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- Title
CRYING IN MUSIC THERAPY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY.
- Authors
Albornoz, Yadira
- Abstract
To date, no research has been conducted on the reasons, meanings, or outcomes for adult clients who cry during music therapy sessions. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory phenomenological study was to describe the lived experiences of individuals who cried during music therapy sessions or during experiential trainings. Participants included five female music therapists and two music therapy students (one male and one female). Open-ended interviews were conducted via e-mail. Results suggest that crying was a common, spontaneous, and powerful phenomenon that was accompanied and intensified by seven overarching personal discoveries: (a) a truth revelation, (b) a countertransference message, (c) an acceptance of repressed feelings and a cathartic emotional release, (d) a feeling of reassurance upon acceptance of feelings that had previously been ignored, (e) a difficult-to-define but helpful nonverbal manifestation of emotion, (f) a confirmation that one has overcome painful past events, and (g) a transitional life change message. Further research is needed to more fully understand this complex phenomenon and its role in various music therapy contexts.
- Subjects
MUSIC therapist &; patient; CRYING; MUSIC therapy; EXPERIENTIAL learning; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (Psychology); EMOTIONS
- Publication
Qualitative Inquiries in Music Therapy, 2013, Vol 8, p31
- ISSN
1559-7326
- Publication type
Article