According to the American Music Therapy Association, music therapy as a health profession dates back to about 1950. Broadly defined, it’s the clinical use of music in a therapeutic relationship between a client and a credentialed professional to help address physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs. The treatment generally involves listening to, creating, singing and/or moving to music. Substance abuse treatment programs are now making use of music and art therapy. On this edition of “Sense of Community” we’ll talk about music therapy to help treat addiction. Drury University is home to Springfield’s only on-campus music therapy program, the Drury University Center for Music Therapy and Wellness. It began in 2002 and is housed in a former church building owned by Drury, now called “Congregational Hall.” Dr. Natalie Wlodarczyk, a Drury associate professor of music, is the Director of the Music Therapy program at Drury. She feels the program is “lucky” to have a building such as
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