%0 Journal Article %T Psycho-social Aims of Music Therapy for Elderly Persons %A Fukumi Kitamoto %J Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy %D 2003 %I University of Bergen. Antioch University %X In Japan, the population is rapidly aging. Given this situation, music therapy has proven to be a valuable new psycho-social approach. I have been introducing music therapy into my clinical work as a psychological treatment mediated by music. Here I will examine its meaning, sharing my communication experiences with various clients %U https://normt.uib.no/index.php/voices/article/view/128