Music Heals
Music therapy as a therapeutic tool
Music Heals is our music therapy program. The program uses music therapy as a therapeutic tool to support the needs of the population of minors who are victims of violence and abuse who have been removed from their families and placed under in State shelters. Participants come from low income sectors.
Music therapy sessions have clinical-therapeutic objectives and are designed as safe spaces where participants can express and work with their fears, emotions, and traumatic experiences.
During the sessions, they learn emotional management, development of focused attention and self-regulation, mindfulness, self-esteem and teamwork is fostered, while also developing musical skills. During this process, talent is discovered and participants find a space for recreation, creativity and enjoyment.
Music Heals is a pioneer program in music therapy in Puerto Rico. We are proud to have a team of highly trained and experienced professional music therapists on staff, who bring the healing power of music to children and youth in need.
Music Heals works with your needs
Music Heals adapts to different institucional environments, bringing emotional support and well-being to diverse communities throughout Puerto Rico.
🏫 Schools
Emotional regulation, attention, and creative expression within the educational environment.
🏠 Youth Shelters
Safe spaces for emotional healing for children in situations of vulnerability.
🏥 Hospitals
Emotional support that helps reduce stress and anxiety during health-related processes.
👵🏽 Geriatric Centers
Stimulation of memory, communication, and emotional well-being in older adults.
Barranquitas Geriatric Center
Impact of the Music Heals Program
Fundación Música y País worked with the Consejo Renal de PR to offer Music Heals music therapy program services to renal patients and their families. Music therapy sessions were carried out in hospital dialysis clinics and renal transplant centers, as a means to reduce stress, encourage emotional expression, and strengthen emotional support during complex health processes.
Impact Results
group music therapy sessions offered
34
people impacted
608
Música para Sanar en las Noticias
This article highlights how Fundación Música y País used music therapy as a healing tool to support more than 450 children from Puerto Rico’s foster care system after Hurricane María. Through creative musical expression, children were guided to process trauma, transform emotions, and find relief and connection during a deeply challenging moment.
For those of us who grew up in shelters, it is like a music chest is opened from which you don't know what is going to come out of it, but inside you can hear the stories of pain and suffering. Those conversations make the transformative process. When a child dares to dream again, music comes out from that chest again.
Marcos Santana
President
Red para los Derechos de la Niñez y la Juventud de Puerto Rico
