Shrewsbury Music Therapy Unit and Trust Fund, established 1988, provides music therapy mainly for children and adults with learning and physical disabilities following a professional referral. The unit caters for children and adults from Shropshire and Border Counties. The Head of the Unit is a professional Music Therapist registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (hcpc), who undertook Post-graduate training at Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre in London, and subsequently worked for Greenwich Health Authority. Music therapy is the clinical use of music to make direct contact with the emotions of children and adults. It is first and foremost therapy, the music therapist has been highly trained to use the language of music to communicate with clients, enabling them towards resolving inner tensions and developing their potential. As well as addressing emotional needs and patterns of behaviour, the therapist aims to develop communication skills and stimulate specific areas of the brain to either support, or help take over, the roles of impaired areas and thus aid cognitive development and sensory integration. Having also undertaken Dementia friendly training, the Music Therapist also provides performances combined with interactive singing and percussion in residential care home settings. For more information about the services offered, please contact using the details provided, or for career information, please contact The British Association of Music Therapy. Please note that Shrewsbury Music Therapy Unit does NOT provide work experience placements. Registered charity number: 702974. We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.
