Creative Music Therapy

Paper Summary:

The role of music in therapy has been explored in formal and informal contexts because most people connect feelings with music. This paper examines how music is used to treat people, including playing music as a form of self-expression and using the product of that self-expression as a symbolic code.

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"If the therapist infers that a drone piece created by the client denotes sadness then the therapist infers too much and does the client a disservice. Rather, the role of the music therapist is to provide an open setting in which therapist and client can communicate in non-verbal ways. Non-verbal communication is essential in some therapeutic settings, such as with clients who are catatonic, autistic, or otherwise emotionally inexpressive."

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