The Effect of Music Therapy and the Positive Use of Stress - an account of experiential work in the management and control of stress and tension

Abstract: The paper explores the effect of music therapy on two people suffering from stress-related disorders - l. heart attack, physical and 2. nervous breakdown-psychiatric disorder, mental. It was then noticed that people who attended sessions either as staff, or parents of handicapped children, benefitted from the experience. The two thigs they had it common were highly stresses lives and responsible jobs. After consultations with Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Music Therapists and Stress Management Counsellors, a blueprint for a session emerged, based on a stress management programme converted into sound - musical and verbal. An account of the way the work developed. Over 200 workshops in 4 years. Examples of sesions, techniques developed, methods of converting negative stress to postive. Observations and Summary. This paper is available from the BSMT Price ú5.

Keyword(s): hypertension, stress, heart-attack, anxiety, stress-management, preventive-medicine, panic, attack, tension.

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