Music Therapy in the Era of Climate Crisis: Evolving to Meet Current Needs

This article presents music therapy’s engagement with the climate crisis as a disciplinary imperative and lays the initial foundation for such engagement. The responsibilities and roles of music therapists in this context are discussed with reference to the relevant literature and practices. The development of a new approach that directly addresses the climate crisis, eco music therapy, is proposed. Eco music therapy is presented as the intersection between the discipline and practice of music therapy and the climate crisis, including political, environmental, and cultural elements. Music therapists are invited to re-consider and re-configure their work at the individual, associational, and disciplinary levels—thereby contributing to a global multidisciplinary effort to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis.
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research