Music is a way to express emotions that people face. It is quite widely known that music artists use the creation of songs as a way to let out what they are thinking about. Some of the common themes include love, loss, excitement, and the sharing of experiences. Songs can be a way to open ourselves up to what we are feeling. Often people report that when they hear a certain song it triggers an emotion for them. For example, a song about losing a relationship is often appreciated by someone experiencing a break up. We have done research into hip hop music helping children in the inner city to overcome the challenges they have faced. Our work titled Rap Therapy is a documentary film. Within the project we focused on working with kids in foster care and helping them to use music to open up about difficult emotions. Some of the items the children were able to open up about include being abused, losing parents to drugs, being removed from their homes and the gangs in their neighborhoods. In addition, 50 Cent, Diddy, Ludacris, Ja Rule, Russell Simmons and other hip hop celebrities discussed their thoughts about music helping children. You can learn more about the project at www.raptherapy.com. In our counseling and therapy at www.emergencytherapy.com we feel music therapy can be a great addition to treatment. Often while obtaining counseling and therapy we encourage people to write songs, poems, keep a diary and express themselves. In addition, sometimes we ask people to find songs that describe their current emotional state and we discuss them. If you are looking to have therapy www.emergencytherapy.com provides 24 hour a day telephone and email therapy. Please take a look at this as a way to help yourself overcome your challenges.
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