Therapeutic Music Heals, LLC
Mission Statement:
To provide Certified Music Practitioners (CMPs) to health care and senior facilities, bringing therapeutic music that creates a healing environment for both the ill and the end-of-life transition clients.
Therapeutic Music Heals, LLC is a private limited liability company. We are supported through a combination of private contributions, public donations, and grant funding.
Certified Music Practitioners are independent contractors who provide bedside live music to individuals facing critical, chronic, or temporary illnesses and those at the end of life. Their services are offered to people of all ages—adults, children, infants, and the elderly—across various clinical and care settings, including hospitals, hospices, home care, nursing homes, senior healthcare facilities, and healthcare clinics.
Questions & Answers:
Q. Wouldn't a recording work just as well as live music?
A. Certainly, recorded music is an excellent complement to any environment. Live music, however, has the advantage of having richer vibrations that affect the patient physically, and the practitioner can customize the music to the immediate and changing condition of the patient.
Q. How long is a typical session with a music practitioner?
A. Generally, a session lasts from 20-30 minutes, depending on the needs of the patient. How do I locate a practitioner to play for my loved one? Therapeutic Music Heals, LLC maintains a list of local Certified Music Practitioners. For referrals, contact us directly.
Q. What is the difference between a Music Practitioner and a Music Therapist?
A. Both Board Certified Music Therapists and Certified Music Practitioners have a common goal of using music to help. However, the training, methods, and goals differ. The practices are compatible, and in some locations, Music Therapists and Music Practitioners work side-by-side to meet the needs of patients in differing conditions.
Q. How do I become a CMP for Therapeutic Music Heals, LLC?
A. In order to become a CMP, you must have obtained certification from a program that is accredited by the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians.
Q. Does Therapeutic Music Heals, LLC offer live Music?
A. Yes, Therapeutic Music Heals, LLC also offers live Therapeutic Entertainment Music to groups of patients with varied health issues. This live environmental music may help patients overcome possible negative or sad feelings that they may be experiencing. Through this musical experience, a sense of belonging to the group may develop during the performance. These positive emotions and clearing of the mind can last for a long period of time after the performance has ended.
Did you know that live acoustic music has beneficial effects that contribute to the overall care of patients?
• equalize & slow brain waves. • affect body temperature • boost the immune system
• increase endorphin levels • stimulate a feeling of well-being • stimulate digestion
• affect heartbeat & respiration • reduce muscle tension • improve body movement
• regulate stress hormones
Healing is defined as the restoration, realization, and or maintenance of physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual wholeness. Although healing is not synonymous with curing, clinical research has shown that live acoustic music played for the sick produces a healing environment.
What is expected of the patient?
It is not necessary for the patient to interact physically or even verbally with the Music Practitioner, especially since a patient may be under medication or anesthesia. Music Practitioners can even play during surgery. Whether or not the patient is awake and aware is simply a factor in the style of music played. Research has shown that even comatose patients can benefit from live music. In short, nothing is expected of the patients except their physical presence.