Music Therapy: An Intervention for Trauma-Related Disorders

Group Description
This paper will examine a 10-session theoretical group therapy intervention. The population served will be adults who have endured childhood trauma and who deal with mental health issues resulting from those traumatic experience(s). The purpose is to intervene with music therapy to aid in the abatement of most mental health symptoms excluding personality disorders and psychosis.
The PCL-C DSM-5 inventory will be completed to screen for diagnoses of individuals who may meet the criteria for group participation. Referrals will be taken from individual therapists of clients with interest in the group music therapy intervention for trauma-related disorders.
Music Therapy as Best Practice
Music therapy has been shown to have

The clients will be asked as a group to recall any other times they have had these feelings, with the therapist validating and normalizing clients’ feelings, explaining interactions between childhood trauma and self-image, expectations of others (including difficulty trusting), and any feelings related to power (Slotoroff, 1994). The therapist will ensure that a thorough follow-up of intense emotional provocations is provided for each client for the rest of the sessions. A recorded musical listening exercise while painting or drawing will close this session, taking pieces that evolve from this potentially angry emotional place to a more contemplative, and then a more joyous

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