Discovering Music Therapy

Have you ever wondered what music therapy is? I always have. I've always heard so much about it and never quite understood it. What started the curiosity of wanting to understand music therapy happened in Middle School. My great grandmother had just had knee surgery and had to go through therapy. My mother was her transportation to the clinic. One day she took me because I had just got out of school and she didn't want to leave me alone. When we got there I thought it was the most boring thing to do. But as we sat there watching my granny walk down a path I noticed someone playing a guitar. I thought that seeing what was going on there would be more interesting than sitting here watching an old woman walk. I got out of my seat, went down the hall and found the guitar player. She was playing a tune while singing to a young boy.

This boy looked mentally challenged but as she played her guitar he moved to the rhythms of the song. I didn't think much of it being a little kid in Middle School but as I grew older my mind kept bringing me back to that day. The more I thought about, the more that I heard about music therapy. It has been puzzling me every year about how it works.

I have started my studies on music therapy but so far I still do not understand it.