Receptive “Music therapy” is a practice of care, help, support or rehabilitation which consists of taking care of people with depression, anxiety, addiction, communication and / or relationship difficulties, etc.…. Receptive Music therapy is recognized as having the ability to reach people to levels beyond their consciousness.
Procedure:
- In an in – patient program, participants are informed of the rules pertaining to their privacy and the strict restrictions concerning sharing any session occurrences with non-participants, in-or-outside the rehabilitation center.
- The sessions are themed, objective-focused, and take place in a multisensory-designed room.
- The room’s light, temperature, and the music played during the session are manipulated according to the objective(s) and theme set.
- The music is produced by Michel Labaki himself; its levels of frequency differ from session to session, and its overall design is catered for the session’s objective(s).
- Notes are taken throughout the session, which remain accessible to the patient, as well as to the concerned professional team treating the participant.
Objectives:
During and by the end of the therapy, the patient will be able to:
- Define and express his feelings and personal insights verbally and/or non-verbally.
- Better control and shift emotional states to more positive ones.
- Use coping and relaxation skills through breathing techniques.
- Better concentrate.
- Efficiently communicate in a social setting.
- Be more independent.
- Demonstrate better problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Express self-awareness and environment-awareness.
- Feel motivated to pursue his treatment.
- Demonstrate physical wellbeing.
- Better resolve conflicts with his closed ones.
- Strengthen family and peer relationships.