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Program: Celebrating Ausmusic Month: How music therapy helps to heal

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We're celebrating Ausmusic Month by spotlighting the amazing range of professions in the Australian music industry - everything from music orchestrator to reed maker, music librarian to piano mover. 

This morning we're delving into the world of a music therapist.

Dr Emma O’Brien is an innovator in the role of music in wellbeing and is the founder and ongoing lead of the music therapy service at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in Naarm.  

She also knows how to have a laugh. 

'One person did ask, 'What's the difference between you and the clown doctor?' 

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