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==Ira M. Altshuler Ira Maximilian Altshuler (1883-1968) was a Ukrainian psychologist who is one of the driving forces of developing music therapy. Altshuler was the director of group therapy at Eloise Hospital for the majority of his life career. This is where he developed the concept of music therapy in both group and individual settings.

==Background Ira Altshuler was born on June 2, 1883 in Ukraine. He and his family fled shortly after his birth to avoid the persecution of the Jewish people.

==Schooling Altshuler studied Fruedian psychology at Harvard.

==Impact Altshuler initiated the first large music therapy program in 1938 at Eloise Hospital.

==References Davis, W. B. (2003). Ira Maximilian Altshuler: psychiatrist and pioneer music therapist. Journal of Music Therapy, 40(3), 247–263.