Music therapy is a creative arts therapy that uses music in a prescribed manner as a treatment for rehabilitating, maintaining, and improving the lives of persons with physical, intellectual and emotional disabilities. It is a healing art, based on scientific principles and grounded in research.
At CSUN's Music Therapy Wellness Clinic, five board-certified music therapists provide individualized music therapy services and activities to more than 50 clients each week. Clients may see improvement in fine and motor skills, acquisition and application of academic fundamentals, life skills, socialization, self-esteem, and overall expansion of the quality of life through musical enjoyment and creative self-expression. The clinic is also home to three different choirs including: the Sunshine Singers open to young adults with a variety of challenges; the Rising Star Choir for children with special needs, and the Asteroids for teens with special needs.
CSUN is one of the few universities in the country that has a Music Therapy Wellness Clinic attached to its music therapy program. As such, all sessions are utilized for student observation and learning and are part of the educational process for future music therapists. Additionally, all CSUN students are welcome to use the music therapy services of the clinic to work through challenges they may be experiencing.
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