This week State Senator Laura Murphy (D-Des Plaines) met with local music therapists and advocates Nancy Swanson and Victoria Storm to celebrate music therapy week in Illinois. Music therapy is the clinical use of music interventions to achieve specified goals within a therapeutic relationship. It is used to help patients with emotional, physical, social and cognitive needs. Music therapy can help patients who may struggle to express themselves communicate. Music therapy is a growing field of treatment within the United States.