展览系统整理了音乐疗愈的四种核心方法及其作用：

接受式：即聆听音乐，包括意象引导、怀旧音乐回忆（有助于改善老年痴呆患者的记忆衰退）、声波振动疗愈等。

再创造式：以唱歌、演奏乐器为主，代表方法为旋律语调疗法，可改善呼吸发声，帮助中风失语患者康复。

即兴式：随性自由的音乐创编，用于疏导情绪、进行心理共情干预。

创作式：患者尝试整理“人生歌单”，用歌曲描绘一生中的重要事件，反映自身对这些事件的情感。此方法适用于自我身份梳理、情绪表达与心理成长。

展览还介绍了音乐疗愈的神经科学机制。音乐通过影响多巴胺释放激活大脑奖励通路，同时调节多种神经激素水平。它主要作用于三个关键的大脑区域：前额叶皮层，海马体，和杏仁核。三者之间的连接可以提升认知能力和情绪控制能力。此外，音乐干预还能促进外周神经营养因子的释放，甚至影响与神经可塑性相关的基因表达（BDNF、SNCA、GATA2）。随音乐拍打、点头、呼吸，可以有效阻断重复性负性思维。

展览中呈现了多个真实案例来更好地展示音乐疗愈的作用。其中《音乐治疗经典案例》中提到的患有厌食症的13岁女孩小雁尤为典型。小雁因为体脂率过低和自残行为被强制送进医院。她最初拒绝所有治疗，但接受音乐疗愈师邀请去“玩”乐器。在治疗过程中治疗师和她分别用一红一黄两个铃铛进行“对话”。这让小雁外化了自己和病症的关系，她意识到自己虽不想让“病”离开，但也不愿被它控制，这成为了她病症的转折点。当天她半年来第一次吃了主食和饭菜里的油汁。后来经过其他类型的疗愈和疗愈师的引导，小雁在两个月后康复出院。

展览也介绍了三种常用的音乐疗愈乐器颂钵、手碟和海洋鼓。首先是颂钵，颂钵由金、银、汞、铜、铁、锡、铅七种金属合金制成。演奏者用带软垫的木槌敲击或摩擦钵体边缘。颂钵常用于缓解焦虑、失眠和疼痛。手碟是2000年创于瑞士的钢制打击乐器，其丰富、和谐的泛音能自然引导大脑进入放松状态，常用于正念练习与缓解焦虑。海洋鼓是一种双面鼓，金属珠作为填充物，晃动时模拟海浪的声音，可以被用在重症监护室中安抚早产儿。

音乐疗愈并非简单的听歌放松，而是在专业引导下、以科学为基础的心理支持方式。本次展览希望为公众提供一个客观、专业的视角，了解声音如何真正参与身心健康的重建。

Recently, Tong Xinyao from Class 11-3 organized an art therapy exhibition in the fourth-floor atrium. Many people think that music therapy is just listening to a comfortable song. Through this exhibition, she hopes to break this misunderstanding and help more people understand how music can be used as a clinical tool. The exhibition introduces music therapy as a clinical method in which trained therapists use music interventions to mediate psychological pain and improve overall mental well-being.

The exhibition presents the four main methods of music therapy. First, the Receptive Method, including guided imagery, Music Reminiscence (the elderly with dementia), and Vibroacoustic Therapy. The Re-creative Method involves the client performing a piece of music, by which they experience recreation from “acting.”A key example is Melodic intonation therapy, where patients sing short phrases accompanied by tapping with the rhythm. The Improvisational Method encourages spontaneous music creation without fixed rules. It is used to manage emotions. Last but not least,  the Compositional Method, the client creates their own music or lyrics. This can provide space for self-expression and identity. One way is "musical autobiography", in which customers compile songs that mark the main events of life. This method supports the exploration of identity and emotional expression.

The exhibition then answers the question: What is the mechanism behind music therapy? Music activates the reward pathway of the brain by triggering the release of dopamine, and at the same time regulates the levels of neurohormones. Music mainly affects three key areas of the brain: the prefrontal cortex (emotional regulation and decision-making), the hippocampus (memory), and the amygdala (stress, fear, and emotional responses). Strengthening the connection between these areas can improve cognitive ability and emotional control. Music intervention also affects genes related to neuroplasticity, including BDNF, SNCA, and GATA2. In addition, tapping, nodding, or breathing with the music disrupts repetitive negative thoughts.

The exhibition shows cases from the book Classic Cases of Music Therapy. A 13-year-old girl named Xiao Yan was hospitalized for anorexia due to the risk of low body fat rate and self-harm. She initially refused all treatments and only accepted the music therapist's invitation to "play" the instrument. In a therapy session, they "spoke" with each other with two hand bells, one red and one yellow. This simple behavior made her see her illness as a separation from herself. She realized that although she didn't want her illness to go away, she didn't want it to control her. This marks a turning point. On the same day, she ate solid food for the first time in six months. Through continuous treatment, she recovered and was discharged from the hospital two months later.

The exhibition also shows three musical instruments commonly used in music therapy. First, the singing bowl. The singing bowl originated in the Himalayas and is made of seven-metal alloys. The player hits or rubs the rim with a padded mat. The sound vibration can help relieve anxiety, insomnia, and pain. Handpan is a steel percussion instrument developed in Switzerland in 2000. Its rich and harmonious overtones naturally guide the brain into a relaxed state, making it ideal for mindfulness and anxiety relief. The ocean drum is a double-headed drum filled with small metal beads. When it tilts, it will make a sound like waves, imitating the liquid environment of the womb. It has been used in neonatal intensive care units to soothe premature infants.

Music therapy is not passive listening. This is a form of psychological support based on scientific evidence and professional guidance. This exhibition invites the public to explore how sound can genuinely participate in restoring mental and physical health.

 

文 | 11-3 佟馨瑶

文字指导 | 李婷

主持人 | 11-8 何家亦

图片、视频剪辑、编辑 | 曲昊睿

审核 | 苏晔