MUSIC 2MT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Music Therapy, Multiple Myeloma, Precomposed Character
27 Nov 2016
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This gentleman used music for self- expression and emotional well-being. Does not know how to use instrument but learnt a few springs: gave him permission to express his feelings in a song; nobody judges that a song reveals feelings. Enabled him to express everything he was feeling in a 3 min song. The process of creating, notating, and/or recording lyrics and music by the client or clients and therapist within a therapeutic relationship to address psychosocial, emotional, cognitive and communication needs of the client. Therapeutic lyric creation: coming up with words and themes. Guiding free brainstorming: a therapist may have a whiteboard and asks clients the words that come to their mind (connections of themes around loss etc. ) If someone cant formulate the words due to trauma, brain injury etc. ; the client can point to a word that he would like to use.
