We have already mentioned our cooperation with the City Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 16 of the Kharkiv City Council and the support of the psychological service in the hematology department. Lately, our partners have been working with a new area of treatment – music therapy.
Music has always accompanied young patients in the hospital. Various concerts, hospital clowns and, believe it or not, karaoke – all of this has happened before. But it was not possible to implement the world practice of music therapy in full. The head of the psychological service, Vlada Yevseyeva, even put together a collection of small musical instruments. Everyone was waiting for a team with a flair for music.
It has finally happened! Yulia Mykolaievska, a teacher at the Kotlyarevsky National University of Music and Drama has started to implement music therapy in the hospital in cooperation with the psychological service.
Olena Prygunkova, a student of the composition department who has teaching experience, first came to the pediatric wards with a violin. Of course, this event took place with the consent and prior arrangement of the patients.
The children really liked the session of getting acquainted with music therapy. Some of them started playing other instruments for the violinist, others talked about music. There was also a curious experiment – playing the violin with fingers like a guitar.
One boy, owning a ukulele, became interested in learning music. In this case, therapy will be aimed at developing motivation. According to experts, it is crucial in the treatment process when a patient has a dream and prospects for the future.
We will keep following the developments with music therapy at Hospital 16 and tell you more about this area of work with children.
Photo: Vlada Yevseyeva