Projective drawings as an aid to music therapy

Author(s): Shaughnessy, Michael F.

Journal/Book: Acta Paedopsychiatrica International Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1992; 55: 231-233.

Abstract: Describes the use of projective techniques to assist in the process of music therapy and to assess the growth and development of clients. A case study of an uncommunicative and withdrawn 17-yr-old Finnish male adolescent is described. The S had symbols and thoughts in his mind which he could not express verbally but came in contact with during the music therapy sessions. He was then able to use drawings to reflect his life symbolically.

Note: use of projective drawings in music therapy; uncommunicative & withdrawn 17 yr old male; Finland; case report

Keyword(s): Music therapy; drawing ; projective techniques; case report; adolescence

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