Music therapy is a creative therapy that often focuses on non-verbal communication, enabling meaningful connection through sound, rhythm, and improvisation—especially when words are limited or unavailable.
We use musical instruments, singing, and rhythm to stimulate communication, develop motor skills, memory, attention and promote emotional well-being.
Is it hard for you to talk about your feelings?
Do you need support in a difficult life situation?
Music Therapy is a systematic process of intervention where the therapist helps the client improve health using music experiences.
Take a look at the gallery below to see how music therapy sessions look in real life.
Music is appealing and enjoyable, which makes it a perfect therapeutic medium. The treatment for stress, anxious, emotional, mental, social or behavioral problems includes creating, playing, singing and listening to music.
We can use many different instruments like percussion, acoustic guitar, piano, drums, voice and body. When engaged in musical tasks, many regions of the brain are stimulated simultaneously.
Children and young adults who have developmental or learning disabilities can use Music Therapy to strengthen motor skills and learn to communicate more effectively (Autism, Down Syndrome).
Adults may find Music Therapy useful for everything, from simple stress management to treating mental and physical illness (Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia).
Older adults may have much to gain from Music Therapy in a group setting, as it can fulfill social needs as well as promote physical and mental well-being (Alzheimer).
I am a music therapist and professional drummer with clinical experience across Brazil, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. I hold a degree in Music Therapy from Faculdades EST (Brazil, 2007) and a postgraduate specialisation in Social and Cultural Psychiatry from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra (Portugal, 2014). My work focuses on mental health, autism spectrum conditions, Alzheimer’s disease, special educational needs, and trauma stemming from domestic violence and human trafficking. I currently run a private practice, offering individual and group music therapy sessions for both children and adults. I also provide online supervision for other music therapists. In addition to my therapeutic work, where I use acoustic guitar, keyboard, voice, body percussion, and various percussion instruments, I continue to teach private drum lessons and perform as a professional drummer.
O som tudo cura - Paula Nosari
