement in the therapeutic context, clients' abilities are
strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives. Music
therapy also provides avenues for communication
that can be helpful to those
who find it difficult to express themselves in words. Research in
music therapy
supports its effectiveness in many areas such as: overall
physical rehabilitation and facilitating movement,
increasing people's
motivation to become engaged in their treatment, providing emotional support
for clients and
their families, and providing an outlet for expression of
feelings.
Kenneth
E. Bruscia, Ph.D., CMT-BC (Taken from Defining Music Therapy, 1998)
Music
Therapy is a systematic process of intervention wherein the therapist helps
the client to promote health,
using music experiences and the relationships
that develop through them as dynamic forces of change.
Why Music Therapy?
Music
serves as a unique motivation for many to become actively involved in
experiences. In Music Therapy,
each person is
approached as the unique individual they are, basing all music
and experiences on their specific strengths and needs.
Through
a dynamic process of musical communication and reflection, each person is
supported in their efforts to achieve their
highest potentials in the areas of
motor, communication, cognitive, affective/emotional and social development. Functioning
both as a primary modality and adjunct support service,
skills accomplished in Music Therapy carry over into all other areas
of a
person's life. A sense of
accomplishment, self-acceptance, and creativity result in constructive and
purposeful effort.
Our
Mission
Blue
Ridge Music Therapy
provides
professional Music Therapy services to individuals throughout central and
southwestern
Virginia.
It is our duty, and
privilege, to provide our clients the highest quality
services possible.
It is our responsibility to educate
as to what Music Therapy is, how we provide services, and what possible benefits
Music
Therapy can provide each individual.
We strive to raise the standard of professional Music Therapy services provided.
It
is our goal to provide the highest quality musical environment and equipment
possible to perform Music Therapy services.
It is also our goal to educate as to the appropriate sound environment
needed to achieve the educational goals set for each
individual.
Therapist Profile
Jennifer L. Capone
received
her Bachelor of Music Therapy degree from the University of Dayton in Dayton,
Ohio in 1999.
She
founded the Music Therapy program and served as Director of Music Therapy at the
Hazelwood Center in Louisville,
Kentucky, worked as a clinical supervisor for
University of Louisville students, and was chosen to serve as adjunct faculty at
the University of Louisville as professor of clinical improvisation.
Mrs.
Capone served as the President of the Music Therapy
Association of
Kentucky, a division of the Southeastern Region of the American Music Therapy
Association.
She holds current board certification with the Certification Board for Music
Therapists and is an active member of the American Music Therapy Association.
Contact Information
- Telephone
- (434) 525-3381
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
info@blueridgemusictherapy.com
Webmaster:
webmaster@blueridgemusictherapy.com
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