Articles on Music Therapy

• Music Therapy: Introduction
  What music therapy is and how it helps.
   
• What Makes Music Therapy Different
  The difference between music therapy and music appreciation.
   
• When Words Fail
  There is always hope for communicating with a loved one.
   
• Love Without Words
  One woman's journey through dementia and loss of speech.
   
• ”Like a Ship Safe at Anchor”: Myra's Story
  A tormented soul finds her way to a peaceful death.
   
• A Wordless Conversation
  A patient with aphasia (loss of speech) speaks with music and rhythm.
   
• A Meeting in Music
  Locked inside her body, she could still meet the world.
   
• The Gift of Our Presence
  Communication through music with people who have Alzheimer's Disease.
   
• One Patient Discovers the Secret
  One woman through love eliminates her fear of death.
   
• Facing Death with Faith and Love
  The best preparation for death is a life lived in love.
   
• Love - and Its Absence - in the Caregiving Relationship
  The unfortunate condition of many nursing homes and what they can learn from hospice.
   
• Music Therapy as Pastoral Care
  Music therapy as a ministry to the ill and the isolated.
   
• A Statement of Faith
  In spite of an incapacitating terminal illness, faith survives.
   
• The Final Moment Is Not the Important Moment
  It is OK if we are not present at the moment of death.
   
• The Importance of Love in Music Therapy (PDF)
  My Music Therapy Thesis
   
• Hospice FAQ
  Frequently asked questions about hospice.