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- Title
Experiential Innovations through Voice Therapy. A Case Study.
- Authors
Klein-Kiriţescu, Livia Ana Maria
- Abstract
Introduction: This article presents a possible experiential therapeutic approach based on the use of vocal improvement techniques. Inspired both by a case study and by the theoretical and methodological elements offered by the Unifying Experiential Psychotherapy (UEP) perspective, this paper argues that the expressive techniques and creative methodology of the vocal training allow the integration of the cleaved personality parts, metabolizing the associated traumatic experiences, as well as the reconstruction of identity through the integration of polarities. Objectives: My article follows the application of the UEP method as a theoretical and methodological basis for voice therapy. Method: This part describes a case that started with an exclusive focus on the art of speaking and illustrates some of the psychological effects of the voice work. This case is the starting point for the third part, which proposes a program for the creative integration of the art of speaking and psychotherapy. In this section I follow the stages of the unifying therapeutic process and the integrative dynamics of the unifying axes. Results: The section continues with a set of possible voice therapy techniques that creatively combine the dynamics of the experiential provocative exercises with the art of speaking techniques. This program is inspired by the experiences and personal development needs of the client in the described case. Conclusions: We can state that voice therapy enriched by the Unifying Experiential Psychotherapy (UEP) approach offers a path to the client's unconscious that leads -- via increased voice freedom -- to the evolution of the creative adaptation to the environment and to increased levels of autonomy and inner freedom.
- Subjects
EXPERIENTIAL psychotherapy; VOICE disorder treatment; HUMAN voice; EXISTENTIAL psychotherapy; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy / Revista de PSIHOterapie Experientiala, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 3, p10
- ISSN
1453-634X
- Publication type
Case Study