In the summer of 2024, Lacy Beane woke up in the ICU at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The 32-year-old had been in a coma for weeks, slowly recovering after a severe case of sepsis had led to multisystem ...

A new study has demonstrated for the first time how and why music can reduce distress and agitation for people with advanced dementia. The study involved interviews with staff and music therapists on ...

Music may reduce distress for dementia patients, suggests new research. The findings show music therapy - singing, playing or just listening - could be used on NHS dementia wards as an alternative to ...

Aultman Hospital is among the medical facilities in the region using music therapy to help cancer and hospice patients. Isabel Soehnlen, Aultman's music therapist, helps reduce anxiety for patients ...

I use a combination of music therapy and traditional psychotherapy approaches. Welcome! I am a music psychotherapist and creative arts therapist with experience working in both inpatient psychiatry ...

Alianora Reilly works at Tufts Medical Center, but her tool is no stethoscope or thermometer — instead, she wields a guitar. Music therapy is the practice of using musical interventions to manage ...