About MTS Esp
Providing Music Therapy Services for Individuals and Families with Special Needs in the New York City Area
Music Therapy Services of New York has provided services for the New York Community since 1997. Headquartered in New York City with satellite offices in each borough, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island we provide private and group, home-based and institutional music therapy services. Our agency specializes in providing services to individuals and families who have experienced a medical crisis, have chronic and long-term illnesses or disabilities and who have been traumatized by a work or life event. We bring extensive experience and professionalism to every person referred for music therapy services. Our staff
Our therapists have extensive training, education and experience in using music as therapy in a variety of settings. We’re an innovative group who are well-versed in current treatment modalities and maintain our ability to use traditional music therapy techniques and include modern tools and technology to provide the client and family the most progressive implementation of services while remaining focused on a humanistic approach with tangible experiences.
Get in touch with us to set up a consultation, or use the contact form at the bottom of this page to inquire whether our services are right for you.
“The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication.”
Areas of Practice
Attachment Music Therapy (AMT)
AMT is the use of music, specifically the sound, voice, of a caregiver who is “in-relationship” with the child; that relationship is in need of support. Music is used as a relationship builder in some cases and/or to support an already strong attachment that has been challenged by the chronic condition of an infant or child. The music therapy is conducted with family groups and parent/infant dyads.
Palliative Music Therapy (PMT)
PMT generally aims at the improvement or maintenance of the client’s quality of life, including the management of pain and stress, the regulation of negative emotions (e.g. anxiety, anger, and depression), as well as the facilitation of communication and spiritual experiences.
Developmental Music Therapy (DMT)
DMT incorporates music that assists with maintaining or attaining the appropriate development. The inter-disciplinary use of songs and music can address the areas of cognition, social/emotional, physical & educational development for children. If a client is at a specific mental age – such as a 13-year-old functioning at a 2-year mental age due to a chronic condition, music is used that matches the mental age of the child.
Music Therapy for Pain Management (MTPM)
MTPM is based on a cognitive behavioral model of therapy, which posits that new thoughts, feelings and body states may be conditioned to replace dysfunctional patterns. Specifically, a relaxed body and pleasant visual images may replace tension and worry when they are conditioned as a response to familiar, calming music. The conditioning process takes place when listening to this music is paired with deep relaxation through repeated practice.
Neurological Music Therapy (NMT)
NMT is defined as the therapeutic application of music to cognitive, sensory, and motor dysfunctions due to neurologic disease/injury of the human nervous system. NMT is based on a neuroscience model of music perception and production and the influence of music on functional changes in nonmusical brain and behavior functions.
Music Therapy Programming (MTP)
A variety of individuals have targeted needs that can best be addressed within a specific group such as early intervention, support, sensory, and or social. MTP is provided for these groups and can be found under the website heading "Programs and Services." See how a program may assist your loved one.