Westwood Post Acute | Denver, CO
Music Therapy Services
Experience the benefits of music therapy at Westwood Post Acute. Our expert-led sessions foster emotional healing and improve quality of life for residents.
What is Music Therapy?
Music therapy is a clinical, evidence-based practice that uses music interventions to support physical, emotional, cognitive, and social well-being and healing. Our licensed music therapists use various music experiences to help reduce stress, improve mood, support rehabilitation goals, and enhance overall quality of life as part of a patient’s individualized care plan.
Rubato Music Therapy
We are proud to offer Rubato music therapy to our residents. Rubato transforms rehabilitation outcomes through AI powered therapeutic music that goes beyond background music. Changes in heart rate, decreased anxiety and agitation, and other behavioral changes are just some of the ways music therapy can support our patients. This personalized modality helps residents overcome behavioral challenges, cognitive impairments, anxiety, and depression—delivering measurable results that matter to both care teams and families.
How Music Therapy Works
Assessment & Goal Setting
The therapist collaborates with the care team to establish clear, individualized goals, such as improving motor function, reducing anxiety, or encouraging communication. This ensures that each session is purposeful and aligned with the patient’s overall care plan.
Active Music Interventions
Patients actively engage with music through singing, instrument play, movement to music, or guided music-making. These interventions are designed to stimulate the brain and body, support rehabilitation efforts, and encourage self-expression, helping to improve strength, coordination, speech, and emotional resilience.
Receptive & Therapeutic Listening
Receptive music therapy focuses on listening experiences tailored to the patient’s needs, such as relaxation, stress/pain management, or emotional processing. This approach can be especially beneficial for patients with limited mobility or those coping with pain, anxiety, or memory challenges.
Benefits of Music Therapy
Music therapy can help reduce stress, manage pain, and improve mood during both short-term and long-term recovery and rehabilitation. By engaging patients emotionally and neurologically, it promotes motivation, connection, and an improved overall quality of life.
Reduces Stress and Improves Cognitive Behavior
Music therapy helps reduce stress by calming the nervous system, lowering anxiety levels, and promoting relaxation through familiar and soothing musical experiences, while improving cognitive functioning by supporting memory, attention, and emotional regulation, helping patients think more clearly and respond more positively to their environment.
Personalized Therapy for Each Individual
At Westwood Post Acute, we understand the importance of tailoring the recovery process to each patient’s needs. Our music therapy program, supported by Rubato, is highly customized and personalized for each patient.
Music Therapy and Medication
In certain cases, music therapy can serve as a non-pharmacological alternative by helping manage agitation, anxiety, and behavioral symptoms through calming, structured musical engagement. Music therapy can support a medicated therapy experience, and, when appropriate and guided by clinical professionals, it may reduce reliance on (or even act as an alternative to) antipsychotic medications.
Learn More About Data-Driven Music Therapy
We’d love to answer your questions about how our music therapy program works and how it can support you and your loved ones through the journey to recovery.