I am a nursing student, and I have always been interested in art and music. Do nurses have opportunities in A&M Therapy? What grad schools should I look into? Does anyone have any advice or suggestions for me? Thank you.

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What would you think if you met a person who had lost his ability to speak after having a stroke, but who could sing with perfect clarity? Harvey Alter, president and founder of the International Aphasia Movement, spoke regarding his first-hand experience on music’s power to heal at the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function’s 2008 Music Has Power Awards Benefit. To find out more about the therapeutic use of music in speech rehabilitation, visit www.imnf.org or call (718) 519-5840.

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I live in Texas, I wouldnt mind going out of state for school if the school has a really good program. I dont want a list of schools that offer the program, but if you know of any universities that have a really good music therapy program please let me know. Thank you.

I really want to study these 2 things in college but i want to know if they are related and if i might use them both in my life, i want to have like a clinic where i can be a psychologist but also offer music therapy. Would people need this? And if so, what should i study first, psychology or music therapy, or how should i manage these two majors?

Relaxing Music Therapy For Stress Relief Relaxing music therapy is a very potent phenomenon. Sounds can soothe you, fire your imagination, bring you to the heights of ecstasy or bring you down to the depths of your soul. Music is known to relax and to help in stress relief. In the right manner, music can bring lightness into a serious situation. Relaxing music therapy can heal, soothe and bring calm tot an agitated mind. Defining “relaxing music” seems a matter of personal choice. Some people find the serene sounds of the waterfall and chirping birds relaxing while others relax with their favorite hard rock. How Does It Work? The therapeutic effect of relaxing sounds seems to have a scientific definition of its own. When the human brain is relaxed it produces more alpha brain waves. When a person is stressed out, his brain produces more beta and theta waves. Beta and theta waves are faster changing brain waves than alpha waves. Within the fight-or-flee logic of a sudden stressful situation, the human brain processes seem to speed up to act faster. This can be helpful in short, specific moments, but it is counter productive when it becomes a chronically state of being. A relaxing tune can help with its sounds typically rich in frequencies that are similar to our alpha type brain waves. The mind is always open to suggestions and thus when a person is agitated or tensed, relaxing sounds, rich in alpha like frequencies, can actually bring brain frequencies down from theta to …

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