Himig ng Kalinga - Music As Therapy For Sick Children
From l - r: Dr Joeslyn Eusebio, Celeste Sanches and Barbie Dapul I was invited last Wednesday July 3 at Dusit Thani Hotel, to attend "Himig ng Kalinga" - an advocacy event. Dr Joselyn C. Eusebio a internationally recognized Filipino Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician together with Celeste Sanchez, the mother of Philippine Music Therapy talked about the benefits and effects of music in improving health and healing. Dr. Eusebio, told the audience that according to the American Music Association, music therapy is an interpersonal process in which the the therapist uses music and all of its facets-physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic and spiritual to help clients to improve or maintain their health. She traced the practice of using music as early as 400 BC when Hippocrates, a Greek physician played music for his mental patients. While the most extensive use of music in general hospitals appeared during the f...