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In Two Steps: Music Therapy Research for Chronic Pain

Creative Forces / SCIMITAR discussion · June 17, 2026

A discussion and testimony about Creative Forces, an NEA-funded program that embeds creative arts therapists in VA and military settings and the SCIMITAR clinical trial testing music interventions for veterans with chronic pain and PTSD. Speakers described therapy steps, early patient experiences, and research aims including cost-effectiveness and physiological measures.

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