Healing through music: a look at music therapy

Music therapy is one way to help people articulate and express what they may not be able to verbalize, especially during the course of mental health treatment. During this interview at Akron Children’s Hospital’s Expressive Therapy Center, two local music therapists (Sarah Tobias Gaither and Jessica Cole-Robinette) discuss some of the benefits of healing through music, which is part of the larger umbrella of expressive therapy, including art, dance and other forms of healing. For more about the area’s growing network of expressive therapy, visit the Northeast Ohio Healing Arts Alliance at www.neohealingarts.org.