Music therapy is the systematic use of music within a therapeutic relationship aiming at prevention, rehabilitation, improvement, or sustainability of mental, psychological, or physical health.

A qualified music therapist will make a proper therapy plan with objectives and goals that fit individualized needs. Music therapy is either interactive (expressive) when music therapist and client(s) play music together by improvising with simple instruments, or receptive, which is based on music-listening techniques. The client does not need to have any music knowledge or skills.

«Music therapy» is a primary term which includes various therapeutic models, psychotherapeutic or behavioral, whereas each model is based on a different theoretical or philosophical approach: psychodynamic, music-centered, humanistic, behavioral, neurological, music medicine, etc. Clinical practice of music therapy as a scientific discipline is closely related to other disciplines, especially medicine, social and humanistic sciences, musicology, and education.

Music therapy is a flexible therapeutic tool that can be adapted in various ways to be effective for all ages and human populations in different contexts, as a complementary or primary intervention.  Its effectiveness has been proven-and continues to prove- in a broader spectrum of psychological and physical health (psychiatry and psychology, developmental pediatrics, psycho-oncology, neurology, perinatal psychology, geriatrics, etc). Music therapy can be used as a psychotherapeutic approach for individuals (interpersonal relationships, loss, trauma, couple and family therapy, etc.), but it also offers a medium of creative self-exploration, development and expression of creativity in children and adults, team building and corporate wellness, stress-management, artistic expression, etc.