Families
Family music therapy seeks to support all members of the family by using music as a relational tool to improve communication and understanding, offering the opportunity to build collaborative connections which are not wholly reliant on verbal language. Through musical play, positive experiences can be created allowing parents, siblings and extended family members to engage with each other in novel ways, leading to strengthened relationships.
Music Therapy can...
- build bridges beyond words, encouraging attuned communication
- promote mutual listening and reflective responses
- illuminate relational patterns and nurture a resilient family system
- offer fun ways to be together through scaffolded musical play.
By providing unique opportunities for bonding and developing attachment between children and their caregivers, Music Therapy can offer a safe, secure and resourceful environment in which relationships can be developed, improved and explored.
The non-verbal nature of music therapy provides a platform for parents and carers to interact with their child(ren) without recourse to words. This lends power to the therapeutic process and means that the intervention is accessible to families experiencing all and any difficulties, including those experiencing bereavement issues; the impact of a difficult diagnosis; stress and anxiety; the effects of disability.
