2023-11-21 22:00:31
Through recent research, the role of music therapy against cancer. It is not a remedy but it does work as a complementary treatment to pharmacological therapies to improve the quality of life of patients. But do you know what it consists of?
According to the American Music Therapy Association This technique consists of the clinical and evidence-based use of musical interventions to achieve individualized objectives. An important part is that it must be given by an accredited professional because not everyone can offer this treatment.
How does music therapy against cancer work?
In the past, the role of music therapy against various types of dementia but it has now been identified that it is also useful in cases of cancer. It is not necessarily curative but it helps in important aspects of the patient, whether physical, cognitive, psychological and social.
About, Clarissa Graysona certified music therapist at Houston Methodist Hospital, says that the treatment of music therapy It is individualized according to the patient’s musical preferences, choices, and goals, through the therapeutic relationship.
“Music helps reduce anxiety, the perception of pain, elevate mood and increase creative and emotional expression, providing opportunities for choice and autonomy.”
Types of music therapy that exist
There are two types of interventions: active music therapywhere the patient has a greater role with the live music intervention, they can even participate in song writing.
“Colleagues of mine just released an album about their cancer patients, in it they put music to the poetry of many of them, and it was really impressive to see that there are many opportunities for creative expressions in people who suffer from a tumor.”
This type of active therapy also includes the creation of playlists, and that is important because of the emotional relationship that exists with certain songs. Sometimes the lyrics can match what patients feel and experience, so they can validate their emotions.
The second type is the passive music therapywhich, in the therapist’s words, is very useful when someone is anxious and when they need support with their cancer treatment. If the patient is afraid of needles but must receive iron or chemotherapy, it is useful as a relaxation technique. Unlike the previous technique, it consists of using background music and not live music.
“In this case, we will play softer and a little slower, and we will use the ISO principle, according to which the music gradually slows down, with the heart and respiratory rate trained, making them also slow down and inducing relaxation during music therapy” .
With the passive music therapythe therapist conducts the session under the patient’s permission, musical preference, and individualized goals, but always responding to what is observed in the patient: even a small raise of the eyebrows, a small decrease in facial tension, a smile, may suggest that we are going in the right direction.
In music therapy, there is at the beginning of Benenzon which establishes that, to open channels of communication between a patient and a therapist, it is necessary that the patient’s sound identities are identified and balanced with those of the therapist.
In the end, the music therapy against cancer It is one more tool that can be used to benefit your emotional well-being. Although it should never be overlooked that it is a complement and not a substitute for medications.
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