In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting one of the bloodiest wars since World War II. Over the course of more than 10 years, the war has claimed a huge number of lives, with tens of thousands of people suffering severe injuries that have led to limb amputations. Virtually the entire population of Ukraine has experienced severe psychological trauma and needs help in one way or another. One of the most effective methods of psychological rehabilitation is music therapy.
Historical documents show that this method was tried to be used as early as the times of ancient Greece and Egypt. There is some isolated evidence from the Middle Ages. However, music, as a means of influencing the psycho-emotional state, received the greatest attention with the development of a scientific approach in the 19th century. It has been shown that music can be a powerful additional method in the treatment of mental illnesses. After the First World War, doctors encountered millions of cases of "war nerves" (PTSD). It was physically impossible to treat such a large number of cases with medication. Music therapy turned out to be an extremely effective auxiliary method that allowed working with large groups of people and achieving sustainable results. The further history of the 20th century and the development of psychology helped to highlight music therapy as a separate large scientific discipline, to find effective methods of using music for a wide variety of segments of the population with different psychological and physical conditions.
Founded in 2023 against the backdrop of a full-scale war, the Victory Beats charity music project researches and develops various approaches to music therapy for people affected by Russian aggression. In particular, people with disabilities and people who have survived captivity. We cooperate on an ongoing basis with the Superhumans rehabilitation center, the first HUB habilitation center, conduct special sessions for individual groups and organize field retreats.
Thanks to music therapy, our visitors note a decrease or disappearance of phantom pains, improvement of independent falling asleep without medication and improvement of sleep, significant decrease in anxiety and significant improvement of general mental state.
In our practice, we use a whole range of approaches: relaxation, associative, joint playing of musical instruments and others. At the same time, an individual program is selected for each of our visitors to achieve the best results.
If you want to help the project or you are more interested in the topic of music therapy, just contact us. Music saves lives!
