'You can see the positive impact the music therapy has on residents. It is lovely to see residents who are quite withdrawn coming out of their shells and enjoying and participating in the music' - Activities Co-ordinator, Care Centre for People Living with Dementia

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Arash Bazrafshan is the Lead Music Therapist and Managing Director of Keystone Music Therapy. Arash has a Degree in Music Studies, Performance and Composition, a Masters (MSc) in Music Therapy and is a qualified Dementia Care Mapper. Arash’s experience includes working with people living with Alzheimer’s Disease, vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, mixed dementia, Korsakoff syndrome, functional mental health issues such as Schizophrenia and depression, and children and adults with learning difficulties. Arash is currently specialising in working with people living with dementia and he has much clinical experience working with people experiencing acute agitation and anxiety, challenging behaviour, psychosis, grief and depression. Arash practices a person-centred approach to Music Therapy and is passionate about upholding and enhancing the well-being of his clients.

 

Our Mission

To fill the deficit in professional mental health provision for people in need of private or public care, whilst raising the public’s awareness of Music Therapy and the care organisations that utilise it. To offer a non-verbal medium that can promote the self expression of individuals at risk of isolation and to offer non-pharmaceutical interventions for the alleviation of challenging psychiatric symptoms.

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‘Music therapy reduces agitation and need for medication in 67% of people with dementia’

The recent publication by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Arts, Health and Wellbeing has reported the positive effects that Music Therapy by HCPC registered...
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‘Where words leave off, music begins’ – Heinrich Heine

At Keystone Music Therapy we believe deeply in this quote. It was written by Heinrich Heine, who wrote many of the poems that Schubert used...
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