Group music psychotherapy in an inpatient psychiatric setting for children: A developmental approach. Special Issue: Psychiatric music therapy

Journal/Book: Music Therapy Perspectives. 1994; 12: 92-97.

Abstract: Introduces a form of child group music psychotherapy that developed over many years with the changing diagnostic population of an inpatient psychiatric unit for children. The authors provide an overview of the history of child group psychotherapy, the clinical setting, the child population (aged 2-14 yrs), and the theoretical framework within which to conduct this form of music therapy treatment. Four stages of this therapy are described: preaffiliation, power and control, intimacy, and separation. The method focuses attention on the interplay of music, emotion, and imagery in the context of group dynamics. This psychotherapy is noninterpretive and primarily nonverbal in nature. It relies on the experiential medium of music in conjunction with the psychodynamics of group process to lead to a corrective emotional experience for the child.

Note: developmental approach in group music psychotherapy; 2 14 yr olds in inpatient psychiatric unit

Keyword(s): Group psychotherapy; music therapy; psychiatric patients; psychiatric hospital programs; preschool age children; childhood development; school age children; childhood ; adolescence

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