Post on 03-Jan-2016
Music Therapy for Self-Expression: Opening the Lines
ofCommunication
Presented By: Chrissy Cetnar, MS, MT-BC
Chrissy’s involvement with BIA & Background: family involvement
Show of hands Clinician? Brain injury survivor? Family member? Caregiver?
Introductions
Health Rhythms: Musical Game
Shake Your Shaker!!!
Listen to the beat, play however you want!
“Everybody just like”
“Back to your own thing”
ICE BREAKER
Listening Paying attention Concentrating Imitating others Taking Turns Physical stimulation Cognitive Stimulation
What are some skills we just used?
“Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.”
“Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.”
American Music Therapy Association, 2014
What is Music Therapy?
“After assessing the strengths and needs of each client, the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music.”
“Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, clients' abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives.”
“Music therapy also provides avenues for communication that can be helpful to those who find it difficult to express themselves in words.”
“Research in music therapy supports its effectiveness in many areas such as: overall physical rehabilitation and facilitating movement, increasing people's motivation to become engaged in their treatment, providing emotional support for clients and their families, and providing an outlet for expression of feelings.”
American Music Therapy Association, 2014
What is Music Therapy?
Provide motivation Distraction Assist in physical rehabilitation goals Facilitate cognitive stimulation/development Facilitate self-expression Assist in strengthening communication between
patient and family/friends Facilitate social skill development Facilitate communication skill development Provide an avenue for developing relaxation
skills/coping mechanisms
How can music therapy be helpful during the recovery process?
Singing Music and Movement Playing Instruments Drumming Lyric Analysis Song-Writing Music Assisted Relaxation Music and Imagery Improvisation
Types of Interventions
Some things to think about….
What are we afraid of?
Are we comfortable with our audience?
Music can provide us with the vehicle we need to use to get our point across and open
the lines of communication!
Why is expressing ourselves difficult at times?
This intervention uses the meaning behind song lyrics as a means of facilitating communication.
An example of how this might be used, is if a family and a patient are having a hard time communicating with each other the music therapist may ask each member to choose a song that represents how they are feeling about the recovery process. In the next session, the therapist and family members would listen to the songs and if the individual is comfortable, provide them an opportunity to describe what the song means to them in their own words, or allow a different family member to try to interpret what they are trying to get across.
Sometimes just identifying a song that represents how someone is feeling is enough to get communication started.
Lyric Analysis for Self-Expression
Music and Imagery
Drumming
Song-writing
There are many more effective interventions for facilitating self-expression.
We will try the ones mentioned above today!!
Which interventions work well for self-expression?
Sometimes a good first step is to visualize what we want to communicate to our family member, care giver, or loved one.
No volunteers for this one- the whole room can participate.
Safety first- if at any time you feel uncomfortable open your eyes and discontinue participation
Seashell Imagery: Sam Colon, Anna Maria College music therapy
intern
Music and Imagery
This drumming activity is adapted from the HealthRhythms protocol developed by Dr. Barry Bittman and music therapist Christine Stevens.
It is meant to be used as part of a step-by-step protocol, but for purposes of this presentation we will use this one step of the process.
Drumming for Self-Expression:Inspirational Beats
How hard has the recovery process been for you? Play it on your instrument Would you like to put that into words? Can anyone relate?
What would you like to say to someone who supported you through the recovery process?
Play it on your instrument Would you like to put that into words? Can anyone relate?
Inspirational Beats (adapted)
Volunteers
Christina Aguilera- Beautiful
Everyone may take a worksheet.
Song-Writing for Self-Expression
“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.”
― Oliver Sacks
Please consider incorporating music and music therapy into your life and throughout your recovery
process either individually, or with others going through this journey with you.
Thank you! ~ Chrissy Cetnar