An individual music therapy assessment procedure for emotionally disturbed young adolescents. Special Issue: Assessment in the creative arts therapies

Journal/Book: Arts in Psychotherapy. 1988; 15: 47-54.

Abstract: Describes a music therapy assessment procedure that employs song choice, story-to-music, and instrumental improvisation tasks to assess anxiety, decision making, reality orientation, abstracting ability, self-image, emotional constriction, frustration tolerance, attention span, ego boundaries, and thought processes. A case example is presented of a 12-yr-old boy admitted with oppositional disorder and borderline personality disorder and exhibiting psychological immaturity and strong dependency needs in his task performance.

Note: music therapy assessment; 12 yr old male with oppositional & borderline personality disorder

Keyword(s): Music therapy; emotionally disturbed; borderline states; school age children; childhood

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