When was the music therapist introduced to China?

Music therapists were introduced to China in 1980s.

The introduction of music therapy and its development in China;

1. Music therapists were introduced to China in 1980s. They use all kinds of music activities, including listening, singing, playing and rhythm, to promote health through music.

2. Music therapy began in America in 1950s and developed rapidly in the following half century.

3. During the period of1980, Chinese-American music therapist, an associate professor in the Department of Humanities of Arizona State University, taught at the Central Conservatory of Music, which introduced music therapy to China for the first time and opened the history of music therapy in China.

4. Reviewing the development of music therapy in China in the past 20 years, music therapy has made remarkable achievements in the fields of education and medical treatment.

Overview of music therapists:

1. Music therapists use music and other means to treat visitors in the fields of medical care, psychology, rehabilitation, education, relief and social work.

2. Music therapist is a new profession that rose in Europe and America in the middle of last century and was introduced to China in 1980s. However, in the early years, music therapy was only known as a new discipline and a new research basin by researchers in some related fields, and there were not many real professional music therapists.

In many developed countries, almost every hospital has a music therapy room. Music therapists in these places use music as a means to work for visitors in many fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, anesthesia, childbirth, hospice care, cancer rehabilitation, hospital living environment, pain control, and physical and mental disease maintenance.