Playing music during therapy or encouraging the patient to develop a playlist of soothing music could utilize music without being considered formal music therapy. It is recommended that clinicians who wish to incorporate music into treatment possess a basic knowledge of the physiological and psychological impact of music and consistently solicit feedback from patients in a collaborative manner. Clinicians can also consult with music therapists regarding how they might incorporate music into their practices with individual patients. Further, some individuals may not consider themselves musical and lack interest.  I believe that the clinician should directly refer the patient to the trained music therapist.  Each employee has a title and expertise in their relative field and therefore I believe that they should let the Music Therapist do the job that they were trained to do.

Because there are individuals who experience symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) there are many benefits that can come out of music therapy as an optional treatment option.  There are many tools available that aim to offer better holistic care.

I liked the fact that the article offered the facts that if clinicians’ expand their repertoires of available evidence-based treatment options for PTSD then there may be better ways of documenting cures for this disorders.