Who are the AHPs? #1

What's up? Sorry, I was miles away there. Yep, music, along with art and drama, can affect us deeply. And all three of these are used by professional therapists to improve people's emotional health and well-being. Check this out. Music therapists use music to help their patients open up and express their emotions through sounds. Music helps develop communication, confidence and self-awareness. Music therapists build relationships without using words, allowing anyone to access it. It isn't about teaching clients to actually sing or play an instrument. It's about communicating through improvised music with real instruments and the voice. For anyone affected by a learning disability, mental health issue or physical illness, or finding it difficult to express emotions, working with music therapists can literally be life-changing. Art therapy uses creative and psychological techniques to help people who have experienced distressing or traumatic life events or live with life-limiting conditions. Art therapists need a degree or experience in art and use a range of creative techniques, but clients don't need to be good at art. Art therapists work alongside their clients to explore the meaning of their artworks and to support self-awareness and resilience. Drama therapists too thrive on helping others with their feelings. They use improvisation, movement and storytelling to engage with their clients. This provides a safe environment to help people communicate difficult feelings. For some people, acting out their experiences is much easier than directly talking about it. As a drama therapist, you work with clients who have a broad range of difficulties, such as psychological and mental health issues, physical and learning disabilities.