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Finding Balance with Music: Music Therapy as a Tool for Recovery and Increasing Welfare for Orphans of COVID-19 Victims

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2023

Yenni Lidyawati*
Affiliation:
Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
*
Correspondence: Yenni Lidyawati Indonesian Language, Faculty of Literature Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia Jl. Semarang 5 Malang 65145 Jawa Timur Indonesia E-mail: yenni.lidyawati.2202119@students.um.ac.id

Abstract

Music therapy can effectively address children’s psychological, emotional, cognitive, and social needs. Music therapy can provide a safe and supportive environment for children to process their emotions and deal with the grief of losing a parent.

Type
Article Commentary
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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