The Power of Music Listening to music can bring peace and harmony and an escape from the world around us. From early childhood people are taught the importance of music as an instrument. Some have taken it to a new level, taking the world of music and using it to heal. Music therapy is a practice that uses musical techniques to assist and motivate a child or adult towards specific non-musical goals such as cognitive, social, communication and emotional skills. Certified therapists provide treatments through acts of singing, dancing and listening to music. This can help an individual learn to communicate and improve their social interaction. The therapist provides emotional support to patients and families, giving them an outlet to express their feelings. The information included shows how music therapy can have a positive and healing effect for patients suffering from many mental disorders, such as depression and autism. It also helps children and infants in their development, as well as developmental delays. By looking closely at the research you can better understand the positive healing effects that music therapy offers for many different patients with health problems. The idea of ​​music as a healing method that can influence health and behavior began as early as Plato and Aristotle. What we now know as music therapy began after the two world wars, when musicians went to veterans' hospitals and played for wounded veterans suffering from physical and emotional trauma associated with wars. (American) The patients had significant physical and emotional problems. responses to music that led doctors and other healthcare professionals to hire musicians to play for their patients. In the 1940s, three people... in the center of the paper... controlled a study investigating the effects of music therapy during an acute psychotic episode." Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 124.5 (2011): 363-71. Print. Mrázová, Marcela and Peter Celec. "A systematic review of randomized controlled trials using music therapy for children." The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 16.10 (2010): Print.Raglio, Alfredo, Daniela Traficante and Osmano Oasi. Intersubjective approach and evaluation of music therapy." Nordic Journal of Music Therapy 20.2 (2011): 123-41. Print.Rylatt, Paula. "The benefits of creative therapy for people with dementia." Nursing Standard 26.33 (2012): 42- 47. Print.Wheeler, Barbara L. and Sylvia Stultz. “Using Typical Child Development to Inform Music Therapy with Children with Disabilities” Journal 35.6 (2008): 585-91.