Music Therapy in Cancer Care. When there are no Words

Author(s): Campo, Patxi del

Journal/Book: 7th World Congress in Music Therapy. 1993; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. David Aldridge (ed.): Music Therapy Info Vol. II (CD-Rom) Universität Witten-Herdecke 1999. 560-570.

Abstract: Music therapy as a powerful complementary to other care and medical treatment of patients in oncology. It is shown how music therapy can help patients express and work on their experiences and feelings of loss, dependency and uncertainty."The creative process supports what I like to call "the inner motion of life" and usually leads to encountering something new; a picture, a symbol, a feeling, and idea or a vision." The GIM case shows how music imaging decreases the pain of a female patient and facilitates emotional (verbal) communication between her and her husband.

Keyword(s): Cancer. Oncology. Improvisation. Guided Imagery and Music. Group Work. Case studies

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