Music Therapy is considered one of the expressive therapies and is focused on the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals.  Music Therapy is most often practiced by a professional and degreed Music Therapist who has completed an approved Music Therapy Program.  Music Therapy is focused on therapeutic goals like improving motor skills, social/interpersonal development, cognitive development, self-awareness, and spiritual enhancement.  The idea of music as a healing modality goes back millennia with early mentions in the writings of the early Greeks. A 17th century writer, Robert Burton, wrote a classic book called The Anatomy of Melancholy, and proposed that music and dance were critical in treating mental illness, especially melancholia. Today, Music Therapy is often used alone or in combination with other treatment modalities.