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Very nice. Thanks for posting!
Cool, thanks for posting. I'm a clinical social worker and getting heavily into trauma work over the past year, and there's some many things that can help. Music definitely reaches people. @supadom, you are a music therapist, correct? Does this fall into your work at all? I work with individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, where trauma is present almost all the time I'm finding (some would disagree, but I think it's largely a perspective shift in how you look at trauma).
That first few minutes with the mother is one of the most important times in a person's life and without that there's often attachment and trust issues throughout the lifespan. The more healing that can happen earlier the better. Great article, thanks again for posting.
I can't speak in absolutes and I don't think anyone can make a sweeping statements here. The success will depend on the individual and what they respond best to.
There is a fairly known phenomenon where every time one accesses memories, they get altered. Reliving traumatic memories can alter those memories in a positive way to make them weigh less on person's day to day life. Music is only a vehicle/container for this process and often the main process takes place in words of a song, specifically while using songwriting as a therapeutic approach.
The music itself can have an immense potential for healing. We know that ,for example different modes affect the way a person is feeling and a vast majority of us self medicate while listening to the music. Just think of teenagers bouncing off walls while listening to their favourite grunge, grime etc, band.
So to sum it up. Yes it can but it depends on the individual circumstances.
Just to add, I don't have a great experience in trauma and haven't practiced MT for very long. My knowledge of work with trauma is mainly based on uni work and case studies from other music therapists.
Interesting topic.
I'm not going to embark on a defensive of music therapy as a whole or the therapist in question. I don't know either you, the therapist or have I witnessed the situation.
All I can say is that often music therapy sessions have little to do with organised music and more with addressing issues clients/patients might be battling with. Its easy to overlook what is actually happening when observed from the side lines.
One thing you need to get out of your head when observing a music therapy session is that it is not about the music so your comment about being 'open to strange noise in music' You're confusing therapy with teaching. Easily done.
Also i notice you're talking about psychiatric patients which can be particularly challenging also when medication is involved and it is hard to tell the difference between the disease and the cure.
Anyway, I think the OP was referring to healing with sound which isn't quite what music therapy is.
I have a post traumatic stress syndrom and listening to music only helps me to forget for only that moment. Living in fear for a few years now after a traumatic experience with my old neighbours which totally escalated (fight, police, neighbours knocking on walls, screaming people, bla bla).
The doktor said EMDR ( Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is the proper therapy for people dealing with traumas, but dont have the money for it at the moment.
It was 3 years ago and in the main time i moved to another place, listened a lot of (relaxing) music and still live in fear in my new home.
I dont think music heals but it definitely helps to relax and reach the end of the day in a much more pleasant way because it helps to focus on something else.
I just used the actual title of the article as subject for the thread. I found the article interesting and thought others here might as well.
Not related to trauma, but In the past I’ve speculated that perhaps the structure of some classical music could benefit those who suffer with autism. The idea I was thinking is that if the transmission of brain messages get confused into chaos, listening to a structure to lock into, might calm the mind to the point where it somewhat counters the chaotic transmission noise.
Seems I read a couple of years ago that there were promising studies suggesting this might actually work in some cases.
I'm sorry that you're experiencing that. I am getting trained in EMDR next month and can't wait.
I think something that is important is that there is no treatment that is great for everyone as everyone is different.
If anyone is interested in learning anything at all about trauma, the book "The body keeps the score" by Bessel Van Der Kolk is amazing, and it does help to make sense of the article posted. Trauma involves the whole body, not just the psyche, and so music and many other physical solutions are part of treatment for many people along with talking.
I’ve listened to some music that might induce trauma, so maybe it could work the other way too.
But if you're traumatized and then induce trauma through terrible music, does that mean they cancel each other out?
It seems more like "sound therapy" than "music therapy."
I am not seeing much in regards to music in that article.
Not sure...I’m still pondering how much wood a woodchuck can chuck
Heal - not sure
Allow oneself to be in an optimal state to self heal, yes.
Heal? (probably)
Save lives? (definitely)
Across the board? (How cool would it be if there was something that worked for all 7.5 billion of us?)