Laws of historical development of music therapy

The laws of historical development of music therapy are closely associated with supernatural forces.

Early music therapy dates back to prehistoric times, when music was closely associated with supernatural forces. Limited by the level of scientific and technological development, people at that time used supernatural methods to explain all the phenomena that could not be explained. In some cultures, illnesses were thought to be caused by attacks from demons, and depending on the type of demon causing the illness, shamans would adopt different music to exorcise the demon.

In addition to treating physical ailments, music was believed to have the power to communicate with the gods, and was widely used in various religious practices as well as in magical rituals, with begging for good health being an important reason for holding such events.

By the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, music was widely used for sacred rituals, healing, and emotional regulation. In the ancient Greek mythological system, Apollo was the god in charge of music and health, and during the ancient Greek and Roman periods, music and medicine were highly integrated, with the ancient Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates applying the principles of music therapy to help patients recover.

In addition, the tradition of using music to treat physical and mental illnesses also existed in civilizations such as ancient Egypt, ancient India, and ancient China. In ancient China, there were records of five-tone therapy, in which different kinds of music could relieve different kinds of illnesses.

Features of music therapy

1, active music therapy

Active music therapy focuses on the participation of the patient, most of the therapist and the patient's cooperation, the establishment of the therapeutic ensemble, the therapist and the patient were to use a different musical instrument, the therapist and the patient one-on-one combinations, or so that the patient and the therapeutic team, or the combination of a number of people, or let the patient on one side, the patient and the patient and the therapeutic team, or the patient and the patient and the therapeutic group. The therapist and the patient use different musical instruments, the therapist and the patient combine one to one, or the patient and the treatment group one or several people combine, or let the patient sing their favorite songs while playing the piano, so that the patient in the performance, singing in the high mood, psychological enrichment and achieve the effect of relaxation, treatment.

2, passive music therapy

Passive music therapy focuses on the therapist's role in guiding, emphasizing the environment to appreciate the music set. The methods of taking this form are also very diverse. Some of the combination of psychotherapy and music therapy, treatment, the first patient hypnosis, so that the patient's subconscious activities are presented, through the playback of pre-selected music, so that the patient to produce imagination, and then free association, and constantly report on his feelings, the patient to follow the music, the doctor to follow the patient, so that the patient unconsciously, the full self-knowledge, re-knowledge of the world of abundance.