Healing Music 4 You in Healthcare Settings
Healing Music, also called Therapeutic Music, can have a profound effect on people in healthcare institutions. Healing Music enables in-the-moment comfort and relaxation to patients, family members and healthcare professionals.
Healing Music is provided by a Certified Music Practitioner, who personalizes the style and selection of music to fit the needs and conditions of the patient, and constantly adapts the music to fit the patient's changing needs.
Healing Music utilizes the transformative power of music to create an environment in which healing of mind, body, and spirit can happen.
During her internship in the Music for Healing and Transition Program (www.mhtp.org), Anna Belle O'Shea provided Healing Music at six different healthcare institutions, serving more than 125 hospital patients and nursing home residents in the Chicagoland area. She provided in-person music sessions before the COVID-19 shut-down, and virtual sessions during the pandemic.
Testamonials
From a hospital patient
Through her tears, she said, “You took me back to the Philippines where I saw my deceased parents and grandparents. They said, ‘Everything is going to be okay.’ Thank you!”
from a nursing home resident
“You make Physical Therapy so much easier!"
From a life-enrichment staff member at a nursing home
“Our residents love your music. They just brighten up when you play!”
from a doctor to the mother of a newborn in the nicu
“Rock your baby to her music. She’ll help you and your baby to relax.”
from families of hospice patients in nursing homes
“Thank you for playing for our sister via FaceTime in her final days when we couldn’t be with her. We heard from the staff how comforting it was.”
"Thank you for your generous presence for my brother. He loved music and you brought him comfort. What more can one ask?"
from a hospital STAFF MEMBER
"It is amazing how you can play entirely different music for two different patients based on their needs and their reactions to the music!"