Short term therapy with a psychosomatic patient

Journal/Book: Musiktherapeutische Umschau. 1980; 1: Stuttgart. G. Fischer Verlag. 57-70.

Abstract: A course of music therapy in ten sessions with a psychosomatic female patient is described. The aim is to show how abnormal developments in early childhood can be worked on non-verbally, and how progress towards a more mature command of life can be motivated. The psychotherapeutic and analytically orientated features of music therapy are illustrated. The focal point in the broad spectrum of extended music therapy, which includes active and receptive music therapy, movement, breathing and body awareness, is always improvisation. Group methods and techniques are touched on.

Keyword(s): Psychotherapeutic, non-verbal, improvisation, group-therapy.

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