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I am a board-certified Music Therapist, MT-BC. I provide VR based Musical Therapy that follows Cognitive Behavioral Therapy using a 3D environment and specially chosen music to bring the user the immersive feeling of being somewhere else.  The focus is on changing unhelpful cognitive distortions and behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and development of personal coping methods. Users can choose the setting they prefer. We are developing ways users can play a variety of virtual musical instruments, all while enjoying their surroundings and background music. This system has two primary modes of operation; receptive and active. In the receptive mode of operation, we are using panoramic scenes as background to provide users an immersive, peaceful environment. After making the user feel immersed in the environment, we then combine each scene with different types of music for the user to choose from based on their preference so they can fully enjoy the experience.