Dr. Barbara Minton - Healing Through Music and Neuroscience

Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Barbara Minton, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist who integrates music and frequency-based tools into mental-health treatment. We explore how music affects the brain, how these principles can be woven into psychotherapy, and why sound-based interventions may offer unique advantages for clients struggling with regulation, trauma, or chronic distress.Topics we cover include:How music engages neural systems involved in emotional regulationUsing sound as part of case conceptualization and treatment planningWorking with neurofeedback, auditory stimulation, and embodied modalitiesWhen music-based interventions are most clinically effectiveEthical and cultural considerations in using music therapeuticallyThe future of neuroscience-informed, music-based mental-health caWebsite: Dr. Barbara Minton: drbarbminton.comMusic and healing project site: musicandhealing.netLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-minton-057957164/