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You've heard... "music hath charms to soothe the savage beast." This aspect of music is the underlying base for music therapy. Used in medicine and education, music has been found to enhance the body's ability to heal, physically and emotionally, and to integrate new information.

No one is absolutely sure how it works, but there is little doubt that it does... Thanks go to Matt Bush, for suggesting we develop this section, and then suggesting the links.

American Music Therapy Association - Offering solid information on the importance of music therapy backed up by quotes and anecdotes, this site is a good springboard to finding therapists or information for those who want to enter the field. The site is only available in English, but there are links to international organizations - music is, after all, a universal language.

Music Therapy World - European Music Therapy Confederation site with excellent searchable databases of academic papers in the field of Music Therapy. Links to information on organizations within each European country and a magazine very geared to the professional music therapist.

British Society for Musical Therapy - For a good overview of what musical therapy is and what it can do, use the link in the left hand menu to What Is MT?. Professionals will find good resources and information with links to other good sites in the UK and international.

Music Therapy - Enter the Freudian Slip - The home page of a Music Therapist and a band, the Freudian Slip, that focuses on music as therapy for children and adolescents. Excellent selection of articles and information

Voices - A World Forum for Musical Therapy - An active forum with lively discussions and articles contributed from music therapists practicing around the world leads to insights for the music therapist dealing with today's global issues.

also see related feature -> Using Popular Music in Therapy