Title: The Music Therapy Profession: Inspiring Health, Wellness, and Joy
Author: Christine Korb
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
ISBN: 9781643763057
Pages: 134
Genre: Music Techniques
Reviewed by: Rae C. Bernard
Pacific Book Review
Music is always around us; we hear it everywhere not knowing how much it can affect us. No matter what genre, melody, instrument, or tune, it does something to us, putting us in a different mind state. Who doesn’t enjoy listening to music, it plays in the background while most of us carry on about our days. A universal language that everyone understands without any other form of barriers.
In The Music Therapy Profession: Inspiring Health, Wellness, and Joy, author Christine Korb dedicates an entire book to demonstrate just how music is important to everyone’s lives. We are encouraged to embrace music into all aspects of our lives as it offers more on an emotional level. Music Therapy is a technique used to communicate with others in a way where words can be nonexistent. Some individuals suffer from disabilities and handicaps that cause them to feel isolated in the world and music helps to mend that gap. The author is using her platform of book writing to broaden her reach to encourage others who have the gift of helping others to consider a career in Music Therapy. This will enable those the knowledge that hasn’t been shared globally that there is another form of healing, which utilizes the sounds of music.
The essays provided by students who either attended or wish to attend Marylhurst University to study their music therapy program was inspiring. Their passion for both music and helping others was bursting off the pages as you read each of them. Although they’ve come from different backgrounds and needs, they shared the love of music and helping others in common. The details for what music therapy is about, how to become a music therapist, where they can find employment, as well as the rewards and perks that come along with this profession, proves it can develop into a lucrative career. Considering this newly discovered field as a profession is slowly becoming recognized as an official medical branch within the medical field. It convinces the reader into viewing behind the scenes of the possibility to work and do what you love.
I truly enjoyed reading this book and discovering something new that I had no idea that existed or was recognized by others in the music field. By reading, you would learn that anyone who possesses the gift to help others who are suffering from an illness that affects their neurology, should draw their focus to researching and signing up for a course. Music will always have a way for people to earn a living, so that is a plus. I highly recommend this amazingly well-written and thoroughly researched book to everyone looking to add a spin to the music world.
