Music Therapy Myths
- MT is a new thing
- MT is only for musicians
- MT is only for kids
- MT is just a lot of fun (not serious)
- MT is about listening to music
- Anyone can facilitate MT
How old is it anyway?
MT as a modern profession traces back to 1950s, but also earlier in Veteran's Hospitals post WW1 and WW2. But also ancient times: Biblical, Rome, Greece and Arabic worlds: Al-Kindí (800-877) (also first to use term Musiq in title of book)