In essence, music therapy uses music and silence as a medium to meet your needs, whether it is psychological, physical, spiritual, social, and communicative. To do so, building a therapeutic relationship lies at the heart of music therapy. 

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There are a variety of different approaches in the field of music therapy; Nordoff-Robbins approach, neurologic approach, Guided Imaginary and Music, to name a few. Music therapy at OKUKO can be described as “music psychotherapy” and it focuses on your mental health unlike other behavioural approaches. A psychodynamic approach is predominantly used, though your needs are first and foremost our priority. This is reflected in the use of a client-centred approach. 

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While traditional psychotherapy uses talking as a main expression tool, music psychotherapy can benefit from having another one, music. You might want to express emotions and feelings through music that cannot be simply put into words. It can be a creative, intuitive, and non-verbal way of exploring what you are going through. 

Music therapy does not require you to be experienced or skilled in music. This is because music therapy focuses on exploring your own relationship with music, rather than improving your music skill.

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Please visit the website of British Association for Music Therapy for further information.

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