Music Therapy Interventions and Techniques Flashcards
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Which music therapy technique involves the therapist singing therapeutic lyrics adapted to a familiar melody to a client?
Answer: Lyric substitution
Lyric substitution replaces original song lyrics with therapeutically relevant content while retaining the familiar melody, making new information more accessible.
A music therapist working in a neonatal ICU plays lullabies at low volume to a premature infant. The primary physiological goal of this intervention is to:
Answer: Promote weight gain by reducing stress and supporting sleep
In the NICU, music therapy aims to reduce physiological stress responses in premature infants, which supports more stable sleep states and is associated with improved weight gain.
A client with a traumatic brain injury participates in drumming exercises that require alternating hand movements. This targets which domain?
Answer: Bilateral motor coordination
Alternating hand drumming exercises directly target bilateral motor coordination and can support neural reorganization in clients with TBI.
In Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), what is the primary role of the music during the induction phase?
Answer: Facilitating an altered state of consciousness to access imagery and inner experience
In GIM, carefully selected classical music is used during the induction to facilitate a relaxed, focused state that allows clients to access imagery, emotions, and unconscious material.
A music therapist notices a client with depression is physically slumped and speaking slowly. Applying the Iso principle, the therapist should initially select music that is:
Answer: Slow, low-energy, and reflective to match the client's current state
The Iso principle requires the therapist to first match the client's current emotional and physical state before gradually moving toward a more positive or energized state.
A music therapist uses song parody with adolescents in a psychiatric unit, having them rewrite humorous lyrics to a popular song. Which therapeutic benefit is LEAST likely a direct outcome?
Answer: Improved gross motor coordination
Song parody primarily targets emotional expression, group cohesion, and engagement; it does not directly address gross motor coordination.
Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the use of music as a transitional object in music therapy?
Answer: A client listens to a therapist-recorded song at home between sessions to maintain the therapeutic relationship
A recording made by the therapist that the client uses between sessions functions as a transitional object, maintaining the therapeutic relationship and providing comfort outside of sessions.