Assessing the Effectiveness of Music Therapy Flashcards
What evidence is there for music therapy being effective?
Helped the case study of Suzanna with her communication and social difficulties
Clinical improvement in adult mental health with those who received music therapy rather than listening to music
Plays a part in mental health recovery process - particularly helps social skills
Benefits in ASD
Benefits regarding pain management in sickle cell disease patients
In what way has it been suggested that music therapy can benefit adult’s mental health?
Music therapy has physical involvement with music and social involvement with people
Social involvement is the key thing.
Interactive element of musical therapy can boost mental health and be beneficial for the creative activity of making music
More than just a routine experience of just listening.
What is an example of the role of music therapy in the recovery of mental health?
Joe (adult male) and the accordion
What did Joe suffer from?
Psychosis and social anxiety
Why did Joe self-refer to music therapy?
To learn new skills to increase his confidence. Bought a piano accordion.
What effects did music therapy have on Joe?
Improved his skills and musicianship after 5 sessions
Master simple pieces
Music made him feel good about himself
Music helped him self-regulate his anxiety and gave him confidence with social interaction which were originally holding him back from his recovery from psychosis
How does music therapy benefit ASD?
Address specific aspects of autism such as social skills, communication skills, motor skills, and joint attention
Similar to Suzanna case study. Replicated across the board in other contexts. This is a strength.
How can music heal physical things?
Helps with pain management in sickle cell disease patients
20 minute electronic improvisation condition reported lower pain perception than listening or control groups
What do psychoanalytic approaches focus on?
The therapist-client relationship
What is the role of counter-transference?
Counter-transference occurs when things affect the therapist themselves
The analyst is a real person with their own inner model of relationships
Therapist should be capable of their own transference to the patient. This may result in resistance.
What may explain relationship style, according to psychoanalysists?
Transference
What is an example of counter-transference in music therapy?
Therapist got upset in the way in which the client played the piano
Sarah’s (lawyer) played in a competitive style and upset the therapist
This might stem from childhood sibling relationships - took her back to unresolved issues with siblings and childhood
Incorporated this into her therapy sessions once she had worked this out. Found that the therapy took off. Client followed with ‘explosion of creativity’ allowing her to open up this aspect of the self
