Regression in music therapy with psychotic patients

Journal/Book: Nordic Journal of Music Therapy. 1996; 5: 24-30.

Abstract: The aspect of regression in the relation patient-therapist as well as the experience of the psychotic patient is examined in this article and illustrated by means of examples in my practise of musical therapy. From an analytical point of view the relation between the medium music and the regressive aspects, active as well as passive musical therapy, are taken into consideration.

Note: Jos De Backer has studied Music Education at the College for Science and Art, Campus Lemmensinstituut (Belgium) and Music Therapy at the College for Music, Vienna (Austria). He is: a) Professor of Music Therapy and coordinator of the 5-year full time training course for Music Therapy at the College for Science and Art in collaboration with the University Leuven (Louvain). b) Head of the Music Therapy department at the University Centre St. Jozef, Kortenberg. c) Member of the European Music Therapy Commitee for Belgium. d) President of the "Stichting Music and Therapy" Belgium. Adr.: Eugeen De Bocklaan 27, 2900 Schoten, Belgium. Tel.: (+ 32) 3 644 5193 Fax.: (+ 32) 3 658 1068.

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