What makes music healing? In my experience and per my training in therapeutic music, the right music for the right person, at the right time is healing. In my days as a hospital musician, there were moments where what I was bringing was helpful, and other times not so much. My training was also to not question why music might not work for someone at a particular time, but to say “thanks” and move on to someone else. I always enjoyed when I was able to write down on the visit note in the medical chart: “Patient fell asleep. Moved on to next room”. In the hospital environment, rest is healing. So music that put someone to sleep was “just what the doctor ordered”.
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