Use of Drumming in Trauma Support Therapy

Imagine sitting down in a quiet room with your therapist, and enjoy being around with the peaceful drumming sounds and relaxing vibes. The first thing which most likely to come across your mind, would be an inner sound that engages your attention and thoughts.

“Relax, embrace your inner peace.” The calming guidance directs people to its gate of another world, and it would be a beautiful view inside the state of mind.


 If one could experience such things with another trusted person, drumming is definitely one of them. Drumming is an approach to trauma support therapy to create a healing environment for clients. It has been used to provide pleasant health care, both for physical and mental health, from the origin of various traditions.

The therapeutic effects of drumming work on healing people through using the rhythm, and it helps our body release emotional trauma, pain, and negativities.

Drumming is an activity that involves making rhythm with drums , with a therapist or other clients during a trauma support therapy. While drumming rhythm gets inside our mind and brain, it actually produces a harmony that is healthy to our body. It sounds really cool, isn’t it?


Drumming has been relating to multiple benefits and healing effects in trauma support therapy.


Drumming helps our mind gets rid of negativities and unhealthy thoughts. Negative emotions, including anger, stress, anxiety, and tension, are reduced during the relaxation induced by drumming rhythm. It instead replenishes our mind with well-being, comfort, and positivities. Healing emotional traumas is no longer something to worry about, as ongoing positive emotions keep healing our soul.

That’s why drumming could be used in trauma support therapy for a broad range of health care. Such as healing mental illness, stabilizing mood, recovering addicts, and healing emotional trauma.

Besides, drumming is also a perfect choice for treating physical health problems related to trauma support therapy. As our minds are getting into the natural state of rhythm, neurological and physiological systems are boosted in our bodies. So, it is excellent for helping to release chronic pain caused by traumas and improving the quality of life as well.

Drumming is a great alternative treatment that can be used in various trauma support therapies. You can make as little effort to easily start taking care of your mind by receiving the benefits of drumming, which continually heal your mind on a regular basis.


It helps our mind become stronger and healthier, so that all the negative emotions will be drumming out.