There is always more to learn

I've learned so much and so many different perspectives about music therapy this past week. Every class we had let me understand the different ways of music therapy. In our Wednesday class, we had a  psychosomatic seminar with German students. We talked about the eating disorders and German students showed the symptoms of eating disorders in class. When I discussed with my partner Emily, I didn't know how to apply music therapy activities to people with eating disorders and I had never thought about music therapy for eating disorders. But after hearing the opinions form students and the instructor, I learned many good thoughts and concepts about music therapy and eating disorders. Then German students showed us a mock music therapy session for people with eating disorders.
At first, I didn't really understand the purpose of the singing bowls activity and the interaction between music therapist and clients. But I was impressed by how the non-verbal communication works and how important the connection is. After we discussed in class, I learned a lot from the group discussion about the mock session and many concepts I hadn't thought before. I learned these different perspectives from music therapy in Germany and this provides me to think more about the definition of music therapy.

Every class we had these two weeks makes me think more about the definition and different perspectives of music therapy. There is always new challenge and new encouragement in music therapy and I can't wait to explore more about music therapy in Germany!